Am 25.11.2008 um 22:47 schrieb David Andersen: > was useful here - i appreciate the forward. :)
you think its "usefull " to answer this cataloge of question !!???? sorry too much bureaucratie. regards Marc > For real proposals we ask to hold on the following structure, or at > least provide the following information: > > - Background of the project and basic idea behind it > - Existing Work - description of the existing results as basis for > the requested project > - Mission and Aim of the project > - Project proposal: > - New Work to be done in the course of the project / Deliverables - > problems to be resolved, code, documentation, test plan, etc. > - Project management: leader of the project, persons or skills to be > involved > - Project risks which can be envisaged now > - Oversight and reporting (we require at least a quarterly reporting > on project progress) > - Planning: start, end of the project > - Funding/Costing of the project: > - Total budget: > - Assessment of FTE's > - Assessment of equipment costs > - Assessment of traveling costs > - Other sources of financing (if any) / organisations involved > - Promotion plan / Dissemination of results / to be built community > and such > - Possible continuation - what is next after the project was > delivered: plans for the future > - Administrative: organisation responsible for project > implementation and person signing the funding contract / Memorandum > of Understanding > > So, if you describe your proposal on 1-2 pages holding close to this > structure, it will be helpful. > > I have also to urge you that open source is important as limitation > to proposals we consider. A proposal shall fit in our mission to be > taken in serious consideration. > People normally pay attention to the second part of the mission > statement - to the words Open Source and believe we can fund > everything around open source: > > "NLnet stimulates network research and development in the domain of > Internet technology. NLnet does not directly benefit from the > undertaken projects, and all developments are published as Open > Source." > > The first part states that we sponsor network research and > development. > In general, the criteria we use are, among others: > > - does it fit in the mission of NLnet? > - is the target group large enough? > - what is the possible impact of the developed SW or HW? > - are there possibilities to build upon the development? > - is the solution generic enough? > - is there attention paid to results dissemination? > - risks bound to the project / break-off risk? _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
