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[Toast McFarland <toast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As requested, here is a quick overview of the current organizational 
structure for the development process.

There are essentially two objects containing the information we will use 
to coordinate development (three if you count the Drupal itself):

   * Launchpad
         o This is where all the magic happens. It's a very robust
           collaboration system with many many tools.
               + https://launchpad.net/~osdf-devteam - this is team's
                 page. If you are helping the OSDF you are on this
                 team. From here you will see a link to our "Related
                 Project" called "Open Source Democracy Foundation."
                 You can also add or remove yourself from the mail
                 list, among other things.
               + https://launchpad.net/osdf - this is the PROJECT page.
                 Bug reports, current status, blueprints, questions,
                 all go here, as well as a bunch of other info. This
                 area can a little overwhelming at first, so take your
                 time and click around if you're new to it. This area
                 will also host any and all code related to the
                 project. For example, the files the make up the theme.
                 As time passes Drupal modules may be developed by
                 volunteers. They will all go here. On the right margin
                 you will see:
                     # "Report a bug." Bugs are actual problems that
                       need to be addressed. People will assign
                       themselves to them so we know who's working on
                       what. Bugs can be assigned priorities, more info
                       can be requested, etc. Bugs are problems that
                       need to be addressed.
                     # "Ask a question." Unlike bugs, questions are
                       just questions. If you see something strange or
                       you just want more info, this is the place.
                       Questions can be converted to bugs, and bugs to
                       questions, so don't worry too much about which
                       one is more appropriate.
   * The Wiki (wiki.theosdf.org).
         o There is a lot of information on the wiki already, more than
           what you see on the front page. Check out
           http://wiki.theosdf.org/index.php?title=Special:AllPages
         o There is functionality in Drupal that will allow us to use
           it as the wiki instead of the MediaWiki software (the thing
           that looks like Wikipedia). However, Drupal is still in
           development (non permanent) and there may be valid reasons
           to have a separate wiki system. This should be left open for
           discussion.
         o For the time being, rather than transferring all that data
           into a very volatile Drupal setup, I suggest we keep on
           using MediaWiki. This at least until we have Drupal
           "stabilized" and ready for launch.
         o Pages to note (all of them are in desperate need of some TLC):
               + http://wiki.theosdf.org/index.php?title=Contributing_Code
               + http://wiki.theosdf.org/index.php?title=Current_Projects
               + http://wiki.theosdf.org/index.php?title=Working_with_blueprints_and_bugs
               + http://wiki.theosdf.org/index.php?title=New_Website_Content
               + http://wiki.theosdf.org/index.php?title=Drupal_Configuration
               + All of the above and more can be found at
                 http://wiki.theosdf.org/index.php?title=Special:AllPages

If anyone has any question at all I'm always available.

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-Toast