How to share knowledge in Scotland? 2

Thanks Andy for starting this issue, I've created a 'story post' for this discussion so we can all comment as the first post was a wiki which doesnt allow comments. I think someone needs to undertake a full due diligence of the pros & cons of both running an online site and/or using the tools available within the Drupal groups platform. I can see a ton of issues and am quite happy to undertake this task. This is a Drupal group specific to topics regarding 'Drupal groups' and I intend to chat to this groups manager about future developments and existing issues and functionality.

Im guessing that some people seem to think that if we have a dedicated site then it would allow us all to play about with Drupal but if we do go along the route of a dedicated site then any interaction should be controlled. All of us should have a test localhost Drupal installation on our personal PC or laptops so we can all play & test Drupal without breaking other peoples work. (Note..We should perhaps cover installing a drupal test server for those who dont know how to do it, at a future meeting, anyone want to take this on?)

Unless anyone objects I will report back to the group on this subject at the next meeting, meanwhile please comment.

PS If anyone especially wants to help me to do this then pipe-up as I would be quite happy to collaborate.