<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/27/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Victor Kane</b> <<a href="mailto:victorkane@gmail.com">victorkane@gmail.com</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;">
But the real discussion is the one inside the Drupal Association, isn't it?<br>That's the one we are in the dark about.<br>What was discussed there?</blockquote><div><br>Several hosting companies contacted the Drupal Association requesting to be involved in the Drupal project. As they have been doing for years. In some cases they want to fund conferences, or make straight up donations to the Drupal Association. They inquired about membership fees, etc. We suggested that we would like to explore paid advertising as a way to fund the growth of the Drupal infrastructure. This was just one of many ways that the Drupal association is exploring to fund the infrastructure.
<br><br>After getting a feel for what kinds of offers were available we posted to the front page of <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a>, a.d.o, and the consulting list to get feedback and specific proposals from the community.
<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;"><span class="sg">Victor Kane<br><a href="http://awebfactory.com.ar" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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</a><br><br></span><div><div><span class="e" id="q_112ceb1b19df26f3_3"><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/27/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kieran Lal</b> <<a href="mailto:kieran@civicspacelabs.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
kieran@civicspacelabs.org</a>> wrote:</span></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><span class="e" id="q_112ceb1b19df26f3_5">
<br><br><div><span><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/27/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Sean Effel</b> <<a href="mailto:sean@crushyou.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">sean@crushyou.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;">
<br>On 5/27/07 2:10 AM, <a href="mailto:bill@funnymonkey.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">bill@funnymonkey.com</a> hollered:<br><br>> We've been told by salespeople that we could bring in many millions of
<br>> dollars by adding text ads but our users aren't asking us for text ads
<br>> so we don't have them. Paid search can create a conflict of interest<br>> with site search. The better your site search is, the less need there is<br>> for paid search."<br>><br>> I think there are some parallels between Craigslist and
d.o --<br><br><br>I agree. I just happened to have watched "24 Hours on Craigslist" last<br>night and heard them explain how they decided charge for posting certain<br>content. They asked the community at large what they felt was an
<br>appropriate way to monetize the CL site, took the feedback and ran with it.<br>I think the most important point they made was that many of the CL users<br>felt the paid ads were to be separated in better categories from the free
<br>content, creatinga segmented community.<br><br>I'm behind this idea. But I think this discussion should be larger than the<br>consultant listserv. </blockquote></span><div><br>I have posted to the <a href="http://Drupal.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
Drupal.org</a> front page, and the Drupal association page. I think that's enough to coverage to get the attention of the community. <br></div><span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
If I were in charge would post this to the front page<br>to be sure the widest slice of d.o users get the opportunity to weigh in. I<br>imagine that we on this list have a particular perspective.<br><br>Great movie by the way, the special features were actually more revealing
<br>about the CL organization, the movie itself was about the user base and<br>their shananigans. Rent it!<br><br>- -<br>Sean Effel<br><a href="http://www.drupaltherapy.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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