Thanks Jeremy, It does help. I believe I had readings from this book from one of my graduate classes a couple of years ago...I'll take a second look at it. After I read it and some of the readings from my current class in on-line communities and cyberculture, I may have some additional questions on the more "organic" side of community. This raised some interesting thoughts, but I wanted to read more about it before asking any further questions. Cheers, Steve