Knight Foundation

Deproduction, a nonprofit web design, technology development and consulting organization based in Denver, Colorado has two full-time openings for experienced PHP / Drupal developers to help develop a set of tools that will revolutionize community media.

This page is a resource for members of the Drupal community. If you would like to promote the Knight Drupal Initiative, you can use the following materials.

For more information about the KDI, see the program goals and the FAQ. To submit a proposal, please review the application tips and the application process.

Program summary

A one sentence summary of the KDI.

* The Knight Drupal Initiative is an ongoing grant program for Drupal and is designed to help people improve their communities by providing a robust, freely distributed, open source digital publishing platform.

Elevator pitch

For use when you have thirty seconds to explain the KDI.

* The Knight Drupal Initiative is an ongoing, open grant funding process for the Drupal open source project. We want to enable more people to enter the digital conversation by lowering the technical barriers to entry. We will provide powerful tools for digital publication, free and open to all. Our goal is to encourage people to improve their communities by supporting the free exchange of information and ideas.

[Updated with a cross-post to the marketing group.]

The Knight Drupal Initiative is an open grant process for Drupal projects. See http://groups.drupal.org/node/10459 for more information about the KDI.

Here's a current list of tasks that we need people to take on:

• Write some grant application tips for Proofread http://groups.drupal.org/node/10462 for clarity.

• Design a logo for the Knight Drupal Initiative! Done, considering no alternatives were submitted.

• Create some marketing materials that explain the program. These should include:

The following are frequently asked questions about the Knight Drupal Initiative.

If you have additional questions, please post them in the comments.

Knight Drupal Initiative program questions

• When does the KDI start to accept proposals?

Proposals may be submitted at any time.

• When is the final date to admit new proposals?

There is no official end date, although the Knight Foundation could choose to cease running the program if they saw fit.

• Who may submit a proposal to the KDI?

General guidelines

Creating a new proposal for the Knight Drupal Initiative is the first step in a larger grant process. Proposals that are supported by the Drupal community will be sent to Knight Foundation for formal review prior to funding. Applications sent to Knight Foundation may require additional information.

The Knight Drupal Initiative is an ongoing, open, public grant application and review process. Successful applications will be passed from the Drupal community to Knight Foundation for full review and possible funding.

There are no entry deadlines for submitting a proposal. We will review and cycle through proposals as they are made.

Anyone may apply.

You should review the KDI project goals and KDI Application Tips before you submit a proposal.

Community review

Knight Drupal Initiative project goals

Drupal and the Knight Foundation agree that open source digital publishing can enable powerful agents of transformation in their communities.

Knight Foundation is working with the Drupal community on the Knight Drupal Initiative with the following goals in mind:

• To enable more people to enter the digital conversation by lowering the technical barriers to entry.
• To provide powerful tools for digital publication, free and open to all.

I'd encourage this group to keep tabs on the progress of the Knight Drupal Initiative group (http://groups.drupal.org/knight-drupal-initiative)

The development projects being undertaken by this group have a strong relation to the goals of the KDI, and are prime candidates for support of that initiative, but we need to stay plugged-in to the process. Deproduction has a strong (and growing) relationship with Knight and I would love to support any groups out there who want to apply for support from the KDI for Drupal development projects aimed at bolstering the PEG community.

Tony

Hi all!

Sorry for being absent, but we were in the middle of a board meeting and we are finishing the final phase of last year's Knight News Challenge contest.

First I want to thank you for sharing our excitement and for participating actively in this effort. Thank you all for your help and advice. It was a real pleasure meeting you at DrupalCon Boston and getting to know better your impressive community.

Hi everyone,

(I've moved this post from an earlier sub-thread.)

When the time is right I can work with the group to come up with a design for the marketing artwork.
The components aren't entirely clear, but these are probably necessary:

-- KF/GDO Proposal graphic
-- Banner for GDO
-- color palette for KF and GDO shared ID.
-- Wording presentation outlining the shared objectives
-- Type