This a fantastic starting point for those that may be new to proposals. kudo's!  

I like it. This is already an 80% solution if not higher. 

I particularly like the cost summary and phases of work part.

Can we add a “back payment” segment? Meaning only a very limited part of the proposal can be funded paying for previous work. Say no more than 10%. This will discourage a lot of back payment and a clear path of point forward auditing.

This is a very standard practice in the real world.

Thank you for putting it together.

I am really interested in learning more  about proposals any communities out there that would be able to help out ?

Looks good to me, and it can always be updated if need be.

It sounds like a plan where everyone can see a well defined template to choose if that project should be funded or not.

I understand this would be a basis for anyone trying to make these kinds of proposals. I just have to announce who wants to venture into making a proposal that in the first few months you have to maintain consistency and faith in the project, although always having an open mind to make the necessary changes to adjust the methods and tools. 

**Thank you for this information!**

 I will save it in my favorites so as not to lose sight of it.

Oh, this is a terrific template, and not so rough. I think it would be better if there’s a mandatory template that is set by the community. The template could be on GitHub, so that it could be updates from time to time.

Hey man i read this and remembered your account system development in the past and think this is a great bussiness oportunity to you.
here the news in cointelegraph, good luck.


https://cointelegraph.com/news/irs-seeks-third-party-contractors-to-help-with-taxpayers-crypto-calculations

I suggest all existing proposals to update their posts if they can to incorporate this, so it is easy for voters to follow template. Once we have some standard I believe voting and understanding proposals/goals will be much easier.

Looks like mine.  Excellent, I don't have to edit all that much.

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Is the root of all evil today
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I would like to suggest the following:

Type of funding being requested. (aka "category")

i) Advance payment
ii) Ongoing cost reimbursements.
ii) Claim/One time cost reimbursement. (cover costs after the fact)

These are literally the three types of funding requests that are applicable in any project arena and if it is made clear straight from the word "GO" as to which of the three is being requested, then we are ensuring that those of us who are voting KNOW this key piece of information.


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Second recommendation/sharing of thoughts:

Key Performance Indicators (KPI) be incorporated into the template.

(this was mentioned to me by GP ages ago in a conversation)

Without KPI we do not have a standardized means of ensuring that stake holders have a crystal clear means of tracking anything.

These are applicable for all three of the funding categories listed in the first part of this comment.

With the addition that a "Claim/One time cost reimbursement" should in addition to KPI provide crystal clear evidence of costs involved. Without which no such claim should be considered acceptable by any professional business standards.

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For now, that is about all that comes to mind as constructive suggestions to the formal template.

& it is a great idea to get this out into the open, so that our administrative  DHF business practices start to meet the standards expected in the competitive markets.

Great move, fully support it.

Cheers.

@blocktrades this is a good development. It's good it's going to be made available. 
Regards 

I appreciate the business-focused approach this brings to proposals.  It seems complete as a rough outline.  I agree that it should only be mandatory from the perspective of people choosing to not vote proposals without them.  If we can agree on a standard, I would certainly save my vote in the majority of cases for people who decide to conform to it.  It would be really helpful to have an example proposal that was fully vetted, because people without any business background may run into some difficulty.  It should be more of an enabler for people with a comprehensive plan than a barrier to them.

This sounds quite reasonable to me and I do not see what to add. Now, allowing one to reduce a proposal duration or funding request would be great.

support

support

The proposal improvement is highly necessary to be and also for all the voters need more clarification on how the proposal will be funded gradually or some strategies needed to be considered

Really good template. Have been thinking, that for people with no access to computer or programming skills, there would be a call for action-option, where everyone can recommend improvements, graphically talented could make promotion material etc. 

Some kind of resource database would make things way easier. Planner meets the doer, would be good to consider projects, which does not need funding, just for the fun of it. So many ideas, hard to figure out where to use them.