diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 83c9dde302..55af0a7b5a 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -3496,3 +3496,15 @@ David  12 Jun 2011
 
     client/
         cs_cmdline.cpp
+
+David  13 Jun 2011
+    - web: when creating an item in News forum,
+        show "Export as Notice?" checkbox, and default to off.
+
+    db/
+        schema.sql
+    html/
+        inc/
+            forum.inc
+        user/
+            forum_post.php
diff --git a/db/schema.sql b/db/schema.sql
index ae86b0c681..3a2cabb7af 100644
--- a/db/schema.sql
+++ b/db/schema.sql
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ create table thread (
         -- user ID of creator
     status              integer     not null,
         -- whether a question has been answered
-        -- News forum: it set, don't export as notice
+        -- News forum: if set, don't export as notice
     title               varchar(254) not null,
     timestamp           integer     not null,
         -- time of last new or modified post
diff --git a/html/inc/forum.inc b/html/inc/forum.inc
index 35aaa2a1a1..5c2975f60d 100644
--- a/html/inc/forum.inc
+++ b/html/inc/forum.inc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 require_once("../inc/forum_db.inc");
 require_once("../inc/pm.inc");
 require_once("../inc/team.inc");
+require_once("../inc/news.inc");
 require_once("../inc/text_transform.inc");
 
 define('THREADS_PER_PAGE', 50);
@@ -791,12 +792,16 @@ function update_forum_timestamp($forum) {
     }
 }
 
-function create_thread($title, $content, $user, $forum, $signature) {
+function create_thread($title, $content, $user, $forum, $signature, $export) {
     $title = trim($title);
     $title = strip_tags($title);
     $title = mysql_real_escape_string($title);
     $now = time();
-    $id  = BoincThread::insert("(forum, owner, title, create_time, timestamp, replies) values ($forum->id, $user->id, '$title', $now, $now, -1)");
+    $status = 0;
+    if (is_news_forum($forum) && !$export) {
+        $status = 1;
+    }
+    $id  = BoincThread::insert("(forum, owner, title, create_time, timestamp, replies, status) values ($forum->id, $user->id, '$title', $now, $now, -1, $status)");
     if (!$id) return null;
     $thread = BoincThread::lookup_id($id);
     create_post($content, 0, $user, $forum, $thread, $signature);
diff --git a/html/user/forum_post.php b/html/user/forum_post.php
index 0bed52c388..d9a1989cea 100644
--- a/html/user/forum_post.php
+++ b/html/user/forum_post.php
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ require_once('../inc/forum_email.inc');
 require_once('../inc/forum.inc');
 require_once('../inc/bbcode_html.inc');
 require_once('../inc/akismet.inc');
+require_once('../inc/news.inc');
 
-check_get_args(array("id", "title", "force_title", "tnow", "ttok"));
+check_get_args(array("id", "title", "force_title", "tnow", "ttok", "export"));
 
 $logged_in_user = get_logged_in_user();
 BoincForumPrefs::lookup($logged_in_user);
@@ -46,15 +47,16 @@ check_post_access($logged_in_user, $forum);
 $title = post_str("title", true);
 if (!$title) $title = get_str("title", true);
 $force_title = get_str("force_title", true);
+$export = post_str("export", true);
 $content = post_str("content", true);
 $preview = post_str("preview", true);
 $warning = null;
 
 if ($content && $title && (!$preview)){
-    if (post_str('add_signature',true)=="add_it"){
-        $add_signature=true;    // set a flag and concatenate later
+    if (post_str('add_signature', true) == "add_it"){
+        $add_signature = true;    // set a flag and concatenate later
     }  else {
-        $add_signature=false;
+        $add_signature = false;
     }
     check_tokens($logged_in_user->authenticator);
     if (!akismet_check($logged_in_user, $content)) {
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ if ($content && $title && (!$preview)){
         $preview = tra("Preview");
     } else {
         $thread = create_thread(
-            $title, $content, $logged_in_user, $forum, $add_signature
+            $title, $content, $logged_in_user, $forum, $add_signature, $export
         );
         header('Location: forum_thread.php?id=' . $thread->id);
     }
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ echo form_tokens($logged_in_user->authenticator);
 
 start_table();
 
-row1(tra("Create a new thread")); //New thread
+row1(tra("Create a new thread"));
 $submit_help = "";
 $body_help = "";
 
@@ -116,7 +118,6 @@ if ($force_title && $title){
     );
 }
 
-//Message
 row2(tra("Message").html_info().post_warning().$body_help,
      $bbcode_html."<textarea name=\"content\" rows=\"12\" cols=\"80\" class=\"message_field\">".htmlspecialchars($content)."</textarea>"
 );
@@ -127,7 +128,10 @@ if (!$logged_in_user->prefs->no_signature_by_default) {
     $enable_signature="";
 }
 
-row2("", "<input name=\"add_signature\" value=\"add_it\" ".$enable_signature." type=\"checkbox\">".tra("Add my signature to this post"));
+if (is_news_forum($forum)) {
+    row2("", "<input name=export type=checkbox> Show this item as a Notice in the BOINC Manager<br><span class=note>Do so only for items likely to be of interest to all volunteers</span>");
+}
+row2("", "<input name=\"add_signature\" value=\"add_it\" ".$enable_signature." type=\"checkbox\"> ".tra("Add my signature to this post"));
 row2("", "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"preview\" value=\"".tra("Preview")."\"> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"OK\">");