Well, I can help here if need be.  I am a ex developer (mainframe, J2EE, compiler creation) current security guy.  I am more of a Java /.Net developer, but I am rather fluent in Ruby and Perl as well.  There are a number of good CMS's out there we can just plug in and start customizing.  I have played with Drupal a bit, and we could get that runniing on a shared hosting account pretty quickly. Getting a shared hosting account is pretty cheap, and I could foot the bill for that as my contribution to the team. <div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 13, 2007 12:04 PM, Eddie Martinez <<a href="mailto:eddiemartinez@gmail.com">eddiemartinez@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Has anyone had trouble connecting to our page? the chi ubuntu us page, I am refering to, not the team wiki. I keep getting 404 errors everytime I try to do anything on those pages, especially the Planet page which has been down for months. I didn't even realize that Chad Sutton was blogging for the past few months, because I forgot all about the planet and his blogopage. Chadarius DOT com for anyone who's interested, but this is besides the point. Richard opted to have Canonical host and maintain the Chicago Team server for us. So everytime he has an issue, he has to submit a ticket to them, and wait. And then wait some more. This is not a criticism of Canonical as a whole, but in my opinion, getting the server back in our control and online is CRITICAL. I've been going around to the various LoCo chans on IRC and we are one of the most active and put together groups out in the US. The international community is spanking us in terms of translating, bus squashing etc. But in the US, very few LoCos have more members in the IRC chan, talking and planning etc. Arizona has a good team and New York is very well organized, but aside from that, I think Chicago is one of the best. Top 3, easily. Also one of the first three ever. Here's the problem: We don't have a website. I'm not happy with it at all. I want flexibility, uptime, and the chance to edit content. Instead we are waiting for someone ELSE to do the work for us. I know there are server people on this list. I know there are hardcore Ubuntu developers on this list. I know there are people on this list who are working to migrate a server for Project Green (Patrick Green's project, im not creative with the names today). And we, as a team, don't have a substantial and effective or efficient website. The thought is ridicolous! Lanching Project 'Get the server back into our hands and under our control, ASAP'? +1 -- This has been an Eddie Martinez production. <Please exit in an orderly fashion> -- Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago" target="_blank"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</a> </blockquote></div>