I would like to suggest an enhancement to the Group Chat Moderation feature of the Second Life server and viewer. The goal is to create a capability that would allow for Instant Message announcements to be sent to a Group for the online members, but in such a way that those Group members could not respond to the announcements. With the current Group Chat Moderation this is not possible. My idea involves the creation of a Group Ability that would permit designated Roles within a Group to issue and read Instant Messages within a Group (Send and Receive) and a companion Ability that would allow designated Roles to read those messages (Receive Only). Or, perhaps, the entire Chat capability for the Group could be limited, with a Send Only Ability assigned to specified Roles, and a Receive Only Ability assigned to other Roles within a Group. The creation of these abilities would allow for the posting of timely messages (impromptu events, reminders, special sales, etc.) to online Group members (as these Group Instant Messages are not forwarded to e-mail for offline members) and prevent the Chat that often follows the receipt of such messages. The "blue box" Notice method is not the answer, as these types of notifications would be delivered to online and offline group members alike. This Instant Message method would help limit the accumulated blue box notifications that people need to view as they Log In to Second Life.