> This sounds complicated. On the other hand, "egroups" (www.egroups.com)
> already HAS a group database, voting setup, storage folders (perhaps for
> research on bills or perhaps for completed legislation), and even a
> chatroom.
Virus is already there:
<http://www.egroups.com/list/virus/info.html>
Some of the options seem to be disabled: member list, chat and polls.
This page is interesting:
<http://www.egroups.com/GroupTopStatsPage?listName=virus&show=topAuthors>
(top posting authors since Jan '98).