Thanks, Mike, for the kudos. Sorry to hear about the job

- the market is so volatile for us techie people.
I tried doing a "whos in chat" using the db, but the problem was that they liked to surf the boards in another window, which would assume the member was elsewhere or had logged out. They also didn't use the logout button, so alas. According to Raidersoft, they will be adding this in their next release (due out around March) in addition to indicating which member is in which subroom. They said this would most likely cost extra, since it will add to their server load/traffic.
They are very open to suggestions, though-- seems like a good company with good support. Thanks again!