@joost_schouppe Right.
I would hold that welcome mat thought though. I gives me an impression of a store clerk, coming at me with "what can I help you with", prompting an immediate reaction of "no thanks goodbye".
OSM is an active project where things happen all the time. The front page also needs to reflect that by including some dynamic parts, e.g. the event calendar.
@zverik I guess it is a little dry indeed. Now the issue isn't so much creating some decent content, but rather getting a clear mandate on doing something like this. Who gives the go, what are the parameters for community input, when is it good enough