[wplug-board] Beginning rough draft for the sprout fund grant

[JUDI GALARDI]

Perhaps we should put off the proposal until we (may) create a new project...

 Judi


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> From: Pat Barron <pat at lectroid.com>
>To: wplug-board at wplug.org 
>Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 11:38 PM
>Subject: Re: [wplug-board] Beginning rough draft for the sprout fund grant
> 
>On 4/28/2012 4:05 PM, Joseph Prostko wrote:
>>   In any case, I think we still need more substance, as Sprout Fund is
>> really looking to fund new projects, not pleas of "hey, we need stuff
>> that may come in handy when we do what we're already doing".  That
>> said, I don't really know how we can make the proposal more enticing,
>> but I'll ponder it this weekend.
>>
>>
>
>I agree with Joe on this.  The biggest thing the draft is missing is a 
>proposal for an actual, new project that requires funding.  A proposal 
>could definitely include budget for marketing, it but would have to be 
>marketing in the context of some particular project that we want support 
>for.
>
>And, as Joe mentioned, Sprout Fund wants to fund new work - they 
>generally don't provide funding to keep doing what you're already 
>doing.  The thing to remember with Sprout Fund is that, if what we're 
>looking for is funding to support or improve our existing, ongoing 
>operations, we're barking up the wrong tree.
>
>--Pat.
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