[Digital-Mentor] Tender is open for Digital Mentors!

[Dave Briggs]

I  will be attending the event and I believe a few others from this
list will be going. Maybe put your name down on this wiki page if you
are planning on going?
http://wiki.digitalmentor.org/index.php?n=Main.WhosComing

Thanks to Michel for posting to the blog recently, and for letting
everyone know that Citizen's Foundation is interested in being
involved. Personally I think you are right that a budget of the size
we are talking (£900k) needs a well established organisation to be
involved.

Of interest I think in that regard is the invitation from Helen Milner
on our blog to collaborate with UK Online Centres -
http://digitalmentor.org/2008/11/collaborate-with-uk-online-centres/ -
having met with Helen this week, it sounds to me like they have the
necessary scale to manage the project, however they need to tap into
the expertise of our community here, and beyond when it comes to
social media and online community work.

If anyone has any ideas on how this might work, do share them with the group.

Cheers

Dave

2008/11/5 Michael Grimes <michaeljgrimes at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi. I forgot to post this link confirming the £900k (scroll down to 'Next
> steps').
>
> Michael
>
> 2008/11/5 Michael Grimes <michaeljgrimes at gmail.com>
>>
>> Hello again.
>>
>> I've just come off the phone to the CLG. They now have a figure of £900k
>> over two years, which they expect will be entrusted to the lead
>> organisation. Their 'Expression of Interest' form is pretty detailed and
>> prescriptive, which hopefully means that they have a fairly clear idea of
>> the process they want to follow.
>>
>> The workshop next week is not a requirement for people who want to bid,
>> but an attempt to be clear and level the playing field. It's not explicitly
>> an opportunity to meet potential collaborators but they would hope that
>> would be one of its benefits.
>>
>> I asked if they would be circulating a list of attenders prior to the
>> workshop and they liked the idea, so they should be contacting attenders to
>> ask permission to do that.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> 2008/11/5 Michael Grimes <michaeljgrimes at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> Just to say that the Citizenship Foundation is keen to be involved in a
>>> bid. Our interest is in tooling people up to be effective citizens: showing
>>> them that they can have a voice, how the systems (political, legal, etc)
>>> work, why those systems are there and how to influence them, dialogue
>>> skills, etc.
>>>
>>> We do not feel able to coordinate the project, but are keen to help shape
>>> the model.
>>> Echoing Stuart, will anyone else on this list be at the workshop on the
>>> 19th?
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Michael
>>> 2008/11/5 Stuart Parker <stu at wesharestuff.org>
>>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Has there been any progress or discussion regarding a potential bid?
>>>> I've been away for a week and i'm not sure if I've missed any relevant
>>>> stuff. Also, how many people are looking to attend the workshop and in what
>>>> capacity?
>>>>
>>>> Stuart
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Dave Briggs <db at davepress.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Just received this:
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear All
>>>>>
>>>>> I am delighted to announce that with the support of those receiving
>>>>> this e-mail, that the details of the Digital Mentors initiative is now
>>>>> available and the formal tender exercise has begun.
>>>>>
>>>>> This was announced on Friday by Paul Murphy, Secretary of State for
>>>>> Wales and Minister for Digital Inclusion as part of the launch of the
>>>>> cross-government consultation "Delivering Digital Inclusion: an Action
>>>>> Plan for Consultation". See -
>>>>> http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1002199
>>>>>
>>>>> See also http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/oct/23/michael-cross
>>>>>
>>>>> CLG are inviting expressions of interest by 24 November. Details and
>>>>> the form can be found here
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/communityempowerment/whatweare/digitalmentors/
>>>>>
>>>>> CLG will also be hosting a workshop on 19 November for those
>>>>> interested in bidding. Details on the tender page
>>>>>
>>>>> There is also a forum for those wishing to explore aspects of the
>>>>> specification should you wish. See
>>>>> http://haveyoursay.communities.gov.uk/forums/.  You may,as some
>>>>> parties indicated, use this forum as a 'dating service' if you are
>>>>> interested in forming consortia. This is probably as far as my
>>>>> match-making services can extend in a professional capacity!
>>>>>
>>>>> This pretty much completes my support for CLG on this project so
>>>>> please use the contacts on the web. However, I am available to
>>>>> Wednesday morning in a CLG capacity should there be anything extra.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Dave Briggs, Digital Enabler
>>>>> d at vebrig.gs |  http://davepress.net |  07525 209589 (Mobile)
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