I look forward to the time this project runs like an engine, or a worm-compost bin. Let's do the following for new participants: 1) ask new people to "say hello" in the forum, give a brief bio about their interests (writing specifically). 2) direct them to the "assignments" page - suggest they look there now and then, do an assignment if/when they can, otherwise contribute content in any way that interests them. 3) remind them that we generally see this as an "additive" (addictive?) process, but to not take it personally if entries get altered, edited, changed a bit, particularly over time - as this is one of the great powers of the wiki environment.
Does this make sense? I resist bureaucracy in general, so hope to keep this pretty loose.
Lane