Drupal for Activists and Campaigns

Registration for DrupalCampLA 2008 is now open. The event will be taking place September 13-14, 2008, from about 10am-4pm each day and will feature three tracks (beginners, designers, and developers). RSVP is required and the event is free to attend.

If you plan to attend and/or sponsor the Los Angeles Drupal annual community event - DrupalCampLA - then please visit the following URLs.

Attendees register at http://drupalcampla.com

Sponsors show your interest at http://drupalcampla.com/sponsorship

• Want to see a promo video for our 2008 DrupalCampLA? http://drupalcampla.com/2008
• Want to see the video from our 2007 DrupalCampLA? http://drupalcampla.com/2007
• Want to help promote our DrupalCamp? http://drupalcampla.com/promote
• Want to know more about LA Drupal? http://ladrupal.org
• Want to download the awesome LA Drupal PDF pamphlet? http://ladrupal.org has it or go to http://groups.drupal.org/node/13555 for the July edition.

DrupalCamp Los Angeles 2008, this September 13-14 (2 days) at the Los Angeles Convention Center

We think Drupal is the best open source content management system period and we're not the only ones. Faced with a bigger demand for Drupal developers than even last year... the Los Angeles Drupal Users Group has decided to throw our second annual free community training session to improve the level of Drupal development in Los Angeles. Plus it's a geeky good time!

Drupal Camp LA 2008 will be held from September 13-14th at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Attendance is FREE! RSVP required. Register for the event and sign-up for updates at http://drupalcampla.com

Registration

Registration is now open. If you plan to attend and/or sponsor the Los Angeles Drupal annual DrupalCampLA, then please visit the following URLs.

Attendees register at http://drupalcampla.com

Sponsors - http://drupalcampla.com/sponsorship

Proposed Scheduled Sessions - http://groups.drupal.org/node/12528 (add yourself to present)

Hi folks,

I began working on a side project a month or so ago to create a system with Drupal that will allow organizers to collaboratively manage volunteers, events and field operations. I have been surprised by the demand for a system like this and I would like to take this past idea stage and formalize a fork of Drupal for campaigns/organizations.

The general functionality I am looking to build in (some of which is completed) is:
1) Calendar
2) Management of campaign requests
2) Task management
3) Volunteer database

Are you a Drupal ninja? Do you want to use your skills in service of a greater good?

We're looking for a benevolent code-shredder who can help run an international campaign to stop the climate crisis. Our small and nimble crew coordinate 350.org, a new internationalized platform to link up the pieces of the growing global movement to stop the climate crisis. We're a young team that moves quickly, and we seek an engineer who can match us in enthusiasm, efficiency, and dedication.

Join us for the second installment of Drupal for NGOs at the Greenpeace UK offices in Islington!

I thought some of the folks here might be interested in a project we're working on - it's called Rootswire - http://www.rootswire.org - and is an aggregation of different political and place blogs. Our first big effort is to build a group site for all of the bloggers covering the Democratic convention. The site is up in beta right now (yeah, yeah, I know - it needs a lot of theming love) and we're currently working on the mechanical aspects of it, and getting bloggers on-board. It's all Drupal, and we're using feedapi and the calais module to import the feeds and automatically tag them.

Hi all,

We are seeking volunteers to help design, develop and contribute content to a new online community - OneWorldWiki. People at any skill level or interest in Drupal are welcome - designers, developers, themers, or simply people who want to make a difference.

The "wiki" in OneWorldWiki means mass collaboration. Originally, we started using Mediawiki but found it too limiting so we're now using the wonderful world of Drupal.

The National Democratic Institute is looking for a creative and flexible programmer to build cool tools that help our partners around the world create more transparent, accountable and democratic governance. The programmer will work with our ICT Team and our country teams to design and build software for governments, political parties, civic action groups and networks of political reformers.

We're aiming to create a Palestine Activist Community site, which would bring together campaigning and awareness raising efforts across the world.

It's a completely volunteer project at this stage but it would be great if there are any Drupallers out there who would like to get involved.

More details are at:

http://groups.drupal.org/node/11466

It's still very early days so if you're interested in contributing to a potentially very important project please get in touch (via my profile's contact form).

