From jen.lawrence at gmail.com Fri May 2 16:56:37 2008 From: jen.lawrence at gmail.com (Jen Lawrence) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 11:56:37 -0500 Subject: [consulting] RFP for Lake Street Church web site Message-ID: <8e3d45470805020956i7e7c1722i1405f8d9e7cd3ad1@mail.gmail.com> Hello, all-- I am the chair of the Outreach Committee at Lake Street Church in Evanston, IL. We are seeking proposals for the development of our new web site. I have pasted the RFP below (I tried attaching that along with a site map, but was told my message wouldn't go through because it was too large). If you are interested in recieving a copy of the current site map referenced in the RFP, please email me directly for that. Email me with questions or simply reply to the address on the RFP. Thank you! Jen About Lake Street Church Lake Street Church is an open and inclusive congregation. Spiritual seekers of all racial, sexual, and religious orientations are welcome. People who attend this church come from more than a dozen religious traditions, including Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Roman Catholic, and a number of Protestant denominations. The diversity of our congregation creates a stimulating, enriching community that fosters respect and compassion. Lake Street Church is an active community that offers a variety of programs for all ages and interests. Adult education includes Bible study, meditation, spiritual development through prayer and ritual, and conflict resolution. Art, music and Bible stories enrich all of our children's classes, and our middle and high school students also explore our wider community through service projects and interfaith events. We are a very unique church. We've been described as an "alternative Christian church." We could be considered part of the "emerging church" movement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerging_church. Lake Street offers programs on topics such as meditation, mysticism, creation stories, The Baghavad Gita, dreams, music, Spanish language, "The Aramaic Jesus," Dances of Universal Peace, gender-based affinity meetings and equinox celebrations. History of Lake Street Church Founded in 1858, Evanston, Illinois' Lake Street Church is best known for its interfaith outreach and annual World Community Sunday, which celebrates all faiths, as well as its active social justice committee and program speakers as diverse as former President Jimmy Carter, the Medium for the Tibetan State Oracle and antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan. Originally an ecumenical Christian-based Sunday school meeting in one woman's home, with sewing machine as pulpit, the former First Baptist Church of Evanston has always had women in leadership roles and changed its name in 1995 to reflect its amazingly diverse spiritual community, and distinctly non-traditional point of view. A founding member of the Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists, Lake Street is perhaps the only area church with an annual Pride service. Willing to take a stand on humanitarian issues, the church lead an effort in 1984 to create the first homeless shelter on the North Shore, not originally welcomed by all, but ultimately accepted by the community. The church building hosts the shelter, Connections for the Homeless, founded by an alliance of local churches. Lake Street pastor Rev. Robert Thompson's book, A Voluptuous God: A Christian Heretic Speaks (CopperHouse 2007) embodies the spirit of the community. As Thompson, an ordained Christian minister, explains, "A heretic is someone who chooses. A heretic is one who lives through the heart, rather than according to a belief system provided to him or her. Heretics know that the mystery of life cannot be shrink-wrapped, the beauty of life cannot be limited to canvas, and that quest for meaning requires taking risks and making sacrifices." Goals of the web site We would like our website to better reflect the active and lively spirit of our community life. We'd like to do better storytelling with photographs and, in general, would like the user to understand that we are an active community. We would also like to provide a better hub of activity for the community to access when we are not together?so we can communicate about upcoming events and provide community support online. We currently have a public section and a private section of the website (see existing site map). We will likely revise that structure to better reflect our current needs. We want to move to a distributed content model where individuals in leadership roles can easily update content that pertains to their information areas (we have discussed Drupal as a possible solution, but we are open to other suggestions). We imagine having variable access for the following roles: ? Staff Member, Full-Time ? Staff Member, Part-Time ? Deacon ? Board Member ? Committee Chair ? Church Member ? Registered User ? Blog Author ? Staff Member, Yoga Studio ? Staff Member, Hilda's Place (we do not currently highlight the fact that we house a homeless shelter in our building, but it would be nice to help people