John P. Weiksnar Post-it® Suit • Copyright © 1990 by John P. Weiksnar
Jan 3 2015 - 2:15pm

Drupal 8 Accelerate fund

Since it seems like a good idea to apply for the new Drupal 8 Accelerate fund in addition to the old standby Community Cultivation grant, I thought I'd voice a concern.

TL;DR: the new fund probably would not fund a sprint on the Media module since it's not a D8 release blocker.

Here is the list of critical issues: https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/search/drupal? status[0]=1&status[1]=13&status[2]=8&status[3]=14&status[4]=4&priorities[0]= 400&c ategories[0]=1&categories[1]=2&version[0]=8.x&issue_tags_op=%3D&text=&assign ed=&s ubmitted=&project_issue_followers=&&issue_tags=&order=field_issue_component& sort= asc

And here are the notes I took on DrupalizeMe podcast #054, covering the fund: http://goo.gl/YfzXG8

We will probably shoot for the "bottom up," community-based focus of the fund, since we're a user group and not an individual or small team of dedicated core developers.

My hunch is that we just need to think up a novel idea involving the people at April event. Then make sure it homes in on the fund's purpose, and word the application in "their language."

The missing link is how to tie in Kevin's media module sprint with D8 critical release blockers--that's something I need help imagining.

Some sample "novel" ideas, though:

  • Hire a comic book author to portray us tackling the contrib process, and then publish the comic book
  • Sponsor a documentation guru to oversee a doc sprint for one of the blockers, either remote or in the flesh
  • Gamify the contrib process with prizes going to the winners of a competition that starts at the April event
  • Bring in a film crew to document the contrib effort at the camp, and turn it into a YouTube production

Let me know what you think. Add ideas and let's get this moving.

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Jan 12 2015 - 4:59pm  by John P. Weiksnar Post-it® Suit • Copyright © 1990 by John P. Weiksnar

Update: I have a call scheduled for tomorrow, 1/13, with the founder of http://www.islesquaredcomics.com/

I think the "graphic novel" idea for engaging the outside world with the contrib process could really fly, and if it's okay, I will pursue that idea for the D8 Accelerate fund application. If a picture's worth a thousand words, well, we'll have the process explained pretty efficiently!

-John

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Jan 13 2015 - 11:27am  by John P. Weiksnar Post-it® Suit • Copyright © 1990 by John P. Weiksnar

Okay, I had the call and here's the scoop:

  • He uses out-of-country artists
  • We provide the script and photos of the event (namely, the sprint participants to turn into characters)
  • Then they generate the artwork and color it
  • Price for a 4-page sample publication would be $300—that's figuring about 5 panels per page
  • Full comic books are 22 pages, and the page rate for that could be covered by a follow-up grant
  • Domestic artists would cost about 3.33x more.

I hope this helps. It would mean getting our script in gear, and local photographer to work on it, but the quality of the product would definitely be up there, and give us broad recognition.

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Jan 13 2015 - 11:33am  by Kevin J. Moll Your profile picture

I know a local photographer who is amazing and we can probably get pretty cheap.

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Jan 13 2015 - 2:37pm  by John P. Weiksnar Post-it® Suit • Copyright © 1990 by John P. Weiksnar

Excellent, Kevin. Please try to get a quote when you have time. If they can also handle some simple video interviews (would require lighting and a mic, of course), that would be icing on the cake.

Then we can incorporate those interviews into a video as well as text for the comic book prototype.

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