CRITIQUE REQUEST: Splash and Main Page of New Design for Non-Profit Website

Dear Fellow Critics:

I have finally finished the first two pages of my redesign for Get Involved
Online, one of our organization's websites.

I was wondering if you could please critique these pages:
http://www.get-involved.com/new-site/
I only need the index.shtml and main.shtml pages critiqued as all other
pages that are linked to are just templates.

I especially would like to see how different browsers view the pages,
because I am using several technologies I have never used before (i.e. CSS1,
JavaScript - well I've used it, but not like this).

BTW, you don't have to be easy on me - I can take the pain - even though
I've spent the past week tweaking these two pages. :-)

Thank you and I look forward to your critiques...

Sincerely,

Kevin M. Reed

P.S. Again the URL is:  http://www.get-involved.com/new-site/

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Students That Care, Incorporated
An AIDS Awareness and Prevention Organization
4 Squire Lane
Post Office Box 3129
Stony Creek, Connecticut 06405-1729
Phone:  (203) 481-1440
Fax:      (203) 481-7634
Email:    kmreed(at)stc-inc.org

Webstites:
www.stc-inc.org / www.get-involved.com / www.aidsnews.net

President:  Kevin Michael Reed

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