I think you would be more interested in the works of tunaisafish dealing with hobbies, enthusiasm, phone calls, magazines and hobby leaders. He had been working on the project for awhile and allowed us to download the Enthusiasm Overhaul package (a series of mods) to test and use.
I recommend the Enthusiasm Overhaul package because I have been testing and using the mod for awhile with satisfactory results.
Check out tunaisafish's
Enthusiasm Overhaul Package. He also maintained a thread at MATY on the same project. Either site will do.
He also has update alerts in his personal thread over at Simbology as well.
I think this is more in line with what you're looking for.