This is NOT a time-critical project, so it could be given to a junior programmer who is not familiar with Joomla but willing to learn. Also, I am not selling this component (giving it to the community).

I am working with the the kunena.com discuss bot that was written for Joomla 1.5 legacy mode, but I need it upgraded to Native mode. Here is the source code for download:
http://www.objectclarity.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=31&func=fileinfo&id=28

Here is some documentation on J15 NATIVE plugins:
http://developer.joomla.org/tutorials/184-how-to-create-a-joomla-plugin.html
http://docs.joomla.org/Tutorial:Adapting_Joomla_1.0_extensions_to_Joomla_1.5#Other_changes
http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_distribute_languages_for_native_Joomla!_1.5_extensions

Create a WAMP server locally, install Joomla 1.5.11 and Kunena 1.5.1b. Then after making the required modifications, install this plugin and make sure it works (it will add a line to the bottom of each article which links to the forums and indicates the article count).

I am willing to work with a new joomla programmer because this is something I am doing for free and it is only a modification. I will put 50% in escrow and release upon submission of a bot that installs without the legacy error. The other 50% I will release in two weeks after I give the code to kunena forum participants and have others test it.