**calmly** I call Lupin. And I'll be playing An, of course.
I think Cassandra's trying to say that we should have a GM. ^_^ Storyline-wise, it usually works to have people suggest stories and someone (usually whoever's in charge of the board) pick the one that sounds best. The plot should be left open-ended so that we can create our own ending, naturally. People can throw in their own twists and subplots, though there should be someone to keep an eye on them to make sure that things don't get too confusing as a result of too many side-stories.
Board-wise, I like Network54 in that it looks to be reliable and it has that nifty "Preview" function (gawd, I wish everything had that). The only problem I have is that everything is in "condensed" format, where you have to click on the link to see the message. If you use InsideTheWeb, it has an "expanded" format in which you can read right up the board, with replies being in links under the main message. This makes it very convenient for RPG, since you don't have to click on every single message to read what's going on (incidentally, in-character posts never go in the reply column, in order to preserve the flow). Unfortunately, ITW is also constantly going down, which is Very Annoying, to say the least. **grrrr**
I have no idea what all that babble about ITW was for. Planting a subliminal message in your head telling you to get an ITW board? I dunno. . . I'll shut up now. I'm not coherent.