Hi folks -- Thanks so much to everyone who's participated in this thread; I feel like there's a lot of useful discussion and brainstorming going on.
The DSF board met yesterday and discussed the effort -- we're determined to get this done soon. Unfortunately, we ultimately think that this collaborative effort isn't working: there's a lot of great ideas, but some of the discussion is veering closer to "design by committee", and nobody's really empowered to move things forward. Ultimately and sadly, though, great design is at odds to a community process: the only way we know to get something we *love* is to find someone awesome and let them do their thing. So here's the plan: in the next month we're do exactly that: find someone awesome, and give them carte blance on the redesign. We'll of course give feedback, and touch base with the community a few times, but ultimately we're going to put this thing into one person's hands. If you'd like to become the Benevolent Dictator For This Redesign, then please send a proposal to <foundat...@djangoproject.com>. This doesn't need to be formal; we just need to know two things: 1. Can you deliver? Convince us that you'll actually be able to get this done: show us a track record of shipping, and explain why you'll have time to work on this. We'd like to see this land before DjangoCon US in September; can you hit that? 2. Are you awesome? Convince us that your design will rock. This can come in the form of a mockup, or previous work, or whatever. Again we don't need formal stuff here, and we certainly don't expect spec work. We just want to make sure your aesthetic matches ours. A few further notes: * I want to stress the informality of this. We don't need or want a full formal proposal like you would for a real client; we just want to know that you're awesome and can deliver. If you can prove that to us in a few words, do it! * You don't have to do this all yourself; we have quite a few volunteers. Importantly, we have *plenty* of people who can help on the backend (natch), so really all we need is someone who's great at the design side. How much of the actual coding you do is up to you. If you've got weaknesses that's complete fine, just tell us what help you need and we'll fill it in. You'll be in charge visually and aesthetically, but we'll encourage you to delegate as much as you can. * We don't currently have a budget assigned; we're thinking this'll be volunteer work. However, the DSF *does* have some funds, and if money makes the difference we'll spend it. So if you need money to make it happen, tell us. We won't penalize you if you need to get paid (but at the same time we hope you recognize we probably can't afford market rates). * The deadline is Sunday, June 17th, and we'll aim to make a decision that week. Thanks everyone! Jacob PS: I'm deliberately burying this down in the thread instead of posting this more publicly. I'd like to avoid this becoming a general call; I'm more interested in reaching people who're *already* paying attention to this effort. I'd appreciate it, then, if you'd keep this call off Reddit, Hacker News, etc. However, if you know someone who you think *should* be interested, please forward it onto them! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
