GG when discussing this with Admin1 I didn't think retirees had enough interest in keeping AMIPP going once they were retired and that it would be employees that had most to gain from any forum. As the years have passed I have little/no interest in what's going on in the world of IBM although I still keep in touch with people I worked with. I guess a survey would determine the level of support from retirees and employees and what they wanted from such a forum. There hasn't really been a lot of discussion on here about was wanted, if anything.
I think your idea about general retirement issues is a good one and could be useful to a very wide audience but I think it would need to be non IBM specific to attract more people.