We just needed to know you were a VCA Member so we could update your title/permissions (your member number was in your profile, which helped. Thanks!) You can add an avatar through the User Control Panel (there's a UserCP link in the gray bar at the top of your screen.
Go to "User CP" above (to the left) tool bar. Once in, left toolbar shows "edit avatar" Go to - Gickr.com: Create GIF Animations online | Upload pictures or get images from Flickr | Pimp myspace graphics - to build the avatar...pretty simple. Choose 120 userpx for size. Upload pics as you would normally do. Click next at bottom and it automatically builds an avatar. Download to your computer and then add that url to the User CP space. Sounds complicated, but its really simple. The avatar build site comes from Tony...he turned me on to it. Thanks. Peter