Chat log for October 2, 2009 IRC meeting
This is a copy of the IRC chat log for the KDI meeting in #drupal-dojo on Oct. 2, 2009.
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Knight Drupal Initiative monthly proposal review -- 2 October 2008
We will have our monthly review meeting on Thursday, 2 October 2008 at 15:00 EDT (19:00 UTC).
The meeting will be held in IRC #drupal-dojo on irc.freenode.net. (See http://drupal.org/irc for information about using IRC.) We will meet for 1:30 with the following agenda:
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Open Invitation to the Alliance for Community Media Conference. October 23-25, 2008 Denver, CO
Recent recipients of a Knight NewsChallenge Award, Denver Open Media is hosting the Western Regional Alliance for Community Media Conference, Oct 23-25, 2008 in Denver, CO. We will be showcasing the Drupal Modules being developed to empower communities through Public Access TV stations and Community Technology Centers. The conference will be highlighting the new media technologies and efforts that allow access centers to operate on a streamlined, user-driven model.
Read moreProposal review requirements
In the current draft of the proposal review guide, we set the following standard:
[Items in brackets are subject to change.]
At the end of each [monthly] review period, applications with [10 or more] votes and a rating of [4] or higher will be passed to Knight Foundation for funding review.When we were first starting, hitting this threshold was often a challenge. Now that we have some momentum, we have some larger and more visible projects. Do we need to revise the rating standard?
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Chat transcript, IRC Meeting, September 11, 2008
Chat transcript of the meeting discussing and reviewing proposals.
This transcript is cut and pasted from the chat log
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Grant-Making System
Edit: This proposal has been removed from consideration because the funding request is too large. Ideas for alternate funding sources are welcome.
Introduction
This is a proposal to create an intuitive, open-sourced grant-making system using the Drupal Content Management system, to facilitate an open source alternative for essential needs of non-profit organizations and foundations.
Read moreKnight Drupal Initiative monthly proposal review -- 11 September 2008
After a week of delay due to DrupalCON related travel, it is time for our monthly open review meeting. We will meet for the next round of proposal reviews on Thursday, September 11th at 14:00 Eastern (US) (18:00 UTC).
The meeting will be held in IRC #drupal-dojo on irc.freenode.net. (See http://drupal.org/irc for information about using IRC.) We will meet for 1:30 with the following agenda:
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Can someone post a proposal both here (KDI) and in the Knight News Challenge
(I just realised I could post this as a discussion and not as a comment to the FAQ, sorry for the double post)
Hello all! I'm pretty interested in submitting an idea to either the KDI or to the knight News Challenge (or both). My question is this : is it possible to submit the same project to both programs, or should I choose between the two?
If I should choose where to apply, what could help taking the decision on where to ask for the actual support? Is it total budget, the project's nature in itself or something else?
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Expanding Context_UI, Spaces, Messaging and Notifications, FeedAPI and Maps and Open Sourcing 8trees and Managing News
UPDATE: The paper work is now submitted to knight! Thank you everyone for your great comments and feedback, as soon as we hear back on a time frame from Knight we will notify everyone!
Officially, this proposal was sent outside of the KDI, as discussed at the September 2008 review meeting -- agentrickard
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drupaleo - talent growing and hiring for drupal
Status: Removed from consideration at the 2 October 2008 review meeting
drupaleo's desired goal is twofold:
- to enlarge and foster the drupal community's overall talent by helping current and future drupalists to grow their individual talent
- to support team building (staffing) for drupal projects
drupaleo's desired outcome is to build and run a platform that integrates people, projects and knowledge for drupal.
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