understand that this is a part of our ministry) The "Committee Chair" role above will have access to content regarding one or more of the committee sections of the site. These may be accessible only to registered site users, depending on decisions we will make with the chosen vendor as we develop the site map. We should note that the system should allow us the flexibility to create new committees or change the names of the committees as the need arises. Current list of committees includes: Deacon Committee Peace and Justice Committee Wednesday Recharge Dinner Christian Education Committee Grounds/Gardening Committee Interfaith Committee Nursery Committee We would like to create a structure within which these various users can create and update content about events and activities going on at church, using both text and images. It is important that our website have the following characteristics: ? Easy to find Information ? Easy to Navigate ? Clean and Professional ? Allow for quick updates and news ? Promote events/educational opportunities ? Easy maintenance across a distributed content network Our audience Lake Street Church primary constituencies/audiences are the following: ? Members ? Regular Attendees (it is our policy to not be overly persuasive regarding membership) ? Former Members/Attendees ? Potential Members/Attendees ? Media Our time line We will begin reviewing proposals immediately. We would like to begin work on the site by the end of May, 2008. Ideally, we would have a completed site by the fall. Our feature set The included site map reflects current structure and content. We would like to revise that approach, and we imagine the following sections. ? Calendar of Events: This will be the central hub of the site, pulling content from all over the site. Upcoming events and recaps/photo galleries of past events should be prominently positioned. The calendar should display events that many different user types enter, but there will be a staff member role assigned to approving each event before it displays on the site. Users from a variety of roles should also be able to publish event recaps and photo albums that are then approved by a staff member. ? News section: Ability to quickly add press releases, news items, and/or announcements easily and have them highly visible from the main page. ? Sermons section: We would like to post and archive sermons in a variety of media (text/html, mp3, video). This feature should have some ability to archive, and provide some ability to search (by date, pastor, etc.). We would also like to be able to feature church members and other invited speakers who give talks at church. ? History section: 2008 marks our 150th year of existence in the Evanston community. We have done a lot of research, and we recently published a book about the history of the church. We would like to dedicate a section of the site to an online history exhibit. ? Capacity to hold photos/large media files: While the majority of our information is primarily reports and text, it is important to have the ability to easily post and store pictures, logos, and audio reports. ? Search feature: A strong search process/feature. ? Online forms/responses: We'd like the site to be as interactive as possible so users can ask questions about the church, submit prayer requests, provide mailing information, etc. We'd like to be able to variably direct how that information comes in to the organization and is distributed. ? Online Donations: We must have an easy online method for individuals and organizations to donate to the organization. Having capacity to do online financial transactions is also helpful for our annual fundraisers and or/registrations for particular events at Lake Street Church. ? Mass e-mailing capability: We would like the vendor to recommend a service for mass emailing that can be linked to our web site. ? Newsletter: We would like to archive PDF copies of our print newsletter, The Spire, with the thought of one day going completely electronic. ? Links to partner sites and resources: Much of the work we do is in partnership with other community and national organizations. Being able to promote these partner organizations and allies is important to the work we are doing. ? Discussion Groups/Blog: We would like to discuss how to incorporate our pastor's blog (www.avoluptuousgod.com) and possibly use blogging as a broader mechanism for promoting online community. ? We would like to explore some kind of social networking functionality such that users could upload information about themselves and find others within the LSC community. This may replace the existing photo directory (but if we publish address information online, there will have to be both a private and a public portion of a user's profile). Site map Included is a map of the existing site, to provide a sense for current content. This is not to be taken as a recommendation for the new site structure, which we expect will be very different. Reply to Ann-Louise Haak, Associate Minister alhaak at lakestreet.org 607 Lake Street Evanston, IL 60201 Ph: (847) 864-2181 Fax: (847) 864-3376 -- :: Jen Lawrence