1. Need to move the banner ad to a better spot in the header. I'd suggest somewhere near or below the "The largest independent IBM Cognos support community!" div / text.
2. Remove the "...brought to you by BrightStar Partners, Inc." from the forum title and make it slightly smaller text. Would also suggest linking "BrightStar Partners, Inc." to the actual BSP site.
3. The "News" stuff is nice, but it doesn't link to an actual "News post/item".
I suggest all this, for aesthetics but mostly cause the banner ad throws the rest of the forum items placement out of whack. I can't click the numbered links at the top of the post pages when posts contain multiple pages.