KDI

The following are frequently asked questions about the Knight Drupal Initiative. Note that some answers have changed after the 2008 program.

If you have additional questions, please post them in the comments.

Knight Drupal Initiative program questions

• When does the KDI start to accept proposals?

Applications for 2008 are now closed. The program will reopen in 2009. See http://groups.drupal.org/node/16348 for details.

• When is the final date to admit new proposals?

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)