kennect in answer to your question...this was something that they have been kicking around for a while. It's not for any other reason they they feel it's good for the community. For all of the rumors and innuendo...they are not desperate, they are not going to close down next week...it is still a very, very young site and has gone through some major upheavals in it's young life. The management is now stable, beholding to no one and just felt that somewhere a change needed to be made. So, they did.