GivingMarket/WeblogDirectory

This solution follows the /MembersWebsite and /PublicFoundation solution ideas. This time, simplicity is the key. How dirt simple can we make it and how can we implement this from what already is? from what's already working? and what other folks have already built and documented and educated folks about?

It looks like this...

• A GivingMarket blogger template with suggested questions to answer in sidebar or postings
• A self-organizing sort of directory system like http://www.chicagobloggers.com
• Links to groups already providing services to bloggers
  • http://www.blogger.com and other blog tools
  • http://www.blogrolling.com to list links
  • http://www.paypal.com for payment/giving accounts info to blog
  • http://www.feedroll.com to add custom news links to blogs
  • http://www.bloglines.com news aggregator for tracking changes to many project blogs
  • http://www.technorati.com for finding new project blogs
  • http://www.usemod.com for adding wiki function for those who would build larger sites
  • http://www.yahoogroups.com for email list function that could distribute project blog news postings

In this solution, existing and new bloggers could be gathered into a single directory site that had all the functions shown at http://www.chicagobloggers.com. Giving would be done exclusively through direct and online (paypal) payments as requested and provided for in the individual project blogs. Transaction processing could be developed in tandem with /PublicFoundation fund that could then take donations and make matching gifts to boost direct giving transactions. Main accounts could stay with existing commercial banks that could provide trust-type accounts with credit cards, with services developed over time to respond to and support maturity of the GivingMarket. This latter bit in line with /BigChange visions.