[TYPO3-ect] tx_party - Extension

[Dr. Ronald P. Steiner]

Hi List,

does some one happen to know the where about of the "tx_party" Extension 
and the entire "party" project. David Bruehlmeier put a lot of effort in 
this project.
I think the idea of having a common framework to handle data of people 
like mail, name, birth date and joining together the various information 
like be_users, fe_users, newsletter-lists, ... is brilliant and very 
promising.
I read the Wiki and the team page of the project: 
http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/Party_Information_Framework
But it seams like there is not much change these days.

Is the project still alive? Who is working on it currently?
How can I support the project? Maybe a good defined programming task?

How about the authors of other extensions, like tt_address, 
direct_mail_subscription, sp_directory, sa_adressexport, 
sr_email_subscribe, gb_newsletter, sg_adress, ast_addresszipsearch, 
m1address_us, cl_company_database, csextfeadr, address, rs_userimp, 
dmaddredit, emailimport, dublefinder, icr_be_addr_dmail_cat, 
kj_tt_address_mailflag, contactlist, feuserextrafields, sg_userdata, 
eu_birthdays, bzd_staff_directory, ....
What do you think about this project? Is it promising in your eyes also?

Has anybody already tested the tx_party extension? What are your 
impressions? Is it a good basis? Was it already possible to include 
newsletters and other extensions to it?

greetings

Ron