I'm gonna bump this thread as I don't want it to die just yet
I am no webdesigner and I don't really know much programming beyond the most rudimentary php, but I was able to set up a site like
The Polite Force without encountering a significant amount of problems. Okay, it's not that great looking and it's been dead for about a year, but the software it runs on is free (wordpress and phpbb3) and comes with
a lot of possibilities. With the help of a few more people with a bit of no-how, I am convinced it would be simple to make a great looking home with functionality that would make it far more suitable to our community, technically speaking, than this one. And, like The Polite Force, it wouldn't have to cost a lot.
My wish is to to get such a team together and start discussing development.