jen.lawrence at gmail.com From arkelly at cognisync.com Wed May 28 12:44:38 2008 From: arkelly at cognisync.com (Andrew R. Kelly) Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 08:44:38 -0400 Subject: [consulting] Need some theming support for a demo site In-Reply-To: <3861c6770712210521l2573ae99r2e322173a43e8192@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <000f01c8c0c0$994f6430$33224918@akelly> Drupal Themers: I'm seeking a Drupal themer to take a pre-configured Drupal site and create a generic demo for our company. I've got a designer to provide mockups, but I need someone skilled in applying a professional theme. Good possibility of follow on work. Thx, Andrew Kelly CEO Cognisync LLC arkelly at cognisync.com From antonio.zugaldia at uclouvain.be Wed May 28 14:39:31 2008 From: antonio.zugaldia at uclouvain.be (Antonio Zugaldia) Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 16:39:31 +0200 Subject: [consulting] RFP for the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters Message-ID: <004301c8c0d0$a3e985a0$ebbc90e0$@zugaldia@uclouvain.be> Dear all, We are looking for a professional theme redesign of our Drupal 6 installation. If you are interested in the project please do not hesitate to contact me to get a copy of the RFP. Cheers, A. -- About Us The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) was established in 1973 as a non-profit institution, with international status under the Belgian Law. It is located within the School of Public Health of the Universit? catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Brussels. CRED became a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre in 1980 and has expanded its support of the WHO Global Programme for Emergency Preparedness and Response. Since then, it has increased its international network substantially. It works in collaboration with the European Union Humanitarian Office (ECHO), the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA-USAID) as well as with non-governmental agencies such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Croissant Societies (IFRC). CRED promotes research, training, and information dissemination on disasters, with a special focus on public health, epidemiology, structural and socio-economic aspects. It aims to enhance the effectiveness of developing countries' disaster management capabilities as well as fostering policy-oriented research. -- Antonio Zugaldia IT Specialist Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) Universit? catholique de Louvain 30 Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs [Box 30.94] 1200 Brussels (Belgium) Please consider the environment before printing this email. From mordecai at advomatic.com Wed May 28 14:55:04 2008 From: mordecai at advomatic.com (Adam Mordecai) Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 08:55:04 -0600 Subject: [consulting] RFP for the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters In-Reply-To: <004301c8c0d0$a3e985a0$ebbc90e0$@zugaldia@uclouvain.be> References: <004301c8c0d0$a3e985a0$ebbc90e0$@zugaldia@uclouvain.be> Message-ID: <3E15AD30-7290-4D95-8E2A-2B21D26E1B5B@advomatic.com> We'd be glad to take a look at it. Cheers, Adam Mordecai Advomatic Partner --------- AIM: AdamMordecai Main: (303) 733-0215 Cell: (646) 625-9010 Fax: (213) 402-3541 ---------- Advomatic 243 5th Ave, Suite 460 New York, NY 10016 http://www.advomatic.com On May 28, 2008, at 8:39 AM, Antonio Zugaldia wrote: Dear all, We are looking for a professional theme redesign of our Drupal 6 installation. If you are interested in the project please do not hesitate to contact me to get a copy of the RFP. Cheers, A. -- About Us The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) was established in 1973 as a non-profit institution, with international status under the Belgian Law. It is located within the School of Public Health of the Universit? catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Brussels. CRED became a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre in 1980 and has expanded its support of the WHO Global Programme for Emergency Preparedness and Response. Since then, it has increased its international network substantially. It works in collaboration with the European Union Humanitarian Office (ECHO), the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA- USAID) as well as with non-governmental agencies such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Croissant Societies (IFRC). CRED promotes research, training, and information dissemination on disasters, with a special focus on public health, epidemiology, structural and socio-economic aspects. It aims to enhance the effectiveness of developing countries' disaster management capabilities as well as fostering policy-oriented research. -- Antonio Zugaldia IT Specialist Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) Universit? catholique de Louvain 30 Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs [Box 30.94] 1200 Brussels (Belgium) Please consider the environment before printing this email. _______________________________________________ consulting mailing list consulting at drupal.org http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting From nicolas at universeinside.com Wed May 28 16:03:54 2008 From: nicolas at universeinside.