Well I have been throwing things out to Devin, but i'd like to drop them on you guys as well.
I have a lot of resources at my disposal, and could without trouble develop a few things for the site.
Firstly, I have administration access to a very many number of Public Ventrilo servers. This would be a place where any members at any time could go and chat it up verbally, for any reason- and be utilized by staff to host staff meetings or otherwise.
We may also try and integrate Skype Meetings, which would prove beneficial since all ideas could be placed easily out on the table and input could be stated/absorbed within a relatively short amount of time. This could evolve in to meetings hosted to the whole site, where staff could answer the questions, concerns, make announcements, etc. This could also be done on Ventrilo, however.