will this work on 3.6.5 or 3.6.4

Yes this version should.

Have tested the mod with 3.6.8 and it works ;)

ok, stupid question, but where can I go to actually change the template for the announcement itself (I want to put graphics around it so it matches my forum)

Styles & Templates->Style Manager->Edit Templates->Global Announcement Templates->simple_global_announcement->Customize

Simple, but just what I needed (I dont need any of the other stuff the Dynamic Announcements Hack has) ... Glad to see it working on vB 3.6.8 ...

Question for those that have this installed. Would you still like to use this once 3.7.0 is released ?

3.7.0 has the new highly customizeable Notices so there might not even be a point in having this mod around any longer.

New version for 3.7.0 beta 5 for those that are interested

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=171034

Template edits no longer necesary :-)

ok - I must be blind...because I'm not able to find the Global Announcement area where I can set this to active.

The only place where I see this is under the adminCP: Announcements -> Announcement Manager -> Global Announcements -> New

But it doesn't show up on our forum.

Apparently I'm overlooking something here.

Any help?

Did you make the template edit ?