This project grows out of a long standing interest in bringing the benefits of custom software to organizations that have heretofore been unable to afford it. Using the plone content management system/portal we provided this non-profit organization with sophisticated community building tools it will use to develop the catastrophe management profession. Moreover, the easy to use, extensible tools put the evolution of the site is in the hands of the members themselves, guaranteeing the site will always closely support the organizations mission.