I'd be happy to start a mailing list; I've managed lists professionally for many companies, domains, and projects in the past.
But the last time I asked the question it didn't seem as if there'd be a lot of interest.
While I prefer mailing lists to forums, as mailing lists seem to take me only about half as much time to respond to as forums, I'm sure this forum is much to entrenched to see it easily replaced.
So the forum it will be, I'm sure.
Jeff