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We are pleased to announce the launch of Rebooting America, a project of long-time Lightbulb First client Personal Democracy Forum. At Rebooting America, users are encouraged to submit essays which answer the following prompt:

Welcoming Websites today announces the launch of the new site for the Universalist Unitarian Church of Riverside. The new site will help UUCR reach out to prospective visitors, provide its members with important information, and gather feedback from website visitors. With the new site, UUCR's site includes a Sermon Archive, Minister's Blog, and a variety of other useful features.

Today Welcoming Websites launched the new site for the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association. Launched in coordination with the UUMA's drive to register members for its annual Ministry Days, the new site will help UUMA members share information and connect with one another. It will also help members and staff achieve many common tasks, like archiving and retrieving documents, more efficiently and quickly.

Next week, Shelby and I will be attending Drupalcon, the foremost international conference for Drupal users, developers, designers, and consumers. The program looks fascinating, and we can't wait to see what's brewing in the Drupal world. I'm also looking forward eagerly to the Drupal Code Sprint, taking place at that architectural marvel known as the MIT Stata Center.

Earlier this month, Lightbulb First and Welcoming Websites co-founder Shelby Meyerhoff begain writing for UU World and Street Prophets.

UU World is the most well-known publication for Unitarian Universalists. Shelby's writing at UU World covers ongoing debates and discussions in the UU blogosphere. Her weekly blog and quarterly column is called The Interdependent Web.

Today Welcoming Websites is proud to announce that the website for the First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist, has been upgraded to Drupal 5. Shelby is a member of this church, and we've been providing pro-bono work on this site for quite some time. It's great to see the site continue to grow and improve over time.

Today American Rights at Work launched Shame On Elaine, a microsite which criticizes Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao's lackluster enforcement of US labor law. I provided a bit of advice and critique on the site, and I think ARAW has done a tremendous job with it.

Over the past few months, it's become clear that the website for the First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist, badly needs a couple of upgrades.  One is an upgrade from Drupal 4.7 to Drupal 5.x.  Another is a modification of the way content types are implemented on the site, from Flexinode to a combination of the Content Construction Kit (CCK) and Views.

Today Shelby and I finalized our registrations for Drupalcon 2008, which will take place at the Boston Convention Center. The program looks stellar, and we're very excited to meet fellow Drupalists from across the world.

Lightbulb First wishes you a happy, safe, and peaceful new year.

We had a wonderful year in 2007! Among our accomplishments:

• Established the company in March.