I got fleetpick to work.
Not too big a deal this time...maybe I had a crappy install the first time. I uninstalled and reinstalled and it's fine now....
Now, who knows - this may be a better tool to use. It does have some annoying aspects - chiefly that every player has to configure their own Fleetpick to match the hosts prior to launch, as opposed to Sector Assault, which allows the host to do everything.
Need to play with it some more....