Ian Mulvany, head of technology for eLifeSciences, blogs using Github. He writes about separating the costs of production from the discussion about open access:
http://partiallyattended.com/2012/07/12/the-cost-of-production/
NOTE: I just spoke with Ian, and he would be happy to be in the loop on our project. He said that the Stanford Highwire service is porting over to Drupal.
How can we include him in our discussions (if the group wants to do so)?
Aimee Morrison has a good rant on her most recent experience with a high impact journal: