Hi all.
I'd like to start gathering interested / willing persons for discussion about creating a unified "out of the box" web / communications platform for Transition Initiatives.
This Drupal forum is afire with passionate, dedicated, highly skilled individuals who could help make this happen. This discussion is happening simultaneously at the TransitionNetwork.org forums, it was discussed at the Web / Comms session at the Transition gathering in Ireland this past month, and it's being discussed at the micro level in dozens of new initiatives, like my own in Carrboro/Chapel Hill, North Carolina. This means:
I think the time is right to open up this discussion to a formal collaborative project proposal, and let's start gathering brains on the subject.
If you will, join me here with your comments, and/or participate in the thread at TransitionNetwork.org:
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/forums/process/web-and-comms
Sincerely,
Comments
Transition Drupal
Hi, e.m.
Work on this has already begun as part of the Transition Drupal project (awaiting permission from Dries still to use the name; I'll ping him again).
Please check out the requirements document begun at http://transitiondrupal.org and make additions/changes there.
Welcome aboard!
Andre Angelantoni
Founder, PostPeakLiving.com
names
be great to hear any thoughts on the naming - I'm still pointing people this way and referring to it as the transition drupal 'TI site in a box' movement - but not sure if that's the correct terminology. As you know I'm a keen bystander and cheerleader for this project, hope to keep the connections clear between this and TN.org's web project - looking forward to seeing the architecture so we can establish where our overlaps are :)
Transition Drupal
Hi Aangel,
this sounds great. I would like to help direct this discussion so that we can include the Transition Network folks and keep everyone in the loop, not just the Drupal transition community. (Though I think we do have Ed from the Transition Network here on these forums.)
If you're in contact with the leader of this project, I would appreciate it if you would pass this message along, and direct him to the forums at TransitionNetwork.org: http://www.transitionnetwork.org/forums/process/web-and-comms
Thanks!
-- e.m.fields
chapel hill, nc
"I would like to help direct
"I would like to help direct this discussion so that we can include the Transition Network folks and keep everyone in the loop, not just the Drupal transition community."
Sorry, forgot to address this point. We didn't want to open it up to a larger group than those who have chosen to join this group. The communication overhead is too great.
That's not the same thing as saying people shouldn't get to participate; we just wanted it to be managed so that we are not answering the same questions repeatedly or explaining things that people with a web background would already know.
One way to accomplish both goals is if you manage the conversation over there and then feed the results into the group.
If we do it that way you should also be part of Jacob's team, for sure.
Andre Angelantoni
Founder, PostPeakLiving.com
Hi, e.m., please have a look
Hi, e.m.,
please have a look at the earlier threads here in this group...much has already occurred that it seems you are unaware of :-).
For instance, you may want to play back or read the transcripts of the earlier meetings we've already conducted. Without that background you are liable to cover ground that has already been covered.
Cheers!
Andre Angelantoni
Founder, PostPeakLiving.com
previously covered ground
Thanks, I'll look back through the threads. Where are these meeting transcripts? if they're in the forum I'll find it.
Re. keeping Drupal group closed / communications overhead:
Understood about the communications overhead / redundancy, but it will be important to keep the Transition Network people in the loop so we don't have somebody else try to start up the same project, etc. And, I'm sure there's already someone thinking about doing so with possibly other platforms / combinations than the Transition Drupal project, which may bear discussion. One solution is to have a representative from the Transtion Drupal group just try to keep the rest of the community updated vie transitionnetwork.org forums, and channel in feedback from the forums there.
I'll join jacob's team and see what I can do to help with this
-- e.m.fields
chapel hill, nc
yup...
yup - hi Matt, Andre is project managing all this work over here separately (but in contact with) the TN work we're up to - and it's moving at a good speed by the looks of things :)
TN.org's first mission is to support and maintain the directories of initiatives, people and projects - this is the core information pertaining to our movement that we need to secure in one place. We will soon be launching a new directory of 'Patterns' following the conference, along with some other enhancements. But we don't have the resource to offer TIs anything more sophisticated than our seriously simple 'community microsites' so are absolutely delighted to see this coming together here :)
I recommend all the serious drupal discussions are best located here - TN.org is a place for all sorts of different parts of the TT system to come and connect and discuss things, for example the forums can be a neutral space to discuss the different web comms issuses transitioners are having and inter-connect with action from here, but this space is the spot for hardcore drupal building action.
developer help?
Hi All,
Having worked on Drupal sites for one or two London based Transition Initiatives, I've been in touch with edmittance about the possibility of a dedicated Drupal distribution. I'm really excited to see the discussion here. Things seem to have gone a little quiet recently though.
I'm a Drupal developer for a company based in London and I've got some spare time that I'd be really pleased to use helping out, if I can.
I see there are already some lists of modules and features over at http://www.transitiondrupal.org. Is there any kind of first build in existence at the moment?
Ed.