Fame, riches, and recognition came showering down upon George Hotelling this week for his work on the CitizenSpeak module as he was awarded the first prize in the inaugural Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest. The prize, sponsored by the Tides Foundation, aims to:
honor individuals who, in the spirit of open source computing, fashion outstanding applications that help nonprofits become more effective in their ongoing efforts for social change.
George writes more about the module and the prize on his blog.
About CitizenSpeak
CitizenSpeak is a non-profit that provides grassroots organizations and local activists with an easy-to-use, powerful e-advocacy service. Since its inception, CitizenSpeak has supported organizations from all across the country, including formal organizations with long term goals, as well as individuals using CitizenSpeak for one-time issue-oriented actions. The code that runs CitizenSpeak is available as a free and open source Drupal module. CitizenSpeak is based in Providence, RI. For more information, please visit http://www.citizenspeak.org.
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Congratulations
Congratulations to the developer and to Drupal!
Does this module have some fancy mechanism for preventing spam?
...maybe this'll pay for the upgrade to 4.7
I have used the CitizenSpeak module and liked it quite a bit (in fact we, Koumbit, submitted some patches for it) unfortunately it never got ported to 4.7. :-( I can only hope that this cash will help encourage this task to be undertaken.
In any case, it sure is nice to see the Drupal community and its membres benefiting from the overall success and visibility of the Drupal project as a whole.
Omar
4.7
The reason there isn't an official 4.7 branch yet is that http://citizenspeak.org/ is still running 4.6. We're going to be upgrading it soon (just in time to be outdated by 5.0?) and then we'll commit a 4.7 branch.
In fact, that upgrade is more or less a direct result of the award, so you should see the effects of the award Real Soon Now.
too late for Brussels
but it can be corrected, there will be future DrupalCons, I think many people will want to see ya to congratulate.
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Very impressive - congrats! CitizenSpeak 4.7 when?
Please keep up the great Job!
I'm looking forward to being able to use the CitizenSpeak 4.7 version when it comes out. Any estimate on when that might be?
Thank you.
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Such awards prove to us
Such awards prove to us drupal noobs that we are in good hands. Two thumbs up!
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