proposals

Edit: This proposal has been approved by community vote as of 06 November 2008. See http://drupal.org/node/331079

Edit, October 2 -- This proposal has been passed along to the Knight Foundation for consideration -- http://drupal.org/node/316403 End Edit

This is a proposal for funding the implementation of the OpenMicroBlogging specification as a Drupal module, in addition to the creation of an install profile that makes setting up a distributed micro-blog easy.

Proposal
We propose a sustainable solution for Development, Installation and Maintenance of Content Management Systems through Open Contributions. Specifically, this proposal is for building a module for the Drupal Platform called Open Contributions.

Overview
Instead or charging Universities for the installation of a CMS upfront, and monthly payments for maintenance, we propose another model:

Edit, October 2 -- This proposal has been passed along to the Knight Foundation for consideration -- http://drupal.org/node/316407 End Edit

Proposal Overview

This project aims to create and implement a flexible framework for group decisionmaking processes. The proposal has two technical components and one implementation component.

Technical components

1. Creation of a Decisionmaking API, an abstracted, pluggable system designed to manage any form of group decisionmaking.
2. Implement the Decisionmaking API by creating a Consensus module, which will model the formal consensus decisionmaking process.

Implementation component

1. Formal consensus is an intricate process, and is difficult to successfully execute even when in person. Inculcating software with best practices developed over decades by consensus practitioners will require its own, unique testbed. We'll provide such a testbed, and report back to Knight/the community on it.

Edit 2 October 2008 -- this proposal is on hold until it can be clarified with regard to the questions below. End Edit

The Drupal Learning Resource Center (DLRC) will be a vibrant hub of information and exchange of ideas about Drupal.

There are two main goals of the Drupal Learning Resource Center (DLRC).

The first immediate goal is to create a freely distributed, open source digital publishing platform for teaching and learning about Drupal. The goal is to make Drupal accessible and easy to learn for individuals at all levels.

Edit, October 2 -- This proposal has been passed along to the Knight Foundation for consideration -- http://drupal.org/node/316402. End Edit

This proposal is to request funding to improve Drupal's documentation by conducting documentation-specific sprints. There are two major components to this project:
1) Tackle big Documentation team issues: Gather key people to work on specific documentation issues that will further the goals of the Documentation team, the handbooks on Drupal.org and documentation that ships with the Drupal code.

Edit 07 August 2008 This proposal has been passed along to Knight Foundation for consideration. http://drupal.org/node/292583

This project will create and host a Facebook Application which enables individuals and groups to publish online "newspapers". In doing so, it will contribute code to Drupal modules allowing anyone to host a similar venture.

The online newspaper we envision allows timely publication of text, images and media; similar to already available blogging sites, but emulating a widely understood newspaper model. Specifically, our model will support:

Edit, July 10 This proposal has been passed along to the Knight Foundation for consideration: http://drupal.org/node/281048 End Edit

This project will create two complementary sites: a Local Publishing Platform paired with a Regional Aggregation Hub.

The Publishing Platform will support a range of activities, from a K12 school magazine, a community paper, a writing project (something like the National Writing Project or Youth Radio), a college paper, etc.