diff --git a/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb b/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb
index fabb77d28..ab20e76e3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/proposals_controller.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class ProposalsController < ApplicationController
   private
 
     def proposal_params
-      params.require(:proposal).permit(:title, :question, :description, :external_url, :responsible_name, :tag_list, :terms_of_service, :captcha, :captcha_key)
+      params.require(:proposal).permit(:title, :question, :summary, :description, :external_url, :responsible_name, :tag_list, :terms_of_service, :captcha, :captcha_key)
     end
 
     def load_featured_tags
diff --git a/app/models/proposal.rb b/app/models/proposal.rb
index 6597b16e8..9e1b1daa6 100644
--- a/app/models/proposal.rb
+++ b/app/models/proposal.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Proposal < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   validates :title, presence: true
   validates :question, presence: true
-  validates :description, presence: true
+  validates :summary, presence: true
   validates :author, presence: true
   validates :responsible_name, presence: true
 
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ class Proposal < ActiveRecord::Base
     def validate_description_length
       validator = ActiveModel::Validations::LengthValidator.new(
         attributes: :description,
-        minimum: 10,
         maximum: Proposal.description_max_length)
       validator.validate(self)
     end
diff --git a/app/views/proposals/_form.html.erb b/app/views/proposals/_form.html.erb
index ab1c22057..b2941bd44 100644
--- a/app/views/proposals/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/proposals/_form.html.erb
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
     </div>
 
     <div class="small-12 column">
-      <%= f.label :question, t("proposals.form.proposal_summary") %>
+      <%= f.label :summary, t("proposals.form.proposal_summary") %>
       <span class="note"><%= t("proposals.form.proposal_summary_note") %></span>
-      <textarea rows="4" placeholder="<%= t('proposals.form.proposal_summary') %>"></textarea>
+      <%= f.text_area :summary, rows: 4, maxlength: 200, label: false,
+                      placeholder: t('proposals.form.proposal_summary') %>
     </div>
 
     <div class="ckeditor small-12 column">
diff --git a/app/views/proposals/_proposal.html.erb b/app/views/proposals/_proposal.html.erb
index cba2523cc..21cb53f5b 100644
--- a/app/views/proposals/_proposal.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/proposals/_proposal.html.erb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             <%= l proposal.created_at.to_date %>
           </p>
           <div class="proposal-description">
-            <%= link_to proposal.description, proposal %>
+            <%= link_to proposal.summary, proposal %>
             <div class="truncate"></div>
           </div>
           <%= render "shared/tags", proposal: proposal, limit: 5 %>
diff --git a/app/views/proposals/show.html.erb b/app/views/proposals/show.html.erb
index a98ca1d69..e18b8ddd9 100644
--- a/app/views/proposals/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/proposals/show.html.erb
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
           </span>
         </div>
 
+        <div><%= @proposal.summary %></div>
+
         <%= safe_html_with_links @proposal.description %>
 
         <% if @proposal.external_url.present? %>
diff --git a/db/migrate/20150914173834_add_summary_to_proposals.rb b/db/migrate/20150914173834_add_summary_to_proposals.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ebe2df9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150914173834_add_summary_to_proposals.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddSummaryToProposals < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :proposals, :summary, :text, limit: 280
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 9add178d4..330444165 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150914114019) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150914173834) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150914114019) do
     t.datetime "created_at",                               null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at",                               null: false
     t.string   "responsible_name",  limit: 60
+    t.text     "summary"
   end
 
   create_table "settings", force: :cascade do |t|
diff --git a/spec/factories.rb b/spec/factories.rb
index ae6a15cab..cda9c01a8 100644
--- a/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/spec/factories.rb
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
 
   factory :proposal do
     sequence(:title)     { |n| "Proposal #{n} title" }
+    summary              'In summary, what we want is...'
     description          'Proposal description'
     question             'Proposal question'
     external_url         'http://external_documention.es'
diff --git a/spec/features/proposals_spec.rb b/spec/features/proposals_spec.rb
index d8a545a5d..a7c6bf70a 100644
--- a/spec/features/proposals_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/proposals_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
     proposal.each do |proposal|
       within('#proposals') do
         expect(page).to have_content proposal.title
-        expect(page).to have_css("a[href='#{proposal_path(proposal)}']", text: proposal.description)
+        expect(page).to have_css("a[href='#{proposal_path(proposal)}']", text: proposal.summary)
       end
     end
   end
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
     visit new_proposal_path
     fill_in 'proposal_title', with: 'Help refugees'
     fill_in 'proposal_question', with: '¿Would you like to give assistance to war refugees?'
+    fill_in 'proposal_summary', with: 'In summary, what we want is...'
     fill_in 'proposal_description', with: 'This is very important because...'
     fill_in 'proposal_external_url', with: 'http://rescue.org/refugees'
     fill_in 'proposal_responsible_name', with: 'Isabel Garcia'
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
     expect(page).to have_content 'Proposal was successfully created.'
     expect(page).to have_content 'Help refugees'
     expect(page).to have_content '¿Would you like to give assistance to war refugees?'
+    expect(page).to have_content 'In summary, what we want is...'
     expect(page).to have_content 'This is very important because...'
     expect(page).to have_content 'http://rescue.org/refugees'
     expect(page).to have_content author.name
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
     visit new_proposal_path
     fill_in 'proposal_title', with: 'Help refugees'
     fill_in 'proposal_question', with: '¿Would you like to give assistance to war refugees?'
+    fill_in 'proposal_summary', with: 'In summary, what we want is...'
     fill_in 'proposal_description', with: 'This is very important because...'
     fill_in 'proposal_external_url', with: 'http://rescue.org/refugees'
     fill_in 'proposal_responsible_name', with: 'Isabel Garcia'
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
 
