Drupal Developer | Public Allies North Carolina

Project Summary

Public Allies North Carolina is seeking proposals for a social networking site using Drupal. We anticipate that most of our functional requirements can be met using existing Drupal modules and the Drupal 5x core, but we seek an experienced CMS developer to select and configure those modules.

Preference will be given to developers in the Triangle area, with whom our organization can form a local working relationship.

About Public Allies North Carolina

Public Allies North Carolina is a non-profit organization that provides community leadership training to young adults and fosters non-profit job experiences through a network of hundreds of partner organizations to whom we commit significant resources. Allies are matched with appropriate organizations and, through their working relationships, Public Allies works to understand and empower the assets of each organization.

A core goal of this project is to increase visibility
and collaboration among Public Allies North Carolina
and our network of partner organizations and other
engaged citizens.

In the past 14 years, Public Allies has developed 185 diverse and passionate young leaders, many of whom continue a career in the local non-profit and public sectors. The strength and integrity of the program benefit greatly when alum continue to stay involved by leading training sessions, contributing to newsletters, developing mentoring relationships with current Allies and many more ways.

Another core goal of this project is to increase
knowledge transfer and exchange among Allies
and Alum.

Current Web Presence

Public Allies North Carolina's current Web site is built within a Kintera site managed by Public Allies National but allows local program directors to edit some content specific to their program. Visit www.publicallies.org.

The new social networking site will have no functional relationship to the current Public Allies site, except that they will link to one another.

Look and Feel

We anticipate that most of our visual/creative design requirements can be met with existing themes and some customization.

Textual Content

The site's textual content will be largely generated in-house and by users.

Functional Requirements

aggregated blog posts / news from across the community

a local map of partner organizations

advanced customizable profiles (for individuals and organizations)

member directory with search and browse capabilities

buddy list

blog for each profile

media upload capabilities (photo, video, audio)

ability to form groups (work groups, discussion groups)

site-wide search

site-wide social tags / tag cloud

rss syndication capabilities for blogs and media

event organizing / calendar sharing
event creation
event notification capabilities (e-invitations)
ability to add a friend's event to personal calendar

other features to be considered:
idea bank
social bookmarks
chat
online donations
google apps integration
civicrm

References

Be The Change (http://www.bethechange.org.nz )
Rural Innovations Network (http://ruralnetwork.ning.com)
Duke Engage (http://dukeengage.duke.edu)

*each has elements we like but lacks others.
*listed first is a Drupal site.

Project Timeline

Proposal review May 1
Site development begins May 15
Site development ends June 15

*some flexibility on dates for the right developer.

Submission Instructions / Contact Info

Email proposals to Christopher Rumbley at rumbley@gmail.com. For more information, also email (rumbley@gmail.com) or call (919-636-2926).