hey vic,
thanks for the suggestions I will go ahead and plan to look into adding group access for the studio, i can see how it can be a pain to add say 50 some odd name hehe.

i doubt i will have another studio out in the v3 line, i have already begun work for v4 line - so looking at fall 2009 before we see such changes

as for the "pay to use" option i am going to go ahead and say no, just because i do not like the idea of paying to use someone else's studio. instead if you are looking to do that, say setup a studio rental - look into already created script that offer such services, i think certain door and TP makers have something like it.
<3 quatre