Development+Team

=Development Team=

This is where we will develop a concept paper and attempt to get this work funded.


 * Buffy Bye's proposal to her board for participation in the NPC [[file:Bridges Virtual Reality Proposal for the Board - June 2007_Approved.doc]]


 * Committee Members:**
 * Buffy Beale
 * Coughran Mayo
 * Malin Dahlstrom
 * Zazoom Zimminy
 * Jani Myriam
 * Buteo Ruttan
 * ShaunG Lynch
 * Stroebel Arnahan


 * Committee Meeting Notes**

May 15 Conference Call Notes: On call: Buffy Bye, Susan Tenby, Megan Keane, Malin Coleridge, Catherine Hurd, Shaun Lynch, Ron Sidell

--Looking over rough document for feedback on how to improve/reframe template. Template from Catherine Hurd based on approach that has been successful for her for development opportunities.


 * Feedback:**

--meetings most important part, that should be highlighted early in document (Buffy) --need to mention the blog (Buffy), need for a position for ongoing website development/updates --all the things NPC has done/is doing to support NPC in order to define what it is need further contributions for. Demonstrate pilot phase, what went into it, what need to take it to implementation, next stage to lead into (Shaun) --What is it that we want to fund? How does group want to focus efforts?: paying for management of community, developer network, capacity building funding, logical next progression of the pilot project—moving into production with increased demand. --need to have dedicated FTE to project, funding to do so --(Ron) good to have menu of options to propose so can be tailored to different funders make it so easy to translate into funding for other things --what does “you” (you=Nonprofit Commons) want to accomplish --ideas: increasing capacity, pilot studies, --2 avenues: micro-fundraising and bigger funders, not mutually exclusive, multiple avenues

More simplistic if micro-fundraising—i.e. it costs “x” to do this, can you fund this part of it, but also more compelling/exciting to fund project/infrastructure as a whole

--Next steps: define different various approaches to have for funders (Catherine) --good way to incorporate testimonials from tenants (Buffy); perhaps questionnaire document could also be placed to start w/ goals of org. (Megan) --McConnell Foundation (Canada)—Catherine to determine if they can fund US-based nonprofit


 * Action:**

--Ron to draft his approach to document by 5/27. -- Shaun Lynch to email Catherine his potential contacts that might be interested in funding -- Susan today has asked to have “donate now” box added to NPC website -- Catherine & Susan to incorporate changes/feedback and flesh out document further by 5/27 (next con call to be scheduled in early June)

April 8 Conference Call


 * Possible Funding Resources for Glitter to contact**:
 * Friends of the Sun Microsystems Foundation
 * Faster Cures