Group Proposal Update

Our team met briefly in class today to discuss our proposal. We all had similar ideas for how the body of the proposal should be organized. We want to include three main headings: Audience, Design, and Links. We feel that these are the three most important aspects to our web design.

In the audience section we plan to include some statistics and visuals to make the report easier to read. We are hoping to receive some statistics on how many people the Sunshine House helps to include. We think that this will make people more likely to donate money if they can see how much of an impact it has. The audience section will also include our research on who our website is designed to reach: homeless people and donors.

The design section will justify the main layout and color scheme of the web page. Our goal was to create a user friendly web site with a minimal amount of text arranged in a way that makes it easy to read. We used bulleted lists whenever possible and avoided paragraphs of text. The layout of the links makes them easy to navigate so even people with limited web experience should be able to find any information they need.

The links section will be the bulk of our proposal. In this section we will include information about what we wrote on the site, as well as a justification for inclusion. This is the section where we will justify the use of paypal and address any security concerns. This section is what will make our proposal stand out, as this is where our proposal will differ from everyone else's. We also plan to include small graphics of each part of the webpage to give visual appeal and further explain what the links will be like.

Our plan is to write the bulk of the links section this weekend, and then to work as a group on the other parts of the proposal. Alex, as the writer, will then be in charge of putting it all together to make it flow. We feel like we already have most of the proposal done, but we just need to organize the information we have and put it all together.

We are planning to use the class time on Monday as our only meeting next week because everyone has hectic weeks next week. After Monday any further communication will be conducted via e-mail, and our final proposal will be ready to submit on Wednesday.