<div dir="ltr">Dear everyone,<div><br></div><div>My small team is running a Request For Proposal process for a new website and database for <a href="http://friendsoftheigf.org">http://friendsoftheigf.org</a> - a searchable repository of IGF videos and transcripts since the first event in Athens. </div><div><br></div><div>We have requested funding for this project through the new NETmundial platform and we are asking for proposals designed around the amount of 100,000USD.</div><div><br></div><div>We're looking for expertise in content enrichment and semantic search especially. We would appreciate it if you could circulate the RFP liberally through your networks. The due date for proposals is <b>August 10th</b>. </div><div><br></div><div>The RFP is attached. Please also see the below media release for further information.</div><div><br></div><div>I am happy to answer any questions that you may have on or off list.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks much!</div><div><br></div><div>Sincere regards,</div><div>Susan</div><div><div><br></div><div><h2 style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:1.3em;font-size:19.2px;margin:0px 0px 28px"><strong>Call for proposals to renew website and database for the Friends of the IGF project.</strong></h2><p style="font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:27.2000007629395px;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 28px;color:rgb(66,66,66)">On behalf of the Friends of the IGF project, <a href="http://chalmers.associates/" style="color:rgb(18,18,18)"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">Chalmers & Associates</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px"> is welcoming proposals from web design and development teams for a new website and database for the </span><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">Friends of the IGF project (FoIGF), at</span><a href="http://friendsoftheigf.org/" style="color:rgb(18,18,18)"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">http://friendsoftheigf.org</span></a></p><p style="font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:27.2000007629395px;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 28px;color:rgb(66,66,66)"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">The Request For Proposals is available <a target="_blank" href="http://www.chalmers.associates/s/FoIGF-RFP.pdf" style="color:rgb(18,18,18)">here</a>.</span></p><p style="font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:27.2000007629395px;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 28px;color:rgb(66,66,66)"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">Launched during the IGF2013, the FolGF website is a searchable database of transcripts, video, agendas, and reports from the annual United Nations </span><a href="http://intgovforum.org/" style="color:rgb(18,18,18)"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">Internet Governance Forum</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px"> (IGF), stretching back to the first IGF in 2006.</span></p><p style="font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:27.2000007629395px;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 28px;color:rgb(66,66,66)"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">The website allows the user to search across IGF sessions by speaker name, keyword, meeting, day, and other criteria.</span></p><p style="font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:27.2000007629395px;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 28px;color:rgb(66,66,66)"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">Project Lead Susan Chalmers says it is time to take the website to the next level.</span></p><p style="font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:27.2000007629395px;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 28px;color:rgb(66,66,66)"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">Friends of the IGF is about improving access to the important discussions at the annual Internet Governance Forum, Ms Chalmers says.</span></p><p style="font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:27.2000007629395px;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 28px;color:rgb(66,66,66)"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">“The present website represents our pilot effort at organizing the content of IGF discussions over the past ten years into a searchable database. But opportunities for improvement in several areas remain in order for the resource to reach its true potential."</span></p><p style="font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:27.2000007629395px;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 28px;color:rgb(66,66,66);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">“Imagine the possibilities for awareness raising, education, and research in Internet Governance if one could easily search across the entire record of the IGF. We could build upon previous discussions much more effectively, which could help us on the way to build possible solutions to problems at a faster pace. The FoIGF website has the potential to be an incredible capacity-building tool.” </span></p><p style="font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:27.2000007629395px;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 28px;color:rgb(66,66,66);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">“We are looking for a passionate and dedicated team to rebuild the website and database that hosts the living archive of IGF discussions. We are appealing in particular to those with backgrounds in semantic search, content enrichment, and in building archival databases.”</span></p><p style="font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:27.2000007629395px;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 28px;color:rgb(66,66,66)"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">A request for funding for this project of $100,000USD has been lodged with the NETmundial Initiative, which is developing a platform to facilitate the public funding of community-based proposals that help create solutions for Internet governance issues.</span></p><p style="font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:27.2000007629395px;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 28px;color:rgb(66,66,66);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">The target delivery date for the website is November 2015, in time for the </span><a href="http://www.igf2015.br/" style="color:rgb(18,18,18)"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">IGF2015</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px"> in João Pessoa, Brazil.</span></p><h3 style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:1.3em;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 28px"><span style="font-size:14.6666666666667px">The proposal deadline is </span><strong>August 10th.</strong></h3><p style="font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:27.2000007629395px;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 28px;color:rgb(66,66,66)"><strong>Contact: </strong><strong>Sasha Borissenko, </strong>Corporate and Communications Manager <br><strong>sasha [at] chalmers.associates</strong></p><div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br>Susan Chalmers<br>susan@chalmers.associates<br><br><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><b>CHALMERS</b> & ASSOCIATES</span><br><a href="http://chalmers.associates" target="_blank">http://chalmers.associates</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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