Thanks Mike...
I keep trying to connect with you at the Technical Committees but I always miss the chance. First, I wanted to thank you for the Oracle advice. Although we stopped chatting, we were able to implement the exact procedures you recommended with dramatic results. Most 'small' searches that formerly took 8-9 seconds were practically instantaneous. Larger searches that took 30-40 seconds were completing in 7-10 seconds. The performance improvement was really instantly noticeable. Of course, as usual, we didn't even receive a pat on the back for it but thanks so much for your help.
About the post above...
(1) We have so many contexts... and we would never be allowed to lump all "Designers" into one large group. So that means we'd make ORG level groups and just call them "ContextA_Designers", "ContextB_Designers", and then assign them to the context teams? Am I getting that right? If so... I see how that might improve things quite a bit.
(3) I'm not great with reports yet but I'll focus some attention there. I'd love to know what other uses you've found for them.
Thanks again for everything...
-Brian