I can probably start helping out late next week. My wife's test results came back on Tuesday as positive for more skin cancer, so we're going for more surgery this afternoon. With that and 50+ hours a week at work I can't garauntee I'll have time available to produce deliverables along a set timeline. While I can do good work, and would be happy to help, I can't dedicate the time to do it quickly.
Some things that should be decided upon before we start designing the site:
Logo design
Site sections (What do we want besides a home page? Does the design need to be flexible for future expansion?)
Programming media (Flash, HTML or both)
Must there be an agreement on design style (like voting on which design you like best) or can the designer just do whatever they want