Hallo!

Following our work towards a guideline for making project proposals, and last Tuesday's discussion about bounties, proposals, and other ways to focus on key goals this year, let's draft some project proposals!

If you want to get and give feedback on proposal ideas, or you just want company while you write, come by sudoroom this Sunday from 1-3pm* and we'll workshop proposals together.

Please come with specific proposals in mind (or, even better, in hand!) I think we'll get the best breadth and depth of proposals if we start from a bunch of different ideas and mix & match & remix, rather than starting from scratch as a group.

Here's a reminder of all the parts of a proposal:

Scope - What problem is this solving? What is the tangible solution being implemented?
Timeline - How long will it take? (Start date, end date, and any other milestones.)
Budget - What are the material and labor costs?
Risks - Are there any potential blockers on progress? (E.g. is research required?)
Outcomes / reporting requirements - What are the deliverables due at project end date?
Collaborators - Who is responsible for completing the work?
Accountability buddy / peer advisor - Who will check in with the collaborators and help them stay on track?

Be creative and exploratory! As far as I know, this will be sudomesh's first time organizing work with budgeted proposals, so I think it's safe to say that we don't know what we're doing here :) So let's not be afraid about presenting proposals that get rejected, or that it turns out nobody actually wants to do. That's a really important part of the process.

By the end, I expect we'll have a bunch of good proposals to bring to next Tuesday's meeting!

Hope to see ya Sunday.

--Benny

* We're overlapping with normal office hours, which will still occur at the normal time. We can move to a different room if we feel like it.