Converting NSF-funded Nonprofit to Drupal

Who am I?

I am the national coordinator for OP-TEC. And, I'm determining the feasibility of overhauling our Web site. We're funded through the National Science Foundation. Since we're publicly funded, I figured I would get the public's input. If you have any questions about us, you can read the synopsis of our funding at http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0603275 or visit our Web site at http://www.op-tec.org.

What version do I want to use?

version 5.x

What do I need from Drupal?

Here's a list of the kinds of things that we need our site to do. Some of the functions are currently implemented (via custom scripting) but I want everything to run through Drupal.

• Surveys (create and access results)
• Events (user/admin submitted with admin approval, accompanied image, listed on a page and moved to "past events" area once the end date has past, specify URL for registration info at external site -- or, if it's an OP-TEC event, a link to our registration form)
• Registration for OP-TEC events (user must be logged in to register for an event; if they are not logged in, they are taken to a page that says "Existing User? Log in here" and "New User? Enter your information to register for the event" -- which also creates an account -- or something along those lines)
• Resource Library (donated literature/DVDs, rate each according to grade level, and other custom fields, all show up in their own area, and are sortable)
• Image donations (area to upload hi-res images and to specify how we may use them, using check boxes, such as "interoffice" or "Web site integration")
• Ability to designate a user as a certain category of partner (from Subject Matter Expert to Contributing Partner) and provide special areas for each, some areas may overlap user category
• While someone is creating an account, they can select the kinds of information they're interested in, which is modifiable through their profile
• Whenever someone registers for an event, it tracks the events they have registered for

There are probably other things I am leaving out, but I really want a progressive Web site. I believe that a site should do whatever it is capable of doing, so that I can focus on human-human interaction.

Is this too tall of an order for Drupal? From what I have read, it shouldn't be. Whatever assistance I can get will be greatly appreciated. Even if only certain modules could be pointed out to me, that would be helpful, too. I've looked through all of them and have a pretty good idea of which ones to use, but I don't know how to make them work together and be able to do the kinds of things listed above.

It's not often a government funded organization seeks such direct input. But I believe since it's USA tax money, you have a right to such input. Even non-US Drupal users, I request your assistance as well!

I have a development site (J56.org), which I could provide FTP/MySQL access to. In case you don't trust me (for whatever reason), go to http://dev.op-tec.org, and there will be a link to this post. (Why am I not using that as the development domain? We're planning on getting a new server and the one we currently use is so old that it has a 10GB harddrive.)