The idea of aggregating the needs and desires of more people in the Drupal community, and making things happen that we need, has come up independently in meetup after meetup and camp after camp.

A number of us have been talking about it since DrupalCon Chicago, and put together some specific code and organizational plans. http://groups.drupal.org/node/189589

We have some funding for it! http://tilt.tc/usLL

Let's bring it all together!