[kFW] Draft letter to DTI asking for support...

[Daniel Harris <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there All,

Charles Sandbank, of the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry, UK), has 
asked me to write him a letter - you know, one of those physical paper 
things - asking for the DTI's advice on setting up Kendra Foundation. And, 
mostly, what kind of company does kF have to be in order to get loads of 
funding from the government. Comments please...

Dear Charles,

As you know Kendra Initiative has been running for a number of years now 
(since mid 2000). We are increasing our numbers on a daily basis. However, 
development has been hampered by lack of consistent website developers and 
hosting. So, I am going to create Kendra Foundation, a non-profit company, 
employing a small team to keep things moving on and provide infrastructure 
to facilitate interested parties to come together as Kendra Initiative to 
build the Kendra system.

I would like to call on your assistance in finding out what type of 
organisation Kendra Foundation would need to be in order to satisfy 
requirements for DTI funding.

For a brief understanding of where Kendra Foundation fits in here's a brief 
description of the Kendra project:

Kendra Aim - to see facilities for consumers to be able to get access to 
all digital content, when they want it and be able to pay for it easily and 
conveniently. To see facilities for content owners to be able to make their 
digital content available to consumers and be able to charge for it (if 
they require) easily and conveniently.

Kendra System - a system that satisfies the Kendra Aim.

Kendra Initiative - a group of people/organisations using their Initiative 
to bring Kendra to reality by going through a collaborative design process 
and participating in Kendra trials.

Kendra Foundation - to provide organisational, legal, and financial support 
for Kendra Initiative. Kendra Foundation would ensure that Kendra 
Initiative trials continue to exist beyond the participation of interested 
organisations and individual volunteers, to enable contributions of 
intellectual property and funds on a sound basis, and to provide a vehicle 
for limiting legal exposure while participating in the trials and 
contributing to software projects. Kendra Foundation would provide hosting 
for the Kendra Initiative website and develop web/email tools to facilitate 
the collaborative design process, between Kendra Initiative participants, 
necessary to create the Kendra system. Coordinating marketing efforts, 
meetings and conferences.

For more details see: www.kendra.org.uk

Cheers Daniel