[consulting] work for the real needs of humanity - Re: How is the market for Drupal talent?

[Benjamin Melançon]

One thing that frustrates me as a consultant is that for funding
easily available to aggregated small-money people using Drupal for web
sites, we could more than match the invaluable corporate and
foundation contributions– but as yet, the key part - aggregating needs
and funds - has not happened.

I'd very much like to see Sam Boyer's Decision-making API funded and
built (approved by the community but unfortunately not ultimately by
the Knight Foundation).

http://groups.drupal.org/node/14775#comment-68786

I've posted this idea in a couple places as comments but haven't
started broadcasting it; I'm really hoping to find some other people
willing to put in a matching grant to put in gear this always-idling
concept of community funding for specific Drupal modules and features.

DecisionmakingAPI wouldn't just be the first project funded, it could
also be used to make decisions about promoting other projects for
funding.

If we can get matching funds committed ($15K more than the $5K I'm
putting on the table; my financial stake in this is entirely on the
giving side) and persuasively make the case for adding
community-funding of Drupal needs to the mix that makes our open
source free software world rock, I think we can pull off a
perspective-shifting fundraising campaign.

ben

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2009/3/17 Victor Kane <victorkane at gmail.com>:
> Cool.
>
> And it's more than good feelings!
>
> It means that the development of Drupal, its features and character, must
> respond to the needs of the mass of users, and not to the needs of big
> capital.
>
> Often equated in Drupal speak ("What's good for big corporations trickles
> down to us, awesome"), they are not the same. The anarchy of production
> which prevails in large corporations, and their desperation over the race to
> see "who makes it" through the latest and greatest crisis, distorts their
> business model, what they want to "sell" (lay on us) and everything else.
>
> Real people's needs are what many consultants are empowered to satisfy,
> thanks to Drupal.
>
> Victor Kane
> http://awebfactory.com.ar
> http://projectflowandtracker.com
>
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 6:22 AM, augustin (beginner)
> <drupal.beginner at wechange.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Saturday 14 March 2009 07:59:48 Victor Kane wrote:
>> > One day we will work for the real needs of humanity, all together,
>>
>>
>> Amen to that!
>> Actually, this is the only reason I started to use Drupal and develop for
>> Drupal in the first place.
>>
>>
>> Blessings,
>>
>> Augustin.