<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div><span>Perhaps we should put off the proposal until we (may) create a new project...<br></span></div><div> Judi</div><div><span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 0);font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;"><span style="color:rgb(191, 0, 191);"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></span></span><hr style="width:100%;height:2px;"><span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 0);font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;"><span style="color:rgb(191, 0, 191);"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><font style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);" size="3">Judi Galardi's</font><span style="text-decoration:underline;"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);text-decoration:underline;">THRAE BACK ATCHA!</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);">
</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">is here. Not here! At my website: www.judithgalardi.com or </span>at: www.authorhouse.com. My other books are also available.<br></div> <div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Pat Barron <pat@lectroid.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> wplug-board@wplug.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, April 28, 2012 11:38 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [wplug-board] Beginning rough draft for the sprout
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On 4/28/2012 4:05 PM, Joseph Prostko wrote:<br>> In any case, I think we still need more substance, as Sprout Fund is<br>> really looking to fund new projects, not pleas of "hey, we need stuff<br>> that may come in handy when we do what we're already doing". That<br>> said, I don't really know how we can make the proposal more enticing,<br>> but I'll ponder it this weekend.<br>><br>><br><br>I agree with Joe on this. The biggest thing the draft is missing is a <br>proposal for an actual, new project that requires funding. A proposal <br>could definitely include budget for marketing, it but would have to be <br>marketing in the context of some particular project that we want support <br>for.<br><br>And, as Joe mentioned, Sprout Fund wants to fund new work - they <br>generally don't provide funding to keep doing what you're already <br>doing. The thing to remember with Sprout Fund is that, if what we're
<br>looking for is funding to support or improve our existing, ongoing <br>operations, we're barking up the wrong tree.<br><br>--Pat.<br>_______________________________________________<br>wplug-board mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:wplug-board@wplug.org" href="mailto:wplug-board@wplug.org">wplug-board@wplug.org</a><br>http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug-board<br><br><br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>