Start planning

Research, research, research. Figure out what type of wedding you want, where you want it, and how much you want to pay. Then you can set a guest list based on that information. Make copious use of the "vendors" and "planning" tabs above... and then cross-reference on other wedding sites, google, and yelp.

In terms of assigning roles - unless people volunteer their help to you, it's you and your FS. No one else owes you anything, in terms of helping plan, so you can't count on them. But your FS should be involved, because this is their wedding, too.... and it takes two to get married.

You don't really get to give people tasks unless they offer to help. If they offer, I'd ask them what they want to help with. Don't just "assign" them something like homework.

Definitely get your budget, guest list, and venue in place, because those three things determine a lot of what's left.

I accidentally posted before I was done writing.

Unless people offer, the only people responsible for planning your wedding is you and your fiance. Regardless of your budget, your friends and family aren't responsible for planning, decorating, or anything else for your wedding so you shouldn't be assigning any type of roles. Your friends and family should be able to relax and enjoy your wedding as they are guests. I planned my wedding entirely on my own. My husband did very little to help and we didn't hire a wedding planning.

As for where to start otherwise, I would start with a guest list and budget then look for a venue. I would create your guest list and budget first because they will impact the type of venues you select. Most venues you pay per person so you would need a rough idea of how much many people you plan on inviting and what you can afford. It is also a good idea to know how many people you plan on inviting that way you select a venue that can accommodate the number of people you plan on inviting. I used a wedding planning book to help me throughout the process. I have linked it below. I also attached a wedding planner's Youtube channel where she provides a ton of advice. I saved all of my contracts from each vendor in a folder on my computer in case I needed to refer back to them. I also used Pinterest to get ideas for things I wanted. Within my email, I created a subfolder where I kept all emails relating to the wedding so I could easy locate any emails.

Wedding Planning Book

https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Wedding-Planner-Organizer-binder/dp/0770433367

Wedding Planner Youtube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdAcY6YGgF-RgGYXTsOENbA