First off, thanks to everyone for your posts and involvement in 2006. More importantly, thanks for the work you do using Drupal for worthy causes in your community and throughout the world. Our group has been a bit quiet though in informing others about how Drupal is being put to use for GOOD. Let's all make a resolution in '07 to continue using Drupal for good, and to keep fellow Druaplers informed of what is being done.
I know that large organizations and major mobilizations like the World Food Programs http://fighthunger.org, UN Millennium Campaign's http://standagainstpoverty.org and the One campaign's http://one.org are using Drupal. Great Drupl shops like Development Seed use Drupal to support everything from the World Bank to a small project for returning Peace Corps volunteers. However, you probably haven't read much about any of these projects in this group. Sharing how Drupal is being used for good is important in encouraging and growing the Drupal world, but also in displaying it to outsiders. A vibrant Drupal of Good group can be vital in encouraging more grants from Google or organizations wishing to support open source development for charitable ends. (note: I'm just as guilty as anyone when it comes to not posting about my work)
The open source revolution is not just revolutionary for developers, but is a major shift for nonprofits who can shift resources from high priced turn-key services to focus on creating dynamic content and serving their clients and constituents. For me, Drupal meant that I, with almost no web or computer science experience, could combine my experience with the nonprofit and political worlds with online media. Drupal is lowering the barriers for entry and making development of powerful sites a possibility for those with little resources and experiences. Services once reserved for large organizations with massive web budgets are now available to a anyone with 10 bucks a month and willingness to get their hands dirty. The new profile system in 5.0 and the great il8n development will make it even easier to launch new Drupal sites for specific charitable purposes--again, lowering the barrier to entry into the online world.
Of course, all this is only possible when we all participate in an open source manner. That means sharing information (and of course code) so we know what other Drupalers and organizations are doing so we can support and collaborate. I think it also means supporting better documentation. Help documents are the one place that Drupal is somewhat lacking. The Docs team has done an amazing job over the past year, but we all need to have the same attitude of "open source" sharing of help docs that we have about freely sharing code. I guess that is my personal resolution for the new year: provide more documentation.
So, keep up the great work in '07 and try to find the time every couple weeks to share your work, headaches, and brilliant ideas with Drupal and the "Drupal for Good" community. It might be something as simple as reposting your weekly blog, and you'll probably find that taking a bit of time to write up your work is therapeutic and will help you stay organized. All the best for 2007. May it be GOOD!