It's also worth noting, the first two things that users are going to ask for once they see this new functionality:
1. The ability for institutions to customize these templates
2. The ability to edit the pages of already-created users and groups.
I'm okay with taking an incremental approach, and adding these things later. :) Plus, there are some difficult questions involved in item #2 above, at least if you care about not wiping out the user's own customizations to their homepage.
It's also worth noting, the first two things that users are going to ask for once they see this new functionality:
1. The ability for institutions to customize these templates
2. The ability to edit the pages of already-created users and groups.
I'm okay with taking an incremental approach, and adding these things later. :) Plus, there are some difficult questions involved in item #2 above, at least if you care about not wiping out the user's own customizations to their homepage.