Lots of Changes Coming Your Way

As most of you know already, RA Project lost one of its main contributors last week. Since then I’ve been in recruiting/planning mode to try to get this project moving forward.

This post will go into some of the changes that have already happened or are going to happen soon.

Monetization Poll Results

The results from last week’s poll are in. Nine readers voted, and eight voted that they were fine with monetization. One reader was against it.

It looks like RA Project will soon be on the road to monetization with the upcoming re-design.

RA Project Re-Design

RA Project will be getting a new theme soon. The timeframe is tentative since the theme has yet to be released, but we plan on transitioning to the Mimbo Pro theme.

It is my hope that the theme will help the readers find information faster, and provide incentives for past and future contributors to contribute to the project.

New Contributors

Andrew Rickmann has kindly agreed to post the project’s first ever guest post. The post should go live tomorrow.

Vivien from Inspiration Bit has also agreed to do an occasional contribution to the project.

I’ve approached several others, and plan to approach several more for possible guest slots. If you are interested in helping out the project, please consider applying.

In note of new contributors, I’ve re-done our contribution policy and also added a contribution application form for those who wish to help spread the concept of reader appreciation.

The post schedule, with the exception of guest contributions, is Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and news posts on the weekends.

Other Things to Look Forward To at RA Project

Peeve Week 3

On my personal blog I ran a very successful group project entitled, “Peeve Week.” Peeve Week provided a nice venting mechanism and broke the ice towards guest contributions.

Simonne and I agreed to host the third Peeve Week here and have it deal with reader appreciation topics. The tentative date for Peeve Week 3 is March 17-21 April 7-11. I will post more details in a few days.

WordCamp Dallas

I will be attending WordCamp Dallas on March 29th and 30th. If you’re going, I hope to see you there.

Reader Appreciation Week 2008

The final thing I will mention is Reader Appreciation Week 2008. Last year’s Reader Appreciation Week was a lot of fun and is actually what helped found this site.

The tentative date for this year’s Reader Appreciation Week is April 21-25. I will post more details sometime towards the middle of March.

Other Miscellaneous Changes

The following pages have been updated:

• Our About Page.
• Our Comment Policy.

I’ve also added a new section in the sidebar to highlight our guest contributors. This section will display the authors based on the date of their last contribution.

Conclusion

I appreciate all of your help and contributions during this trying time for RA Project. Thank you for being a reader, and thank you for being here.

Other RA Project Articles

• Five Months of Reader Appreciation (6)
• Can appreciation be paused? (2)
• Avoid quoting your innocent readers when they can be criticized (2)
• 2 Typical and Deadly Trends Your Blog Should Avoid (3)
• Make Big Money Online vs. Build a Sticky Blog (2)

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