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Nicol=E1s_Amado?=) Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 18:03:54 +0200 Subject: [consulting] RFP for Drupal Module Development x2 (back to the community) Message-ID: <8be1529d0805280903y17c7c716qb5088e3180f6b595@mail.gmail.com> REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL for Drupal Module Development x2 (back to the community) PROJECT SCOPE: The development of a "Customer Project Status" Module for Drupal CMS. The Module allows a simple integration with any third party system that is capable of writing files in the web server (through FTP or SSH), allowing to integrate data into Drupal from a .txt and/or XML file placed within the server's folder (which Drupal reads every amount of time). The data, once within Drupal, is shown within the Profile section in a new tab, or in a new special section (within a Block, for example) by being available to the Menu system. PERFECT CANDIDATE OR PARTNER: We are looking for an expert or very experienced developer of Drupal Modules (5.7 and 6), team of developers or preferably a reliable company with deep expertise and extensive experience developing Drupal Modules. Ideally either company or developer is an ongoing contributor to Drupal project having already contributed Modules or being a core developer. We would like to establish an ongoing relationship with this developer, team of developers or company in order to create more Modules for our customers and projects. We need to develop this "Customer Project Status" Module very urgently, and a second E-mail Marketing related one as well for the same project, after the first one is delivered. PURPOSE OF THE MODULE: The purpose of the Module is to show "live" information about each customer's account/project within Drupal. The information consists of the activities related to the customer's environmental project (so this is also a "green" project" besides open source) in a text format. MODULE COMPATIBILITY: Drupal 5.7, Drupal 6.2 (site currently running on Drupal 5.7, waiting on key Drupal Modules to be ready in order to upgrade to Drupal 6). The server is running Linux CentOS4, Apache 2.0.9, PHP 5.1.6, MySQL 5.0.58. COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION: YES: the module is going to be donated back to the community by our customer, once is properly tested. DRUPAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP: YES, we are "Organization Member" of the Drupal Association. And my Drupal.org member is #24897. SCHEDULE / TIME FRAME / DELIVERY TIME: As soon as possible, 5-10 days/2 weeks ideally. FURTHER DETAILED INFORMATION: We will provide flow-charts and User Interface detailed information upon your contact reply. PROJECT URL: http://www.ecogestionasesoriaambiental.com/ ABOUT US Universe Inside Entertainment? is a 360 degrees full-service company offering ongoing technology consulting ("Consulting") and audiovisual rich content development ("Studios"), as comprehensive service solutions for your digital brand and media strategies. http://universeinside.com (alpha site) We are passionate dreamers, we use technology and creativity to empower ideas, individuals and organizations that aim to change the world ... 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Best regards from Barcelona, Nicol?s Amado {nicolas at universeinside.com} Universe Inside Entertainment S.L. .Universe Inside Consulting Designing Comprehensive Digital Experiences for your Brand .Universe Inside Studios Digital Entertainment Studios [Drupal Association "Organization Member"] [Drupal.org member #24897] ......... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/consulting/attachments/20080528/a91b2c22/attachment-0001.htm From code.select at gmail.com Wed May 28 18:00:37 2008 From: code.select at gmail.com (code.select at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 23:00:37 +0500 Subject: [consulting] Need some theming support for a demo site In-Reply-To: <000f01c8c0c0$994f6430$33224918@akelly> References: <3861c6770712210521l2573ae99r2e322173a43e8192@mail.gmail.com> <000f01c8c0c0$994f6430$33224918@akelly> Message-ID: <6da05ce0805281100q4fe86deewa2bf822bf73c8fba@mail.gmail.com> Hello I'm interested in your project and would like too see your mockups before sending a final bid. It will be under $300 in any case. I can show you some sites from my portfolio. Riki Tiki Tavi On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Andrew R. Kelly wrote: > Drupal Themers: > > I'm seeking a Drupal themer to take a pre-configured Drupal site and create > a generic demo for our company. I've got a designer to provide mockups, but > I need someone skilled in applying a professional theme. Good possibility > of follow on work. > > Thx, > Andrew Kelly > CEO > Cognisync LLC > arkelly at cognisync.com > > _______________________________________________ > consulting mailing list > consulting at drupal.org > http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting >