Sure, I can be the email contact.  I don't think password protected is a good idea.  I think (hope) that fellow posters will see that we are trying to help one another with specific topics and either help out or stay out.  I know, maybe a little naive, but I figure we are all professionals here and deserve the benefit of the doubt.  



Once the forum gets going and we can see how much interest there is and what types of information sharing takes place, we may want to consider different ways to share the info.  That's down the road some though.