INTRODUCTION We've been quietly working on an exciting initiative for Drupal fans everywhere. Today we are launching a new drupal.org web site - http://groups.drupal.org. This site is for geographic groups like Vancouver and working groups like Views developers. The site provides each group with their own mini-site, where subscribers can post messages and collect replies. LOGGING IN You are welcome to login using your drupal.org username and password. Remember to append @drupal.org to the username. Note that your email address will *not* be copied over, so you'll want to edit your profile after you log in. STAYING IN TOUCH - NOTIFICATIONS There are three useful tracker pages offered by the site. See the tabs at http://groups.drupal.org/tracker. There you may also collect links for RSS feeds for each page. Alternatively, each group offers an email subscription feature. With this, you get all nodes and comments posted to the group via email. A helpful reply link is in each email. CREATING GROUPS We welcome everyone to create groups on the site. Please adhere to the guidelines posted on the creation page. ABOUT This site showcases some pretty neat technology like Organic groups, signup.module, Casetracker, Views, Localization, and more. You can read more about it at http://groups.drupal.org/about. PROVIDING FEEDBACK The site has a simple ticketing system for reporting issues - http://groups.drupal.org/project/cases/58/all. We hope to soon provide each group with its own ticketing area. We also have a feedback form - http://groups.drupal.org/contact. STATUS This site is just leaving alpha stage and entering beta. I don't anticipate a long beta like those wimpy apps Flickr and Gmail. When we leave beta, I will announce this site on drupal.org home page and in newsletters, etc. Meanwhile, feel free to blog about the site and use it heartily. It is most definitely live.