. Then it can be tied into the website properly, using e.g. the same authentication system as the rest of the site. We don't want an external site if we can do it locally.
Another proposal for the new site is mapping via GIS
Is it? I haven't heard any suggestions to this effect, nor do I think it serves any solid purpose at this stage. It could possibly be managed by users and if it gains traction be involved in some way in the website, but I don't feel it would be likely to get used much at all, and thus would involve considerable risk in investing time in it. Thus I think my answer is, feel free to try and get it popular - if you succeed (which I doubt), then we'll see about doing something with it more officially.
Of course, this isn't my decision to make as I'm not a core member of the Inkscape team, but as the website developer I think I get some say.
-- Chris