Thank-you/ appreciate your responses.
In 2001 I was introduced to OpenACS, its history and abilities and that is why I am exploring it seriously.
As yet, I have yet to find anyone in Bend/Central Oregon familiar with it. The decision therefore is whether to:
(1) Retain an openacs programmer that I haven't met and probably won't in the near term, or
(2) Retain a local programmer that is skilled in another medium.
More hope is that through this forum I will be able to locate someone that not only knows the code, but who also meets a certain standard for working in long distance mode.
Your thoughts?
John