Cheers,

James

Online Organizer - Energy Action Coalition (San Francisco, CA)
POSITION TYPE: Full Time Permanent
LOCATION: San Francisco,CA or Washington, DC
APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 15th, 2007
COMPENSATION RANGE: $28-35,000 + Benefits

To apply send a cover-letter and resume to arthur@energyaction.net

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

At GreenAmericaProject.com, enthusiasm and talent come together to work on projects to save the environment.

This values based environmental community needs experienced Drupal volunteers to help build a project based activist website.

I know that this event coincides with the NYC DrupalCamp, but if any of you are interested in helping One Laptop Per Child and UNICEF bring affordable and open-source technologies to the developing world, we could really use your help. If you decide to join, please indicate that you'd like to be part of "Team Drupal" on the registration page. If you have any questions please contact me using my contact page, or shoot me an e-mail.

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blockquote>UNICEF, the world's leading children's organization will be holding an open Storytelling Jam and Hackathon from Friday March 28 through Sunday March 30. The three-day event will be hosted at UNICEF's headquarters in Manhattan, NY.

The focus of this event is to build and implement free and open-source tools for collecting stories, as well as gathering and spreading the stories themselves. Work will be done on a variety of platforms, from mobile phones to the One Laptop per Child's XO machine.

UNICEF is inviting software and hardware experts of all types to create tools that enable young people to capture and share their stories on various hardware devices including the XO. UNICEF's Youth Section has been actively involved in developing various projects in this area, including a radio station on a USB stick, software to allow people to access web pages through SMS / Text messages, and ways to capture the voices of young people through their mobile phones. Developers will be working in groups to either extend existing programs or create new ones. Check the projects page to see a list of proposed projects or propose one of your own. In addition to a viewing for the attendees on Sunday the 30th, Monday the 31st will feature a public viewing at UNICEF HQ where work from the weekend will be displayed and visitors will be able to record their stories.

Dear Drupalers,

This is a call to persons with a comprehensive understanding of what is possible in Drupal (particularly via contributed modules) — in other words, Drupal consultants or enthusiasts.

I am in need of general volunteers able to discuss (preferably via Skype) and suggest solutions for various aspects of the implementation of the following (see below) — even just to provide general one-on-one guidance on the nature of certain modules (CCK, CiviCRM, Views, etc.) and their various functions or possibilities.

I am looking of a way to increase stickness to my Drupal powered business index.
Light games seem like an interesting option.

Some ideas:
1. Random picture => identify the business.
2. Weekly Polls with Prizes.
3. Crossword / Puzzle module (e.g. like here).
4. Complete tasks to earn points.

Which modules do you recommend?
And do you have other game ideas which encourage stickness?

Thanks in advance,

Amnon

The National Democratic Institute is looking for a creative and flexible programmer to build cool tools that help our partners around the world create more transparent, accountable and democratic governance. The programmer will work with our ICT Team and our country teams to design and build software for governments, political parties, civic action groups and networks of political reformers.

CivicActions Seeks Geeks for Good!

CivicActions is growing and we're seeking passionate, talented and creative team members to empower our clients - organizations actively making the world a better place using Drupal in innovative and impactful ways.

We're out to protect the environment, advance peace, improve public health, promote education, champion social and economic justice and increase human potential. In short, we're here to empower change in the world using our knowledge, insight and artistry.

I am seeking a Drupal and/or CiviCRM developer in Alaska to do some contract work on a campaign. We will need someone who is a kick ass Drupal themer and module developer.

The ideal person would have:

* Proven delivery of public websites using Drupal
* Be extremely fluent in developing for/with Drupal, including ability to program modules and implement other customization
* Have experience with Organic Groups and CiviCRM
* Be well versed in developing using API's
* Be an expert in coding websites in a LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) environment

Would you like to work on a "community of practice" site that will push the limits of what's on the web today?

How about while working from anywhere, on a flexible schedule and in a team-oriented environment?

Dear Drupal users,

This is a call to accomplished, high-level themers.

I am in the process of developing a soon-to-be-launched international initiative aimed at prosecuting the United States, its leaders and allies, on charges of the crime of genocide in Iraq. I need significant volunteer resources in all aspects of Drupal, but in particular in theming and aesthetics.

