I strongly believe the Altcoin community needs better ways to launch, follow and discuss projects. Bitcointalk has no development and innovation behind it, and the Alternative Cryptocurrencies section is only a tag-on to the historically grown bitcoin forum. Another issue is that the quality of development and postings varies greatly. Many talented people are put-off by low quality discussions. However, there is no other venue for discussing Cryptocurrencies, looking for trading and investment opportunities.
The new forum would be targeting: sophisticated developers (Github resume), qualified investors, entrepreneurs, contacts to institutions. As soon as some quality members are there the community will be self-inforcing its quality upwards.
If you're interested in building this, please PM me. I believe I have the knowledge and resources to do this. The question is what are the opportunities here and how the platform will work.