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

[JUDI GALARDI]

Altho' Mac --from Sproutfund -- did say we could apply for the money just for the sign as a new marketing effort.  Either way, I will gladly wait to do a proposal for a new project...
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> From: JUDI GALARDI <judigalardi at verizon.net>
>To: "wplug-board at wplug.org" <wplug-board at wplug.org> 
>Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 11:22 AM
>Subject: Re: [wplug-board] Beginning rough draft for the sprout fund grant
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>Perhaps we should put off the proposal until we (may) create a new project...
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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
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>>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.
>>>
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>>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.
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>>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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