Oxfam International will be relaunching its multilingual website Oxfam.org into Drupal content management system this year. We are looking for a skilled Drupal developer to work on our new global campaign and news website, to help move it forward to meet the business requirements of the confederation.

The successful applicants will have the following key skills:

• Proven delivery of public websites using Drupal
http://www.oxfam.org/en/getinvolved/jobs

My friend whurley has launched an online poll to bring open source to the attention of politicians -- specifically, the presidential candidates. He, like many of us, is troubled by the recent calls for patent reform put forth by larger companies that may wind up blocking innovation and threatening open source-oriented companies and contractors.

You can view the poll here and vote for which candidate you believe is best for the open source community. (Don't worry: "None of them" is an option!)

Dear Drupal users,

I am looking for short, medium and long-term programming / development assistance for an international initiative soon-to-be-launched aimed at prosecuting the United States, its leaders and allies, on charges of the crime of genocide in Iraq.

The new initiative is currently being built offline. It already needs significant volunteer resources, particularly in establishing capacity to provide content in Arabic and Spanish as well as English. There are also significant security considerations that need expert input.

Put your Drupal knowledge to work reforming the U.S. media system with Free Press. http://www.freepress.net

Kurund and Lobo will be in New York City on Dec 19th / 20th. They have a potential space near Union Square for Dec 19th that we could use if we get enough folks interested. They will tailor the session based on the needs of the folks who sign up :)

If you are interested please send Lobo an email (lobo at yahoo dot com) along with ideas on what you'd like the session to be about. They'd love to get some user feedback, comments and critique of CiviCRM. They'll spend some time explaining a few things coming in CiviCRM v2.0

Kurund and Lobo will be in New York City on Dec 19th / 20th. They have a potential space near Union Square for Dec 19th that we could use if we get enough folks interested. They will tailor the session based on the needs of the folks who sign up :)

If you are interested please send Lobo an email (lobo at yahoo dot com) along with ideas on what you'd like the session to be about. They'd love to get some user feedback, comments and critique of CiviCRM. They'll spend some time explaining a few things coming in CiviCRM v2.0

http://civicrm.org/node/267

We at Scoop08 are looking immediately for an experienced Drupal developer to conduct a week's worth of theming as we prepare to unveil the fully functional version of our site. We're a national, not-for-profit student newspaper focused on the 2008 presidential race and all of the personalities and issues surrounding it. The project has already garnered local and national press, and should get more across the country by the end of the summer.

Reuters: http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINN0836701220071112
BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7073664.stm

Distributing Product Design and Engineering Knowledge Across the Net ^SM

DoubleBlackDesign.com was started on August 31, 2007 with a single goal in mind. This goal is to spread the product design and engineering best practices that can typically only be acquired through long-term experience to all aspiring product designers and engineers throughout the world.

Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP), a nonpartisan non-profit organization based in DC with over 1000 members in government, NGO, development, and related foreign policy fields, is seeking to upgrade website with numerous advanced features to streamline event planning, aid in fundraising and increase colloboration and communication opportunities between members. You can read more information about YPFP on our website.

Areas we are interested in pursuing:

hi turkey!

i'm traveling the world for seven months profiling free culture, open source software, activists, couchsurfers and bloggers. on 1 aug, i will arrive in istanbul and am looking for people and organizations to profile, places to visit and people to visit and chat.

as of now, you can see the 10 episodes i've shot, edited and produced at < http://luckofseven.com >...

The USSF site is in Drupal!

http://www.ussf2007.org/

Howdy,

I've been building a drupal website this spring - http://www.pdxpeace.org

The PDX Peace site is for a new coalition of peace/antiwar/social justice groups and individuals in Portland,OR formed during the organizing of the peace rally/march on 4/18/07 on the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq. We're gearing up the website to be a resource for community organizing.

Any comments, suggestions, ideas/tips or best practices for community organizing drupal websites, would be much appreciated.

Grand Junction Design works exclusively with progressive nonprofits. We’re looking for a friendly, organized, and thoroughly competent Drupal expert and webmaster to fill a full-time position in Takoma Park, MD with some telecommuting. The position will begin as soon as possible.

