During a community vote on #drupal-dojo yesterday, the KDI proposal by Bill Fitzgerald and Marc Poris of FunnyMonkey.com was approved to be passed to Knight Foundation for final review. If accepted, the proposal could bring more than $70,000 USD for active Drupal development.

This is a very exciting step for the KDI project, and in the coming week,s look for more information about the program — and more ways that you can get involved.

Below is an edited version of the announcement sent to Bill and Marc.

Congratulations! The Drupal community has voted to approve your proposal for the Knight Drupal Inititative titled “Local Publishing Platform and Regional Aggregation Hub”.

Your project has been filed in the official project list at:

http://drupal.org/project/issues/knight

The next step is to introduce you to Knight Foundation. They can help you through the next stage of the application process.

If you have any questions about the process or need assistance with your application, please add a comment to the issue:

http://drupal.org/node/281048

Again, congratulations on behalf of the Knight Drupal Initiative.

- Ken Rickard
Lead volunteer
Knight Drupal Initiative

For more information about the KDI, or to submit your project, visit http://groups.drupal.org/knight-drupal-initiative.