Announcing the Knight Drupal Initiative ============================ The Knight Drupal Initiative is now accepting grant applications. Anyone may apply at http://groups.drupal.org/knight-drupal-initiative. Application is a two-stage process. First, an open community review will select proposals for submission to Knight Foundation. After submission, Knight Foundation will have final approval over grant funding. More information is available at http://groups.drupal.org/node/10461. There are no deadlines for submission. The program establishes an ongoing grant review process. New proposals will be reviewed monthly by the Knight Foundation. About the program ============= Together, Drupal and the Knight Foundation are working to improve communities by providing a freely distributed, open source digital publishing platform. We are looking to fund proposals that achieve our mutual goals. Drupal and the Knight Foundation agree that open source digital publishing can enable powerful agents of transformation in their respective communities. Together, we are working to improve communities by providing an open democratic platform in the digital age. We provide funding for grant proposals that achieve our mutual goals by using and improving the Drupal platform. More information can be found on the KDI Frequently Asked Questions page at http://groups.drupal.org/node/10464. Proposal guidelines ============== A good proposal should improve or leverage Drupal in order to meet the stated goals of the program. When writing your proposal: * Be clear and concise when answering the questions. * Be sure that both novices and experts will understand what you propose. * Be honest and positive when describing your proposal For more tips, see http://groups.drupal.org/node/10462. Introductory meeting =============== With the launch of the Knight Drupal Initiative, many people have questions. Ken Rickard will host a live IRC chat on Monday, June 2nd, starting at 15:00 EDT [UTC - 4:00]. The chat will be held in #drupal-dojo on freenode. For information about IRC, see http://drupal.org/node/108355 For more on the KDI, see http://groups.drupal.org/knight-drupal-initiative Note ==== [This note also went to registered members of the KDI group. Please forgive the cross-post.] -- Ken Rickard agentrickard@gmail.com http://ken.therickards.com