Hello,
Re notifications: we had to postpone this due to some work we have initiated on Payment process, but it is getting to the head of the queue soon (first for forums since for blogs there is a workaround with a third-party RSSo-to-email tools like FeedBurner.)
I am not quite sure about your second question. If you have a publicly accessible event list, it can be 'embedded easily into any other website - simply add 'widget/' into the page address after the domain and you will get something like http://accalliance.memberlodge.org/widget/Default.aspx?pageId=22211&ListMode=2&SelectedDate=4/29/2008&CalendarView=0
(which you can embed with an iframe)
Dmitry Buterin, Chief Apricot