[okfn-coord] Contract with aidinfo

[Rufus Pollock]

2009/5/7 Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com>:
> 2009/5/7 Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>:
>> 2009/5/7 Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com>:
>
>>> Note that the proposal also mentions a hack day they want us to set up
>>> before June - or have I misread it?
>>
>> I think you have misread this. I think what they are asking to do (at
>> the moment) is stated in the half-bolded sentence which reads:
>>
>> "As a way of starting discussions, consultation and planning in this
>> workstream we would like to commission a short consultation paper that
>> sets out the issues and options to consider. "
>
> Phew.

Below is email from Simon at AidInfo in response to my email
yesterday. It seems they don't even need the full report by start of
June, just a "rough draft" or even just "thoughts (I assume a proper
report would be expected by August/Septermber).

I think we can easily produce rough draft/thoughts by end of May (this
won't be more than a few days I think) I think we can pencil in a
definite yes.

Unless anyone objects I will therefore arrange to speak with him early
next week to firm up details (like exact time commitment + money)
which I will then report back here before making any firm commitment.

Rufus

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Simon Parrish <simon at devinit.org>
Date: 2009/5/8
Subject: RE: aidinfo / IATI technical scoping paper
To: rufus.pollock at okfn.org
Cc: jonathan.gray at okfn.org


Hi Rufus,

No problems - just checking you received it.

Re: timeframe, I don't need anything too substantial by early June,
just some initial thoughts and ideas to take into workshop discussions
(not a report)

It would be good if we could discuss this next week (any day except
Tuesday works for me) - and would be ideal if we could arrange a
meeting to discuss further before June (w/c 25th is best from my
perspective)

Cheers,

Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: okfn.rufus.pollock at googlemail.com
[mailto:okfn.rufus.pollock at googlemail.com] On Behalf Of Rufus Pollock
Sent: 07 May 2009 14:43
To: Simon Parrish
Cc: jonathan.gray at okfn.org; Simon Parrish
Subject: Re: aidinfo / IATI technical scoping paper

Dear Simon,

Sorry to not reply sooner -- we've been rather busy this week due to
our involvement with the EU Data Transparency Summit
(http://wiki.okfn.org/ckan/eutransparency/).

We're very interested what the proposal and are just in the process of
talking this over internally. Our only difficulty at the moment is the
timeframe which is quite tight! I can promise we get back to you with
a fuller answer by early next week. Does that sound OK?

Regards,

Rufus Pollock