[Fiware-pcc] URGENT: Proposal by Telefónica Corporation regarding connection of FI-WARE Challenge on Smart Society and HackForGood initiative

[stefano de panfilis]

fine to me!

just a question: do they will provide jury members for their event or
these should be from us?
in addition i think also for this event we should provide training and
coaching, isn't it?

so not really for free for us, but certainly still a good deal!

ciao,
stefano

2014-03-04 20:44 GMT+01:00 Juanjo Hierro <jhierro at tid.es>:
> Dear members of the PCC,
>
>   I would like to forward to you a proposal that people in charge of the
> division within Telefónica Corporation that deals with Social Reputation
> Corporate activities has formulated to me.   I believe that it is a rather
> good deal but I would ask for your approval.
>
>   This division is currently organizing an event, titled as "Hacking For
> Good" which is kind of a hackathon/challenge event where they give prizes to
> developers who create nice applications that bring some sort of benefit to
> the society.   The "Hacking For Good" event will take place next
>
>   Obviously, when they heard about our FI-WARE Smart Society Challenge they
> felt like it would be a good idea to establish some link between the two
> initiatives.
>
>   After some discussion, they have come with a proposal that looks rather
> attractive to me.   They propose to define 4 special prizes within their
> contest to be given away to applications that compete in their event that
> are based on FI-WARE.     These special prizes would mean to get a direct
> pass to the finals of the FI-WARE Smart Society Challenge, getting the
> corresponding 2.800 EURO.
>
>   They are happy to fund two of these 4 special prizes, so that they would
> give away 5.600 EURO from their pocket and we would then be able to allow 22
> teams, rather than 20, to pass to the finals.
>
>   The win for us is that certainly the four selected teams will be good
> candidates, and we have got places for additional two teams in the finals of
> the FI-WARE Smart Society challenge without any cost for us.   In addition,
> they would give higher visibility and will advertize the FI-WARE Smart
> Society Challenge, since it becomes connected to their event.
>
>   I feel like this is a pretty nice deal and indeed I would encourage other
> partners in FI-WARE to find whether they could explore similar opportunities
> in their companies.
>
>   I would like to get a go/no-go before tomorrow noon.    This would allow
> to incorporate references to FI-WARE in a press release they plan to publish
> tomorrow.   Sorry for the sort notice but it came all of a sudden.
>
>   Looking forward your response,
>
> -- Juanjo
>
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