hmmm... have you ever thought about giving members (on a volunteer basis) the possability to become something like a "supportive member" - i mean a member that pays a small monthly/annual fee (the member itself can decide how much).

Im sure there would be at least 10 or 20 members and that might help you a bit. A friend of mine did that with a discussionboard on paranormal phenomenon.. and it worked just fine - membership is free, but some peeps want to support the site and so they pay for it.

what do you think

( i can imagine that now hundreds of reasons why this will NOT work will be posted *LOL* oh well..)

:D