diff --git a/ietf/announcements/admin.py b/ietf/announcements/admin.py
index 3d19dd576..fa6c10c2e 100644
--- a/ietf/announcements/admin.py
+++ b/ietf/announcements/admin.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #coding: utf-8
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.conf import settings
 from ietf.announcements.models import *
                 
 class AnnouncedFromAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
@@ -21,23 +20,3 @@ admin.site.register(Announcement, AnnouncementAdmin)
 class ScheduledAnnouncementAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     pass
 admin.site.register(ScheduledAnnouncement, ScheduledAnnouncementAdmin)
-
-
-if settings.USE_DB_REDESIGN_PROXY_CLASSES:
-    class MessageAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-        list_display = ["time", "by", "subject", "groups"]
-        search_fields = ["body"]
-        raw_id_fields = ["by"]
-
-        def groups(self, instance):
-            return ", ".join(g.acronym for g in related_groups.all())
-
-    admin.site.register(Message, MessageAdmin)
-
-    class SendQueueAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-        list_display = ["time", "by", "message", "send_at", "sent_at"]
-        list_filter = ["time", "send_at", "sent_at"]
-        search_fields = ["message__body"]
-        raw_id_fields = ["by"]
-
-    admin.site.register(SendQueue, SendQueueAdmin)
diff --git a/ietf/announcements/models.py b/ietf/announcements/models.py
index 460695018..6ee8e1bfb 100644
--- a/ietf/announcements/models.py
+++ b/ietf/announcements/models.py
@@ -86,45 +86,3 @@ class ScheduledAnnouncement(models.Model):
 	return "Scheduled Announcement from %s to %s on %s %s" % (self.from_val, self.to_val, self.to_be_sent_date, self.to_be_sent_time)
     class Meta:
         db_table = 'scheduled_announcements'
-
-
-if settings.USE_DB_REDESIGN_PROXY_CLASSES or hasattr(settings, "IMPORTING_FROM_OLD_SCHEMA"):
-    import datetime
-
-    from ietf.person.models import Email, Person
-    from ietf.group.models import Group
-
-    class Message(models.Model):
-        time = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
-        by = models.ForeignKey(Person)
-
-        subject = models.CharField(max_length=255)
-        frm = models.CharField(max_length=255)
-        to = models.CharField(max_length=1024)
-        cc = models.CharField(max_length=1024, blank=True)
-        bcc = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)
-        reply_to = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)
-        body = models.TextField()
-        content_type = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)
-
-        related_groups = models.ManyToManyField(Group, blank=True)
-
-        class Meta:
-            ordering = ['time']
-
-        def __unicode__(self):
-            return "'%s' %s -> %s" % (self.subject, self.frm, self.to)
-
-    class SendQueue(models.Model):
-        time = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
-        by = models.ForeignKey(Person)
-        
-        message = models.ForeignKey(Message)
-        
-        send_at = models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)
-        sent_at = models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)
-
-        note = models.TextField(blank=True)
-        
-        class Meta:
-            ordering = ['time']
diff --git a/ietf/announcements/sitemaps.py b/ietf/announcements/sitemaps.py
index ac1d7d8de..2765f0fa0 100644
--- a/ietf/announcements/sitemaps.py
+++ b/ietf/announcements/sitemaps.py
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.sitemaps import Sitemap
 from ietf.announcements.models import Announcement
+from ietf.message.models import Message
 
 class NOMCOMAnnouncementsMap(Sitemap):
     changefreq = "never"
     def items(self):
         if settings.USE_DB_REDESIGN_PROXY_CLASSES:
-            from ietf.announcements.models import Message
             return Message.objects.filter(related_groups__acronym__startswith="nomcom").exclude(related_groups__acronym="nomcom").order_by('-time')
         return Announcement.objects.all().filter(nomcom=True)
     def location(self, obj):
diff --git a/ietf/announcements/tests.py b/ietf/announcements/tests.py
index fbc23b921..92bf9daa9 100644
--- a/ietf/announcements/tests.py
+++ b/ietf/announcements/tests.py
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ from ietf.utils.mail import outbox
 
 from ietf.announcements.models import ScheduledAnnouncement
 
+from ietf.message.models import Message, SendQueue
+from ietf.person.models import Person
+
 class AnnouncementsUrlTestCase(SimpleUrlTestCase):
     def testUrls(self):
         self.doTestUrls(__file__)
@@ -67,9 +70,6 @@ class SendScheduledAnnouncementsTestCaseREDESIGN(django.test.TestCase):
     fixtures = ["names"]
 
