Several skinners here at Wincustomize have decided to attempt to ressurect the old community skin projects. What this means is that graphics have been release with an open-ended permission to port. Anyone can get involved and begin adding to the suite. Hopefully the end result will be a complete freeware suite, spanning many applications.
C242 has donated webspace and a forum at http://communityskin.neurobeat.net/ and I have realeased the graphics from my latest skin in an attempt to get the project rolling. Many great skin suites such as "Formula One" and "Heavy Equipment" were created through the combined effort of many skinners, and hopefully many more quality suite can be.