Hi.. was this idea ever pursued?  -- a portal based on PunBB or some sort of app that would integrate  a CMS like Textpattern with the magic of punBB?  i would looooooove to see this.  i'm exploring various other options (portals like Drupal, e107, etc.) right now but the more I think about it, the more I think the ideal would be a portaled PunBB or something very like it.