[Imc-alternatives] need help building test site

[Jay]

Hi imc-alternatives,

A little bit ago Josef (hi Josef) gallantly volunteered to set up the 
rudiments of an imc-alternatives test site using drupal on either 
Magius's or one of his cohort's servers.  That sounds like a really 
huge task for one person!  Josef and I have been in touch a bit about 
it and, while he has a "drupal whiz" friend who may be able to help, 
I also think we should solicit help from people on this list.

I don't know how to do any drupal programming, though I've come to 
the conclusion that it's something I should finally learn, especially 
if we're going to use it for this site.  Plus, I've found that 
soliciting content volunteers is really hard when there's nowhere, 
not even a test site, to post content, so it sounds like getting a 
test site up is first priority. :))

I figure if there are five or six of us clunking through the basic 
installation of a drupal web site, learning as we go, we'll be in a 
pretty good position to keep building the site as we go along.  Even 
if Josef or Josef's friend would be able to set up the very initial 
site, having a handful of us sharing the work sounds much more 
productive and fun.

So, who out there would be interested in being part of this 
endeavor?  I'm going to be learning pretty much from scratch, so 
there's no need for you to be a programmer already.  (I figure 
knowing my waqy around a content management system will be a skill 
that will help in the future.)  Also, this will no doubt proceed 
slowly, so you don't have to have a million hours free each 
week.  I'd love to see at least a half dozen of us working together 
from the beginning, which sounds like a large enough number to share 
the work.

A main reason we've spoken so favorablly about using drupal is that 
it has a good balance of usablity and features, plus there's an 
enthusiastic and expanding developer community out there that can 
become involved.  I think if we work together to set up the 
components of our project, then start adding content and encouraging 
individuals and organizations to start using it in a beta version, 
we'll be able to attract other drupal programmers who want to help 
make the site great.

How does that all sound?
Jay