When is the deadline for submitting proposals?
The deadline for submitting proposals is Friday, March 27, 2009.

What types of applications can I request?

These are some ideas:

• Add a new section to your website.
• Track volunteers for an upcoming event.
• Run a silent auction.
• Register visitors to your website.

What do you need from me?
Please provide a description of a project that you would like our developers to tackle. It does not need to be a whole website - it may be just for an upcoming event. Or, it can be for a small application. If you are selected, two of your members must attend the kick-off meeting on Friday afternoon and at least one of your members must attend the Demo on Sunday afternoon. The person who attends the demo should be your technical expert.

Will I be able to modify my application?
Yes! Each charity will be provided with all of the software required to maintain, update and extend their application.

Where will my application be hosted?
If you already have your own hardware or a hosting provider, you will be provided with instructions on how to deploy your new application. If not, Verio has generously offered to provide a free website to each charity, until 2010. The free website will include SQL 2005 Express.

How many charities can you help?
We plan on helping at least 10 charities.

How will the charities be selected?
It looks like we will have a lot more than 15 charities that register for this event. You must complete your proposal to be considered. Also, the more detailed your proposal the more likely you will be selected.

What should my proposal include?
Your proposal will be used as the blueprint for your application. The more specific your proposal the happier you will be with your application. This is just some of the information that you should include:

1. What is the objective of the system? Describe the problem this system will solve.
2. Are you requesting a new application or an update to an existing application?
3. If it is not a new application what software was used to create your existing solution?
4. Will you be hosting your application?
5. What information will you need to track? List the primary data tables and add a brief description of what data each will hold.
6. Do any users have special needs?
7. Describe the ongoing needs for importing data into the system, and exporting it from the system.
8. List any reports.
9. Describe any complex processing/posting/import/export routines? Can some of these processes be run unattended?
10. Describe performance requirements, issues, and concerns.
11. Describe security requirements.

You can google 'Conceptual Design Samples' for some examples. Please feel free to email any additional information about your existing application or your organization using the form below.