Hi Joe,
Another long term owner and like yourself I've been a lurker on the Yahoo group for a while. You're right, it would be great if some of the members would also populate this forum because there's a wealth of knowledge on there but I suppose you know that most are content with the email format of that group ?
I guess I'm like you though, I like pictures associated with the message and I'm just too lazy to go hunting elsewhere for them, so this format is ideal for me. I wish you every success and hope it becomes as useful as the LotusElan.net one is for the Elan owners. (which is where I picked your link up from incidentally)
Cheers
Brian