I wrote the uc_addresses module, which starts the process of separating addresses and orders. Obviously, it can only go so far without changes to the Ubercart core. If there are any features people need now and that are possible in the 1.0 architecture, please make a feature request at http://drupal.org/project/uc_addresses.

The big question I have is that my time is limited, but I would like to somehow stay in the loop on the address portion of the project. What's the best way to achieve this? I don't mind monitoring one forum (such as this one). Is this the best strategy or is there something else I should do?