Scott, last week, the members of the ABMTalk mailing list had a real time chat at Talkcity.com. At Talkcity you have to register first and that takes a long time (it took about 10 minutes for mine). You can also chat at About.com and there is a button that says Private so there is a way to have a private chat and not just with the other folks who enter just to talk about anything. These are just 2 suggestions. RisaG