Visualisation of Funding

This is nice JISC (Joing Information Systems committee) funding visualisation using IBMs excellent ManyEyes

When I get time I want to drill into these numbers and projects and see if anyone is doing anything similar to us, work out if we are eligible for funding and if so how best to pitch our work!

Collaborative expert systems

It might be nice to have something along these lines in iVoluntr Each volunteer could then make their contributions (eg. helping someone structure a cv) last through a permanent collaborative expert system. Citizens could then consult before asking the site to match them up with a live-voluntr. 

Have you ever seen 20Q ? It can figure out almost any object you are thinking of in 20 - apparently unrelated - questions, by cleverly partitioning the solution space.

This would work in a similar way. eg. "is this about money?", "is this involving just 1 person?" etc. would bring them "need help with cv" Just ideas.. SHOULD be feasible

Scaling social network pricing

Nice analysis of how easy it is to mis-price your work in this emerging sector:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/reversing_the_enterprise_20_pricing_model.php

Forum Minutes - 21/1/2009

Minutes

• Chair - Nigel Desborough
  
• Ben appointed treasurer
  
• Budget for competition ~ £9k
  
• Some people prefer working away from the youth/find youth participation unproductive
• "Contact local police" link
• Local traffic wardens sometimes allow use of their vans, eg. giving lifts for youth projects
• Kickz project can incentivise through Millwall Tickets. Balham Rd new pitch
• Mel has approached an insurance company for £10k
• Police have a "Basic Command Unit" fund that can be used in the community
• The Payback scheme might be included somehow
• A web-designer Orville Philips could get involved (07966 163 342)
• Positive Futures is doing good stuff (my Aunty works with them in Lewisham)
• Hackney's guide to YOF funding in general a good portal
• Lewisham's Young Mayor

Actions

All

• Meet to finalise a design for the competition landing page / website ambitions

Mel

• Beg a free copy of photoshop from Adobe/colleges/unis/design companies
  
• Continue fund raising
• Foster and manage relationships with other similar stakeholders
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Ben

• Meet with Riz from Urban Survival Project for brainstorm
• Provide estimates for site architectures