Also, is there a way to rename a team? Or should I just create a new one and have everybody switch over? Will we lose the points we've gained so far? (not a huge deal since we're only a couple days in... but still *grin*)

Well, somewhere in the system there must be a way for the admins to remove or rename an 'inappropriately named' team (or individual).

I can understand not wanting to make this functionality available to the public. However, I wonder if they have any way of making old teams disappear. For example, my first team 'west-linux' should have no members left as of today. Will that team show up forever in the rankings? It only made sense within the context of the closed beta (and only barely then).