1 - Good idea!

• I pride myself in giving actually useful editing, not just trivial things. I will,
  • tell you when things don't make sense
  • tell you you have to rewrite or add sections
  • cross out chunks with abandon
  • give you organizational advice.
• I have access to the University of Washington's library system, so I can download most papers.
• I know quite a bit of Bayesian stats
• I have an engineering background.
• I have Lots of programming experience.
• I like having something explained to me and then repeating back my understanding

I'll have to ask the others to post what they think their strong points are.

2 - I'm not actually familiar with HN office hours, so I will have to take a look. Thanks for the link!