Thanks for the suggestions. Switching to the new forum was long overdue - big thanks to Tim who did all of the hard work of setting it up.
We initially were planning to switch to the new forum in a couple of weeks (once we had chance to test all intricate configurations) but later decided to take the plunge and use it to start the 3.0 Beta. Please bear with us over the next week or so until we iron all the details.
As far as forum names "Getting Started" indeed makes much more sense so we will rename it shortly. We decided to keep the first couple of 3.0 betas in a separate forum until it stabilizes at which point it will go thru the normal announcements channel (forum).
FYI - Old Google Groups Forum will be closed for new posts later this week, so make sure to update your shortcuts to the new forum.