Having briefly thought this through, here are my opinions for what they are worth on the various options available: FTP - Despite recent squabbles this has been a great resource when it is fully functioning and Rob deserves more kudos for hosting this than he often gets. I admit i haven't connected for a year or so as i replaced my computer and haven't got around to getting a decent ftp client but back then i had no trouble connecting using cuteftp. Downloads were a little slow admittedly but I understand Olav's mirror is faster...is this still in use? If we could iron out the problems and raise those download speeds somehow, its still a pretty good option. Either cuteftp or flashfxp has some sort of unlimited trial version and is pretty easy to configure, and it should remain pretty much exclusive to the list and, ahem, 'true fans' thus not open to abuse Bit Torrent - Personally i use this but find it rather fiddly to configure (especially with a router, port forwarding and all that) and rather slow even when getting files that are seeded by many...usually between 0 and 5 kbp/s, sometimes up to 12-15 but rarely faster. Perhaps I am missing something, but when I tried a torrent from what i assume was some sort of static server (rather than a bunch of people's PCs) i got around 50 kbp/s, so again if someone could host all the stuff on a static server i guess it could work (for the record this torrent was the Star Wars 'fan film' Revelations) Otherwise the issue of who would seed what and when would be a pretty enormous stumbling block Online Archive - For me the ideal option would be a site/archive which hosts all of the stuff collected so far, with room for more, from an 'always on' server but utilizing the common username/password system for access. Then we could have either a moderator to whom one would apply for the pass, or a pass that changes monthly published on this list, or indeed a combination of the two whereby the moderator(s) mail all the users of the archive on a monthly basis with the new password. The major issue here of course is who has this amount of webspace, and would they be willing to reset the passwords etc. Any more ideas or thoughts? tbc. --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.