     fill_in 'proposal_title', with: 'Help refugees'
     fill_in 'proposal_question', with: '¿Would you like to give assistance to war refugees?'
+    fill_in 'proposal_summary', with: 'In summary, what we want is...'
     fill_in 'proposal_description', with: 'This is very important because...'
     fill_in 'proposal_external_url', with: 'http://rescue.org/refugees'
     fill_in 'proposal_captcha', with: correct_captcha_text
@@ -121,6 +125,7 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
     visit new_proposal_path
     fill_in 'proposal_title', with: "Great title"
     fill_in 'proposal_question', with: '¿Would you like to give assistance to war refugees?'
+    fill_in 'proposal_summary', with: 'In summary, what we want is...'
     fill_in 'proposal_description', with: 'Very important issue...'
     fill_in 'proposal_external_url', with: 'http://rescue.org/refugees'
     fill_in 'proposal_responsible_name', with: 'Isabel Garcia'
@@ -146,6 +151,7 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
     visit new_proposal_path
     fill_in 'proposal_title', with: ""
     fill_in 'proposal_question', with: '¿Would you like to give assistance to war refugees?'
+    fill_in 'proposal_summary', with: 'In summary, what we want is...'
     fill_in 'proposal_description', with: 'Very important issue...'
     fill_in 'proposal_external_url', with: 'http://rescue.org/refugees'
     fill_in 'proposal_responsible_name', with: 'Isabel Garcia'
@@ -178,6 +184,7 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
     visit new_proposal_path
     fill_in 'proposal_title', with: 'Testing an attack'
     fill_in 'proposal_question', with: '¿Would you like to give assistance to war refugees?'
+    fill_in 'proposal_summary', with: 'In summary, what we want is...'
     fill_in 'proposal_description', with: '<p>This is <script>alert("an attack");</script></p>'
     fill_in 'proposal_external_url', with: 'http://rescue.org/refugees'
     fill_in 'proposal_responsible_name', with: 'Isabel Garcia'
@@ -200,6 +207,7 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
     visit new_proposal_path
     fill_in 'proposal_title', with: 'Testing auto link'
     fill_in 'proposal_question', with: 'Should I stay or should I go?'
+    fill_in 'proposal_summary', with: 'In summary, what we want is...'
     fill_in 'proposal_description', with: '<p>This is a link www.example.org</p>'
     fill_in 'proposal_responsible_name', with: 'Isabel Garcia'
     fill_in 'proposal_captcha', with: correct_captcha_text
@@ -219,6 +227,7 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
     visit new_proposal_path
     fill_in 'proposal_title', with: 'Testing auto link'
     fill_in 'proposal_question', with: 'Should I stay or should I go?'
+    fill_in 'proposal_summary', with: 'In summary, what we want is...'
     fill_in 'proposal_description', with: "<script>alert('hey')</script> <a href=\"javascript:alert('surprise!')\">click me<a/> http://example.org"
     fill_in 'proposal_responsible_name', with: 'Isabel Garcia'
     fill_in 'proposal_captcha', with: correct_captcha_text
@@ -255,6 +264,7 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
 
       fill_in 'proposal_title', with: 'A test with enough characters'
       fill_in 'proposal_question', with: '¿Would you like to give assistance to war refugees?'
+      fill_in 'proposal_summary', with: 'In summary, what we want is...'
       fill_in_ckeditor 'proposal_description', with: 'A description with enough characters'
       fill_in 'proposal_external_url', with: 'http://rescue.org/refugees'
       fill_in 'proposal_responsible_name', with: 'Isabel Garcia'
@@ -278,6 +288,7 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
 
       fill_in 'proposal_title', with: 'A test of dangerous strings'
       fill_in 'proposal_question', with: '¿Would you like to give assistance to war refugees?'
+      fill_in 'proposal_summary', with: 'In summary, what we want is...'
       fill_in 'proposal_description', with: 'A description suitable for this test'
       fill_in 'proposal_external_url', with: 'http://rescue.org/refugees'
       fill_in 'proposal_responsible_name', with: 'Isabel Garcia'
@@ -331,6 +342,7 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
 
     fill_in 'proposal_title', with: "End child poverty"
     fill_in 'proposal_question', with: '¿Would you like to give assistance to war refugees?'
+    fill_in 'proposal_summary', with: 'Basically...'
     fill_in 'proposal_description', with: "Let's do something to end child poverty"
     fill_in 'proposal_external_url', with: 'http://rescue.org/refugees'
     fill_in 'proposal_responsible_name', with: 'Isabel Garcia'
@@ -339,6 +351,7 @@ feature 'Proposals' do
     click_button "Save changes"
 
     expect(page).to have_content "Proposal was successfully updated."
+    expect(page).to have_content "Basically..."
     expect(page).to have_content "End child poverty"
     expect(page).to have_content "Let's do something to end child poverty"
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/proposal_spec.rb b/spec/models/proposal_spec.rb
index 6c835bee8..fe2422173 100644
--- a/spec/models/proposal_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/proposal_spec.rb
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ describe Proposal do
     expect(proposal).to_not be_valid
   end
 
-  describe "#description" do
-    it "should be mandatory" do
-      proposal.description = nil
-      expect(proposal).to_not be_valid
-    end
+  it "should not be valid without a summary" do
+    proposal.summary = nil
+    expect(proposal).to_not be_valid
+  end
 
+  describe "#description" do
     it "should be sanitized" do
       proposal.description = "<script>alert('danger');</script>"
       proposal.valid?