[Jack]

Well...

Here are my few thoughts as to where to go now:

1) Because we now have BOTH the FSN phpBB and CD, we need to decide where to discuess what. Personally, I think that the general idea discuession should occur here, on CD, where there will be more viewers. However, the in-depth tech. stuff should be handled on the FSN forums.

2) How to get things going. Well.. I'm not really sure how well this would work, but here's my first idea:
Create groups. There would be different groups each doing one thing. Ex:

DB Group - This group would be in charge of designing the MySQL db. This is a little harder than it sounds, because a lot of thought needs to go into:
a)record types
b)minimal space storage
c)minimal queires required
d)ways to identify double (or spammed) data

XML Group - This group would be in charge of creating the scripts to provide both xml output from the db, and parsing of incomming data for db insertion. They also would create the format of xml that would be used.

Web_Front_End Group - This group would create the main web front end. A lot of html and php would be needed for this. They need to create both the the html & graphics and then the user system / data querying. They also need to remember that pages need to be light on the server, and to be able to have all data fields dynamic.

Collection_Device Group - This group would be in charge of (depending on how the skills of the people in this group) to create a ready-to-use scouting collection system to be used by the teams. Examples of this would be Access, File Maker, Palm OS, PPC OS, Excel, Paper, ... Also, when other teams create a system, this group would be assist in insuring that the system will be compatible with FSN. (Mabey a FSN endorsement??)

PR Group - This group would spread the word of FSN to FIRST teams. They would get teams to use the system and handel any necessary connections with US FIRST / Event Hosts. This would be the perfect group for non-tech. people. Trust me, there would be plenty to do.

Ideas??