Work Description

Hi NYC and area Drupal folks,

The US Social Forum will be taking place June 27 - July 1 - it's a nation-wide gathering of progressives for 3 days in Atlanta Georgia. Probably no surprise to all of you: the technology is driven by Drupal (http://www.ussf2007.org).

We've just launched the new SQIL (Semaine québécoise de l'informatique libre) website in Drupal, migrating from the 2005 WordPress we had. The SQIL 2007 is taking place in September with Software Freedom Day so you all have 6 months to come up and organize interesting activities.

We're also looking for a little help with the site, so if you have experience with multilingual Drupal sites and/or organic groups, don't be shy and let us know, we could use a hand :)

The Québec Free Software Week (called "SQIL", for Semaine québécoise de l'informatique libre) is actually 9 days of activities promoting free software. Everyone is invited to organize an activity, be it a meeting, demo, installfest or software launch.

The Sunlight Foundation has 10 minigrants of $1000-$5000 to give away
this year, so please let your networks know, and apply yourself -- all
the details are here:

http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/node/2058

The grants are for creative projects that serve Sunlight's purpose of
using technology to strengthen the link between Members of Congress
and the people they represent -- through Metavid-like video or
AZCongress-Watch like close reporting.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Zephyr

Hi all, I'm decidedly not in Atlanta, but I'll be coming to Atlanta for the United States Social Forum– a regional edition of the World Social Forum just held in Nairobi, Kenya, and that started in Porto Alegre, Brazil, as a counterweight to the elite invite-only World Economic Forum.

The USSF site is being developed in Drupal by volunteers around the country, especially NYC (I'm in Boston but haven't helped much).

On the drupal shop talk call today the issue of spam user registration came up (see notes). Laura suggested asking the question here.

How are people dealing with spam (in all its forms)
1) spam user registrations
2) spam content
3) comment spam

are you using Captcha or other user challenges?
Heavy moderation?
user based spam flagging?

let's here it!

So, I have been doing my monthly round up of really cool sites, and have been coming across a number of candidate Web sites using podcasting and / or multimedia solutions.

While I am not ready to tack any modules onto Drupal.org, I wanted to write about some low cost ways podcasting and multimedia can be added to a campaign budget. As I see it, the main benefit of adding audio and video in a campaign context is it is a direct appeal from a candidate to potential voters and donors and really gives people a chance to present themselves in the best light. Every campaign I know of has video of speeches and debates that probably should be shown in some context, and there are a number of really cheap ways to pull all this information into a site without a lot of effort.

I'm starting work on a new not-for-profit Drupal site on the side called WesternMassBuyLocal.org. There are a few "buy local" sites out there already, but I have some new ideas that I would like to try with this one. (Update: just created a national site on the same subject called http://www.buylocal.net/ -- live, but still in development. Also building related site http://www.pioneervalley.org/ in Drupal.)

I see a lot of box stores moving into the area, and local businesses that have been around for 20 years are closing down. When people type in things like "[product] store amherst" into Google, I want them to come up with information about local businesses and to not end up at one of the "box stores". We also have a lot of CSA here and it would be good if more people learned about how they can buy locally-grown produce direct from the farms.

Another project that I would like to start on in the next few months is a multi-blog Drupal site about the 2008 presidential election (USA). The idea is that the voices of a large number of regional (national?) bloggers would be able to get higher search engine rankings and a louder voice than if they were just blogging independently. A multi-blog project would get more coverage than a single blog.

Just some ideas that I am working on. I have the domain names ready, but haven't installed Drupal on them yet...

Kia ora all,

Some time ago I created a project called Enzyme. (www.enzyme.org.nz) I was originally using Php-Nuke and I had an idea. I had recently gotten more involved in activism and saw a need for a community website. I hadn't come across Indymedia yet, but when I did I recognise the limitations of the Indymedia concept (it's a grassroots open-publishing news website) for what I wanted to do. I wanted to create an online community portal. I had many discussions with myself and others over the limitations of the internet for activist groups and the New Zealand activist context and eventually the project ended up becoming a free webhosting project. It's gone through many variations and half-pie designs etc, but fundamentally it's main purpose has been fullfilled.