[consulting] Drupal.org advertising proposals requested

[Earnest Berry]

+1 on the seperate site. keeps d.o. clean, open, and virgin, and yet 
gives an avenue for "coporations", and businesses to support d.o. through

Another thought, that kind of keeps both parties 50/50....what about a 
Drupal magazine? Although the "print" world is in a big down turn, 
something to the effect of php|Arch. People could subscribe to it, and 
it could contain articles by the "editors" (neutral core commiters 
probabley, about "general" drupal stuff, not endorsing anything), an 
then articles by people and/or companies. These articles could be paid 
for by the d.o. from the subscription money. The payment would be 
negligible at best. The payment is *not* so that the contributor can 
make money, it's to help offset the time is will take the person to make 
the article. The reason I propose this is that the articles need to be 
of quality, and some monetary compensation (say $20 bucks, or $40 
bucks), is just like a gift card saying "thank you". This also gives 
advertisers their space to place articles.

I'm writing this thought on the road through my verizon card, so it's a 
bit fast and not totally thought out, but that's the just. if a few 
people agree, i can formalize this thought and see what happends.
Michael Haggerty wrote:
>
> -1 to ads on Drupal.org.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Thank you,
> Michael Haggerty
> Managing Partner
> Trellon, LLC
> http://www.trellon.com
> (p) 301-577-6162
> (c) 240-643-6561
> (f) 413-691-9114
> (aim) haggerty321
>
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> *From:* consulting-bounces at drupal.org 
> [mailto:consulting-bounces at drupal.org] *On Behalf Of *Kieran Lal
> *Sent:* Saturday, May 26, 2007 10:53 AM
> *To:* A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers
> *Subject:* [consulting] Drupal.org advertising proposals requested
>
> In 2006, Drupal.org <http://Drupal.org> traffic increased 250%. In 
> order to prepare for future growth of Drupal.org <http://Drupal.org> 
> 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 Drupal.org <http://Drupal.org> and help the Drupal 
> community greatly by funding improvements and infrastructure for 
> Drupal.org <http://Drupal.org> websites.
>
> If you represent a company interested in participating please get in 
> touch via this email. We are looking for proposals from:
>
> * Hosting companies that provide reliable, secure hosting of Drupal 
> web sites.
> * Web development and consulting companies and practioners which 
> provide contributions back to the Drupal community.
>
> Advertisements on Drupal.org <http://Drupal.org> 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.
>
> Funds raised from advertising will go to the Drupal association and 
> fund infrastructure, and support improvements in Drupal.org 
> <http://Drupal.org> 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.
>
> Thank-you,
> Kieran Lal
> Drupal Association fund raising board member
>
>
> -- 
> To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
>
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