diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba5b0591d9..79a5163ac9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-lib/settings.py
+lib/settings/local_settings.py
+lib/acom.sqlite3
 env/*
 *.py[c,o]
 *.swp
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index ab40a9c9b6..8f8dd844f4 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@ TODO items for ansible commander
 * tastypie integration
 * audit cascade behaviors
 * split model into subdirs
-* django admin 
+* django admin -- add more models, set up blank=True on optional fields everywhere
 * business logic 
 * celery integration / job status API
 * RBAC integration
 * python CLI client
 * UI layer (...)
 * clean up initial migrations
+
+NEXT STEPS
+
+* Michael -- REST resources, REST auth, possibly tweak models, admin UI plumbing, add blank=True, etc
+* Chris -- celery infra, use db queue if possible?
diff --git a/lib/api/resources/organizations.py b/lib/api/resources/organizations.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba4d75e4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/api/resources/organizations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# myapp/api.py
+from tastypie.resources import ModelResource
+import lib.main.models as models
+
+class Organizations(ModelResource):
+
+    class Meta:
+        queryset = models.Organization.objects.all()
+        resource_name = 'organizations'
+