We have +1 and -1 buttons on posts, you don't have to actually say it anymore.
I agree about the option to host independently. It's just personal preference, even though you'll probably never allow it.
Screen hopping to listen to works? Yeah, that IS annoying. We're supposed to browse from the network, not the forums, but still, it's annoying. If we could build in the pdf link and mp3/video player to the posts it would be supremely cool.
Speaking of video, remember how you thought people would upload performances? Maybe we could have a performance category and a performance forum, just like we have Large Ensemble, Chamber, Piano, etc. Just have one category called "performance" and all threads concerning user performances that are NOT original compositions (such as Joe Blank playing Messaien's blah piece for piano or Brahms' clarinet sonata) would go there. What you think?