The participants at Florida DrupalCamp offer to build a website for selected not-for-profit organizations as a way to build skills in the Florida Drupal community and provide a benefit for the selected organizations. There are no software or development costs for the selected organizations - you only have to pay for your domain name and hosting the site.

Candidate Organizations Announced

The 2012 Coding for a Cause committee has made 3 selections from our list of 16 applicants:

• Victim Service Center
• Orlando Youth Aviation Center - AeroStars
• Feed Florida First

What is DrupalCamp, and moreover what is Drupal?

Did you know that thousands of Nonprofits Use Drupal? From the World Wildlife Fund, Oxfam International to smaller organizations like the California Institute of the Arts, nonprofits build social websites, fully ecommerce enabled, with simple‐to‐use and maintain databases to manage members , donors to fundraising campaigns.

Come to DrupalCamp to hear about exciting topics like the basics of Open Source, Social Media 101, Mobile Fundraising to Cloud Technology.

Learn more about the Nonprofit track at the 2012 Florida DrupalCamp

What is Open Outreach?

Open Outreach is a specialized version of the Drupal software just for nonprofit organizations. We will be using Open Outreach to help us build your organization a full-featured website in just a few hours with the help of our Coding for a Cause volunteers.

Who is it for?

We accepted 16 applications from 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations, and all applicants were be reviewed and selected by the Coding for a Cause committee. At this time, we are planning on accepting three projects.

When are submissions due?

Submissions are closed. The candidates' presence will be required at Rollins College Feb 11th and 12th, 2012.

How were projects selected?

We picked organizations based on how well they met these criteria:

1. Your organization’s goals for the website project are clear and attainable by C4aC volunteers
2. The relative size and scope of your project is achievable in the allotted time
3. Your project helps the local Drupal community by providing real-world experience to C4aC volunteers
4. Your project helps to raise awareness for Drupal and DrupalCamps in the nonprofit community

Interviews with each organization’s representative were conducted to help the decision-making process.

What you will need to do.

If your organization is chosen we will ask you to provide the “content” (page content, images and media, logo) for the site in advance of DrupalCamp. We will assign a project manager to work with you to help guide you through the process - they will start working with you a few weeks before DrupalCamp and stay on the project until it is completed.

On Saturday of DrupalCamp (Feb 11th) there will be a final planning session for the C4aC participants that you must attend. On Sunday (Feb 12th) we will have a team of developers assigned to your project who along with you and your assigned project manager will complete your organization's website. If there are any open issues after Sunday your C4aC project manager will work with you to get them completed ASAP.

We will need your organization to provide branding / content - at least in a draft form - by Jan 28th, which is two weeks before DrupalCamp. Our goal is to have your site complete on Feb 12th or as soon as possible after that depending on available resources.

The Coding for a Cause committee may contact you for verification or clarification of the provided information. You must:

1. Register for FLDrupalCamp (you will be provided with a coupon code)
2. Attend DrupalCamp Saturday and be present Sunday for the project implementation
3. Provide all content, graphic assets, and organizational materials in a timely fashion, working with our project manager throughout January and February
4. Assign someone from your organization to act as the Site Owner, who will work with Coding for a Cause volunteers following February 12th to handle the transition of the website assets and receive training on the use and maintenance of the website.