     def test_send_plain_announcement(self):
-        from ietf.announcements.models import Message, SendQueue
-        from ietf.person.models import Person
-        
         make_test_data()
 
         msg = Message.objects.create(
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@ class SendScheduledAnnouncementsTestCaseREDESIGN(django.test.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(SendQueue.objects.get(id=q.id).sent_at)
 
     def test_send_mime_announcement(self):
-        from ietf.announcements.models import Message, SendQueue
-        from ietf.person.models import Person
-        
         make_test_data()
 
         msg = Message.objects.create(
diff --git a/ietf/announcements/urls.py b/ietf/announcements/urls.py
index 8489b5fcc..0f101a17f 100644
--- a/ietf/announcements/urls.py
+++ b/ietf/announcements/urls.py
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ nomcom_dict = {
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
 #    (r'^nomcom/$', 'django.views.generic.simple.redirect_to', {'url': 'http://www.ietf.org/nomcom/index.html'} ),
     (r'^nomcom/$', 'ietf.announcements.views.nomcom'),
-    (r'^nomcom/(?P<object_id>\d+)/$', 'ietf.announcements.views.message_detail' if settings.USE_DB_REDESIGN_PROXY_CLASSES else 'django.views.generic.list_detail.object_detail', nomcom_dict)
+    (r'^nomcom/(?P<object_id>\d+)/$', 'ietf.announcements.views.message_detail') if settings.USE_DB_REDESIGN_PROXY_CLASSES else (r'^nomcom/(?P<object_id>\d+)/$', 'django.views.generic.list_detail.object_detail', nomcom_dict)
 )
diff --git a/ietf/announcements/views.py b/ietf/announcements/views.py
index 8decfcc4c..d25bc2a3e 100644
--- a/ietf/announcements/views.py
+++ b/ietf/announcements/views.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import re
 from ietf.idtracker.models import ChairsHistory
 from ietf.idtracker.models import Role
 from ietf.announcements.models import Announcement
+from ietf.group.models import Group, GroupEvent
+from ietf.message.models import Message
 
 def nomcom(request):
     curr_chair       = (ChairsHistory.objects.
@@ -35,9 +37,6 @@ def nomcom(request):
                                 'regimes' : regimes })
 
 def nomcomREDESIGN(request):
-    from ietf.group.models import Group, GroupEvent
-    from ietf.announcements.models import Message
-
     address_re = re.compile("<.*>")
     
     nomcoms = list(Group.objects.filter(acronym__startswith="nomcom").exclude(name="nomcom"))
@@ -73,10 +72,7 @@ if settings.USE_DB_REDESIGN_PROXY_CLASSES:
     nomcom = nomcomREDESIGN
 
 
-def message_detail(request, object_id, queryset):
-    from ietf.group.models import Group
-    from ietf.announcements.models import Message
-
+def message_detail(request, object_id):
     # restrict to nomcom announcements for the time being
     nomcoms = Group.objects.filter(acronym__startswith="nomcom").exclude(acronym="nomcom")
     m = get_object_or_404(Message, id=object_id,
diff --git a/ietf/settings.py b/ietf/settings.py
index 6a7f5d148..f7cb29682 100644
--- a/ietf/settings.py
+++ b/ietf/settings.py
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'ietf.name',
     'ietf.group',
     'ietf.doc',
+    'ietf.message',
     'ietf.announcements',
     'ietf.idindex',
     'ietf.idtracker',
diff --git a/redesign/importing/import-announcements.py b/redesign/importing/import-announcements.py
index 8507e0efd..b7f295842 100755
--- a/redesign/importing/import-announcements.py
+++ b/redesign/importing/import-announcements.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ management.setup_environ(settings)
 from ietf.person.models import *
 from ietf.group.models import *
 from ietf.name.utils import name
+from ietf.message.models import Message, SendQueue
 from ietf.importing.utils import old_person_to_person
-from ietf.announcements.models import Message, SendQueue
 from ietf.announcements.models import Announcement, PersonOrOrgInfo, AnnouncedTo, AnnouncedFrom, ScheduledAnnouncement
 from ietf.idtracker.models import IESGLogin