Spring 2009 update: More politically relevant websites & applications in the works

Koumbit is proud to add the Transnational Institute to its clients list. TNI is an Amsterdam-based think tank, famous in academic and activist circles worldwide. A major website overhaul is in the works, which involves the conversion and importation of about 8,000 archived pages.

A couple of weeks ago, Koumbit has also undertaken a major upgrade (from Drupal 4.6 to Drupal 6) of the 32,000 page strong CMAQ website. The CMAQ (Centre for Media Alternatives - Quebec), established in 2001, is part of the Indymedia network. In a similar, albeit more modest manner, Koumbit provides technical support to the Quebec social forum (FSQ), a major social and political event to be held in Montreal on October 8-12, 2009.

Decisions is back!

The Decisions module development has resumed, after a 3-year hiatus, during which a fork called Advpoll had taken the lead. Decisions is a Drupal-based tool that allows organizations to hold secure electronic polls and elections.

Results are computed according to preferential voting methods, such as instant runoff and Borda count. Decisions is now available for Drupal 6, while new functionalities are being tested on the D5 version.