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[Toast McFarland <toast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joshua,

This was meant to go to you much earlier today.

Interestingly enough, I didn't realize who you were until I looked at 
your email address. I suppose I should start compiling a list of people 
who aren't just the "general public" anymore. Also, you are the owner of 
the form in Google docs. All-in-all, you're correct that it would be 
relatively simple to export the data and reuse it in Drupal/CiviCRM when 
necessary. The front-end design of the document (what is visible to the 
people using it) can also be customized either now or later. Let me know 
if what I just said doesn't exactly answer your question.

Migrating the data to a new format shouldn't be a problem when that 
comes up. I've read that CiviCRM allows individuals (or organizations) 
sign up without assistance to become contributors/volunteers/donors. 
Once we have that set up properly I think it will do what you're asking 
for.

-Toast

On 4/6/2011 2:14 AM, Joshua Utter wrote:
> Sorry for the slow response.  I don't currently have a wordpress 
> id/password, so I can't view the form.  Nonetheless, I was hoping to 
> get a little more elaborate than something that simply collects data. 
>  That in mind, I've acquired a CiviCRM manual and I'm absorbing as 
> much as I can.  However, with the many concurrent (non-Drupal/CiviCRM) 
> initiatives the OSDF is chewing on, I'd like to be able to set 
> something up in time to catch the momentum when these things launch. 
>  So I'm wondering how hard it would be to fashion the google form in 
> such a way that it can migrate fairly easily, both from the back-end 
> data perspective (probably very easy) and the front-end design.  Any 
> thoughts/suggestions?
>
> On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Toast McFarland 
> <toast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:toast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Kage,
>     Any more immediate solution like this one is one that would need
>     to be implemented in Wordpress. However, if you would like to have
>     admin-type access to the Drupal installation get with me. The
>     current focus with Drupal is 2-fold: configure the theme (which is
>     pending a proper draft from our designer) and configure CiviCRM.
>     Any suggestions/additions/improvements to the setup are welcome as
>     well.
>
>     Joshua,
>     I have created the form and made you the owner. You can see the
>     Wordpress draft at http://theosdf.org/?page_id=133&preview=true
>     <http://theosdf.org/?page_id=133&preview=true> (you must be logged
>     in). Let me know if you need help with anything like adding it to
>     a menu, etc.
>
>
>     On 4/1/2011 1:01 AM, Joshua Utter wrote:
>
>         Public bug reported:
>
>         I've gone and obligated us[1], though this is something a few
>         of us have
>         talked about for a while.  Kevin[2], our resident policy geneus,
>         suggested it contain the following:
>
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>         Name (of owner)
>         Business
>         Business Address
>         Business Phone number (for verification)
>         Industry
>         Can we use your business name in OSDF publications in the future?
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>         I'd be happy to build a mock up if this is something we can up and
>         running in the next 5 days or so.
>
>         Any takers?
>
>         [1]
>         http://www.reddit.com/r/rpac/comments/gfafy/lurkers_of_rpac_what_holds_you_back/c1n5m2f
>         [2] http://www.reddit.com/user/geneusutwerk
>
>         ** Affects: osdf
>              Importance: Wishlist
>                  Status: New
>
>
>         ** Tags: feature request
>
>         ** Changed in: osdf
>            Importance: Undecided =>  Medium
>
>         ** Changed in: osdf
>            Importance: Medium =>  Wishlist
>
>
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