I never said that there weren't any statuses, I just said that it seemed like people were waiting to be told what to do.
So far all I've seen you guys do is

• Decide to make a photo gallery on a custom framework
• Work out who is interested in working on the project
• Start talking a little bit about the coding guidelines / a brief overview of certain aspects of the code

Talking about what you are going to do is a good thing, although you should be discussing how you want the application to be structured.

E.g.:
Are you going for an MVC style setup?
Will each 'page' have it's own file in the root (e.g. index.php, login.php, register.php)?
How are you going to structure the filesystem?
Are you going to use a template engine?

If you are going to wait for Adam to return before starting coding, then at least work out exactly how you want this product to work (From a coders point of view, not an end users).

Take the initiative