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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-1 to ads on Drupal.org.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yes, you could bring in millions of
dollars. But there are 100 other ways to do it that do not involve
commercializing the main Drupal.org site.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The aim of Drupal.org until now has been
participation in an open source project and the most you had to earn was the
respect of your peers. My concern is that inviting a commercial aspect into the
community could change things dramatically and have unintended consequences
that would creep in over time. There are already examples of people trying to
cash in on the release of modules that have limited functionality in the GPL
version and a ‘paid for’ version with more features you can buy
from the author. Imagine where Drupal would be if this happened with views or
CCK. What would it be like if you got a stripped down version of the CMS and had
to pay for everything else? If people are primarily motivated by the potential
for profit, this would be a much different community and ads could be an entrée
into that kind of thinking.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I know everyone wants to get paid, but a
lot more thought should be put into this before being put in front of the
community. Maybe there could be a separate site called providers.drupal.org,
where ‘business’ types could post ads, white papers, portfolios, etc.
and the community could review them? Maybe advertising on that site would make
you eligible to communicate with prospective clients? With Joomla, there is a
main site for the development of the application and a ‘forge’ site
with a directory of add ons and providers. Simple segregation of information based
on purpose may be the answer here.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Thank you,<br>
Michael Haggerty<br>
Managing Partner<br>
Trellon, LLC<br>
</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><a
href="http://www.trellon.com"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://www.trellon.com</span></font></a><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(p) 301-577-6162<br>
(c) 240-643-6561<br>
(f) 413-691-9114<br>
(aim) haggerty321</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
consulting-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:consulting-bounces@drupal.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Kieran Lal<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, May 26, 2007 10:53
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">A
list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [consulting] Drupal.org
advertising proposals requested</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>In 2006, <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> traffic
increased 250%. In order to prepare for future growth of <a
href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> and the needs of the Drupal community
the Drupal Association is looking into starting a paid advertising
program. We believe that paid advertising that is relevant to the needs
of Drupal administrators, Drupal users, and the Drupal community can be placed
in relevant sections of <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> and help the
Drupal community greatly by funding improvements and infrastructure for <a
href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> websites.<br>
<br>
If you represent a company interested in participating please get in touch via
this email. We are looking for proposals from: <br>
<br>
* Hosting companies that provide reliable, secure hosting of Drupal web sites.<br>
* Web development and consulting companies and practioners which provide
contributions back to the Drupal community.<br>
<br>
Advertisements on <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> web sites will be
marked as paid advertisements and must meet responsible hosting and consulting
practices which are to be determined. The Drupal Association will not explicitly
endorse any advertisers. <br>
<br>
Funds raised from advertising will go to the Drupal association and fund
infrastructure, and support improvements in <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a>
to meet the needs of the Drupal community. The Drupal association will
also offer paid memberships to the Drupal association, for supporters that do
not wish to advertise but still wish to support the Drupal project. <br
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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