A fellow, "Mark", has started up a potentially interesting newsgroup discussion focusing on "establishing excellent SharePoint Governance from the start" for a 35,000 user environment.
The discussion is here: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver/browse_thread/thread/6d9a738d981af772/1c390b15c5407db6?#1c390b15c5407db6
Pop on over and contribute!
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