I think the next step is gathering people who are interested and have the technical knowledge needed to create a new Linux Distro. I use Linux servers all the time and I can set one up and install Perl modules from CPAN and what not, but I've never tried to build a new distro.
One way I know of to make your own distro is using LinuxBBQ
http://linuxbbq.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bbqsnapshot it's based on Debian Sid.