drupaleo - talent growing and hiring for drupal

As another father of two, I can definitely understand those boundaries and the lack of free time it implies. My own Drupal activities are largely be confined to business hours - I'm just fortunate enough to be able to do this as part of my work.

And, while it may be too late, my advice would be to not to take criticism/skepticism too hard. This is a good community and it's full of great people. The KDI Initiative, however, adds a level of scrutiny to everyone's comments; the act of asking for money for a project forces everyone to ask "what is this, for whom and why does it deserve funding?". Drupal and FLOSS in general have always been pushed forward by individuals seeing something they want to address and going for it -- scratching your own itch. There are lots of people who've pushed Drupal forward by doing precisely this, and I think we'd all be sad if you were discouraged from continued involvement in Drupal by having had a less-than-positive experience here.

On the contrary, I would encourage you to share your good ideas with the hopes of making d.o. and g.d.o. better places. The goals you articulated are great. The PDF isn't around any longer to review (and I never did see it), but I suspect that there are at least three constructive outlets for what you're hoping to do:
The Drupal.org redesign plan for the Drupal Association group is actively trying to plan and build a better g.d.o and d.o. experience for everyone -- so that's a great conversation to join.
Likewise, the Drupal Dojo is all about trying to share Drupal knowledge with others.
Finally, You already have http://test.drupaleo.net/ running - and sometimes good ideas can best be communicated by examples -- so you can certainly continue to grow and evolve that site.

In my opinion, though, I think you'll have a much greater chance for impact if your ideas are picked up by the main *.Drupal.org websites - and now is an excellent point in time to be sharing great ideas as the community is actively working on improving these sites.

Drew Gorton
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