Hi all --
I apologize up front for the cross posting.* I am hoping you'll take
a very quick survey for me.
About a year and a half ago I wrote an article advocating the use of
a simple standard format (RSS) for the near-real time publishing of
grant awards by foundations. Since then, genuine interest has begun
to build. Quietly, a few grantmakers have started to offer public
news feeds of grants made and more than one organization is looking
forward to the exciting potential for aggregating this information.
I would like you to take a 90 second survey on this subject. It
doesn't matter whether you raise money, earn money, or grant money in
the sector. I am very interested in your perspective.
http://news.gilbert.org/clickthru/redir/6096/ws/lists
Please feel free to forward this far and wide, especially to
grantmakers and capacity building groups.
-- Michael Gilbert
P.S. The original article can be found here:
http://news.gilbert.org/2004RSSGrantsChannels
* Someone should invent a medium that handles that gracefully. Oh
wait, I guess
they did. That was Usenet News, wasn't it?
Michael C. Gilbert -- mcg
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