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["Andrew Butcher" <Andrew.Butcher@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gentleman,

I visited with the slate people at web services yesterday.  After learning about how it works internally, I'm not so sure we'd want to use it, but I'm going ahead with the beaurocratics of it anyway.  Basically, web services controls your theme without giving you any creative access to it.  You have to send in a request to have a different theme than the two issued options, which aren't that bad -- I guess.  Their people magic themes up for every web site they control -- which seems like way too much work and I didn't realize they had people doing that all of the time.  So, we could design a theme and give it to them hoping that they would put it in place with the slate content readers if we would like.  

Another thing I was upset with was that the project is not open source yet, due to the fact that they lost their lead dev in March and won't be proceeding with development until they get a replacement. Which puts a huge draw on open sourcing the project.  I did although inform them that we were interested in helping package the software if they ever got to that point.

On the positive side, I was pleased with how easy it is to pop in and make updates on their sites and their UI looks really clean.  And after I'm given admin, I can give everyone publishing rights so we can get mass updates all around.  All of that out of the way, we should have a slate controlled WVU page within' one week if we choose to capitalize on it.  Any interest in designing a theme should be voiced soon.

Peace,
Hoss