Hopefully, out of this brainstorm, we'll get a series of high-level, concrete goals for (say) the next 6 months.

Each of these should be assigned to a paid contributor (to ensure continuity, and clear responsibility).

Micro-planning, on a task-by-task basis, is probably unnecessary (apart from any liaison with other teams as required). However, every 4 weeks, the person responsible should write a few paragraphs and push them out to one of the main communication channels with how things are shaping up.

Similar to the progress reports for GSoC, these could go to the most appropriate mailing list, or a blog syndicated to Planet.

Having task-oriented, rather than people-oriented, reporting should help prevent things like SSO falling through the cracks by making clear to the stakeholders (the community) what the issues are and where we can help (such as lobbying for extra resources).