To answer your question LC Sponge, The reason I posted my question in this forum is because I wanted advice from the MAINTAINERS. People who have only been on Atkins for a short time and have not yet met goal are in no more position to answer the questions I asked than I am. It is the maintainers who's advice I sought, so this was the obvious place to ask the questions. The questions I asked, by the way, were at the end of my original post. since you said you didn't read the whole thing, you missed that part.....