First of all, this sounds great.
==== Contribution ====
I can contribute web dev related stuff.
Do we have a Mr. or Ms. Paintbrush that could do some pixel-pushing for us to make things look bright?
==== The project ====
I love your idea about links and news. And I love the idea about something like an e-worldesque Home Page. That means two columns - one for news, one for the city.
The city starts out as an almost empty green turf and over time we add buildings. Each building represents a hyperlink to a project in the OS 9 community. The building "community center" leads to the macos9lives forums for example. A GIF of a nice park leads to the Macintosh Garden. And so forth.
Over time, we can add more and more "buildings" as the link list grows.
I love the idea, because it is so much more friendlier than a simple html table with links. And the classic OS experience is a friendly one, right?
==== The technical background ====
What are our requirements towards a CMS? Could Kirby get this job done for us?
https://getkirby.com/Or should we use simple html files that get ftp'ed for keeping things simple? (like in the old days)
What would be the resolution to aim at? 800x600 seems like a good compromise to me, but there are users with 640x480 resolutions out there too. It's a pity we can't rely on CSS / javascript to detect the resolution and play the adequate content. (aka responsive)