How to get your project into the budget - Revision history

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Rfs: New page: This is the basic process for getting a project funded at Free Geek. Remember, general priorities are discussed by the Priorities committee and approved by Council. Implementation is done...

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New page: This is the basic process for getting a project funded at Free Geek. Remember, general priorities are discussed by the Priorities committee and approved by Council. Implementation is done...

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This is the basic process for getting a project funded at Free Geek.

Remember, general priorities are discussed by the Priorities committee and approved by Council. Implementation is done by staff. The budget is set by the board. That's a lot of people to get approval from.

Here's the general path towards success:

# Flesh out your idea:
#* '''What''' is the problem that needs solving?
#* '''How''' can it be solved (look at multiple ways)?
#* '''Why''' this is the best way to solve it?
#* '''When''' does it need to be done?
#* '''Who''' is going to do it?
# Alert staff, priorities, and if needed council.
#* This is to get it set as a priority. It doesn't mean we have the resources to go forward with it (yet).
#* Refine step 1 as needed until there's basic consensu
# Get bids and estimate cost or project.
# Send an email to the board asking for the money
#* Be prepared to answer questions. Likely questions will be about why we need to do this and how it's being done. People who can answer these questions should be subscribed to the directors email list.
# OR (instead of step 4) Submit the project to the beancounters, but telling them and including it on a committee's wiki page (in the budget section)
# Poke the board as needed to get the project approved.

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 #* '''When''' does it need to be done?
 #* '''Who''' is going to do it?
-#* ''(Maybe draw a picture.)''
+#* ''(Maybe draw a picture, so people know what you mean.)''
-# Estimate cost of the project. (A range is OK. A stab in the dark is better than nothing, but the more accurate, the better.)
+# Estimate the cost of the project.
-# Alert staff, priorities, and if needed council -- all affected people.
+#* A range is OK. A stab in the dark is better than nothing, but the more accurate, the better.
 #* This is to get it set as a priority. It doesn't mean we have the resources to go forward with it (yet).
-#* '''Go back and refine step 1 as needed''' until there's basic consensus on the proposal.
+#* If any concerns are raised '''go back and refine step 1 as needed''' until there's basic consensus on the proposal.
 # Firm up bids and cost estimate of project.
-# Get budget approval
+# Now, get budget approval
 #* Send an email to the board asking for the money with a summary of all the above information.
 #* '''OR'''
-#* Submit the project to the beancounters, but telling them and including it on a committee's wiki page (in the budget section).
+#* Submit the project to the beancounters, by telling them and including it on a committee's wiki page (in the budget section).
 # Be prepared to answer questions from the board. Likely questions will be about why we need to do this and how it's being done. People who can answer these questions should be subscribed to the directors email list.
-# Poke the board as needed to get the project approved.
+# Poke the board (gently) as needed to get the project approved.
 NOTE: Budgets are considered and approved every quarter (January, April, July, and October). The board likes to see all the one time expenses that we know about listed together, so we don't nickel and dime them all year long.

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 #* '''Who''' is going to do it?
 #* ''(Maybe draw a picture.)''
-# Estimate cost of the project.
+# Estimate cost of the project. (A range is OK. A stab in the dark is better than nothing, but the more accurate, the better.)
 # Alert staff, priorities, and if needed council -- all affected people.
 #* This is to get it set as a priority. It doesn't mean we have the resources to go forward with it (yet).

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 # Alert staff, priorities, and if needed council -- all affected people.
 #* This is to get it set as a priority. It doesn't mean we have the resources to go forward with it (yet).
-#* Refine step 1 as needed until there's basic consensus on the proposal.
+#* '''Go back and refine step 1 as needed''' until there's basic consensus on the proposal.
 # Firm up bids and cost estimate of project.
 # Get budget approval

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 #* '''When''' does it need to be done?
 #* '''Who''' is going to do it?
 # Estimate cost of the project.
 # Alert staff, priorities, and if needed council -- all affected people.

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 # Flesh out your idea:
 #* '''What''' is the problem that needs solving?
-#* '''How''' can it be solved (look at multiple ways)?
+#* '''How''' could it be solved (look at multiple ways)?
 #* '''Why''' this is the best way to solve it?
 #* '''When''' does it need to be done?

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