Forum Policy/Category Hierarchy


 * General
 * A single, general category with no sub-categories; one forum each for English, Spanish, French, Russian, and Portuguese. (writable by all)
 * Announcements (read only, press releases, etc.)
 * Technical (writable by participating contributors, readable by all)
 * GVCS Projects (50, top 20 for now)
 * Component Projects (5 or so now, much more later)
 * Community Projects (villages, communities, local OSE chapters, etc)
 * Agriculture Projects (farming, permaculture, etc.)
 * Other Projects
 * Organization (writable by participating contributors, readable by all)
 * Resource Development
 * Web Infrastructure
 * Project Management
 * Standards (Docs, CAD, CAM, etc.)
 * Fundraising
 * Project Proposals
 * Staff (private to OSE staff)
 * Grant Management
 * Press
 * Marketing
 * Personnel

OSE may create new categories within these high level categories if the need arises.