<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/26/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ron Dorman</b> <<a href="mailto:rwd@simplydigtech.net">rwd@simplydigtech.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Kieran,<br><br>My company is interested in this program. Are there any guidelines for<br>proposals and where should the proposals be sent?</blockquote><div><br>Send the proposals to me and I'll aggregate all the proposals as part of a proposal to the Drupal association board. The goal is to show there is a market demand for paid advertising on Drupal properties. We also want to evaluate paid advertising as a revenue generating mechanism to fund Drupal infrastructure projects.
<br><br>Cheers,<br>Kieran<br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thank you,<br>Ron D.<br><br><br>Kieran Lal wrote:<br>
> In 2006, <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> <<a href="http://Drupal.org">http://Drupal.org</a>> traffic increased 250%. In<br>> order to prepare for future growth of <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org
</a> <<a href="http://Drupal.org">http://Drupal.org</a>><br>> and the needs of the Drupal community the Drupal Association is<br>> looking into starting a paid advertising program. We believe that<br>> paid advertising that is relevant to the needs of Drupal
<br>> administrators, Drupal users, and the Drupal community can be placed<br>> in relevant sections of <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> <<a href="http://Drupal.org">http://Drupal.org</a>> and help the
<br>> Drupal community greatly by funding improvements and infrastructure<br>> for <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> <<a href="http://Drupal.org">http://Drupal.org</a>> websites.<br>><br>> If you represent a company interested in participating please get in
<br>> touch via this email. We are looking for proposals from:<br>><br>> * Hosting companies that provide reliable, secure hosting of Drupal<br>> web sites.<br>> * Web development and consulting companies and practioners which
<br>> provide contributions back to the Drupal community.<br>><br>> Advertisements on <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> <<a href="http://Drupal.org">http://Drupal.org</a>> web sites will be<br>> marked as paid advertisements and must meet responsible hosting and
<br>> consulting practices which are to be determined. The Drupal<br>> Association will not explicitly endorse any advertisers.<br>><br>> Funds raised from advertising will go to the Drupal association and<br>
> fund infrastructure, and support improvements in <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a><br>> <<a href="http://Drupal.org">http://Drupal.org</a>> to meet the needs of the Drupal community. The<br>> Drupal association will also offer paid memberships to the Drupal
<br>> association, for supporters that do not wish to advertise but still<br>> wish to support the Drupal project.<br>><br>> Thank-you,<br>> Kieran Lal<br>> Drupal Association fund raising board member<br>
><br>><br>> --<br>> To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.<br>_______________________________________________<br>consulting mailing list<br><a href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org">consulting@drupal.org</a>
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