[bestbits] Call for Proposals: Friends of the IGF website & database development

[Susan Chalmers]

Hello again, colleagues,

As a follow up - we've been asked to extend the proposal due date by one
week.

Thus, we warmly welcome proposals for website and database development for
the Friends of the IGF project by *August 17th*.

The revised RFP is attached.

Many thanks and have a great week.

Sincerely,
Susan



Susan Chalmers
susan at chalmers.associates

*CHALMERS* & ASSOCIATES
http://chalmers.associates

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 4:59 AM, Susan Chalmers <susan at chalmers.associates>
wrote:

> Dear everyone,
>
> My small team is running a Request For Proposal process for a new website
> and database for http://friendsoftheigf.org - a searchable repository of
> IGF videos and transcripts since the first event in Athens.
>
> 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.
>
> 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 *August 10th*.
>
> The RFP is attached. Please also see the below media release for further
> information.
>
> I am happy to answer any questions that you may have on or off list.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Sincere regards,
> Susan
>
> *Call for proposals to renew website and database for the Friends of the
> IGF project.*
>
> On behalf of the Friends of the IGF project, Chalmers & Associates
> <http://chalmers.associates/> is welcoming proposals from web design and
> development teams for a new website and database for the Friends of the
> IGF project (FoIGF), athttp://friendsoftheigf.org
>
> The Request For Proposals is available here
> <http://www.chalmers.associates/s/FoIGF-RFP.pdf>.
>
> Launched during the IGF2013, the FolGF website is a searchable database of
> transcripts, video, agendas, and reports from the annual United Nations Internet
> Governance Forum <http://intgovforum.org/> (IGF), stretching back to the
> first IGF in 2006.
>
> The website allows the user to search across IGF sessions by speaker name,
> keyword, meeting, day, and other criteria.
>
> Project Lead Susan Chalmers says it is time to take the website to the
> next level.
>
> Friends of the IGF is about improving access to the important discussions
> at the annual Internet Governance Forum, Ms Chalmers says.
>
> “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."
>
> “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.”
>
> “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.”
>
> 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.
>
> The target delivery date for the website is November 2015, in time for the
> IGF2015 <http://www.igf2015.br/> in João Pessoa, Brazil.
> The proposal deadline is *August 10th.*
>
> *Contact: **Sasha Borissenko, *Corporate and Communications Manager
> *sasha [at] chalmers.associates*
>
> Susan Chalmers
> susan at chalmers.associates
>
> *CHALMERS* & ASSOCIATES
> http://chalmers.associates
>
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