KDI

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?

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

Agenda

• Review Project Goals (http://groups.drupal.org/node/9891)
• Review Project Name (http://groups.drupal.org/node/9827)

• Review Proposal Content Type (http://groups.drupal.org/node/9863)

  Naming (Knight Drupal Initiative)

• Few suggestions on the discussion page
• Should not include "News Challenge" to avoid confusion

• Knight Drupal Initiative or KDI (Kay Dee Eye) (http://groups.drupal.org/knight-drupal-initiative) update your bookmarks

  Goals

  Drupal

• Drupal goals are outlined in the Drupal mission (http://www.drupal.org/mission)

  Knight

• Knight Foundation goals outlined on their fact sheet (http://www.knightfoundation.org/about_knight/fact_sheet.dot)

  KDI

• The KDI goals are inspired by the mutual goals of Drupal and the Knight Foundation

• Latest Draft (http://groups.drupal.org/node/9891)

  Proposal Format

• Dropped the multiple goals fields, we only need one field
• Added links to more information
• Indicated that a rough budget is required, and it needs to be refined later in the process

• There is a wiki page with the proposed changes (http://groups.drupal.org/node/10024)

  Next Steps

• Organize and clean up text
• Gather more volunteers
• Move on to marketing strategy

• Once we are production ready, ADVERTISE!

  Additional Notes

• Lullabot mentioned the KDI in a todays podcast (http://www.lullabot.com/audiocast/podcast-56-drupalcon-wrap)