Digital BW, The Print

I think the solution, in my humble, yet informed opinion (I am the webmaster for a public 
university), is that this group really needs to be reinvented as a modern web-based forum, 
which would easily include all the features that have been mentioned:  easy to follow 
threads, messages organized by categories, and a built-in sophisticated (and usable) 
search engine.

There is a popular open source product that can do all of this-- phpBB (www.phpbb.com).  
All one would need to do is register a domain name, select a web hosting company, and 
install and configure this software on it.  Fairly easy, but importing the archived collective 
wisdom of this group would probably take a fair amount of work, though.

Just an idea.

-Steve