Update 'New draft funding'

New-draft-funding.md

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 OK we have to do this
 
-Requirements
+## Requirements
 
 Project proposals are written in English and:
 
-should be in line with the NGI vision and the call applied for
-should have research and development as their primary objective
-should be complete and concise (think: no longer than two pages for the main application)
-should satisfy any other hard eligibility criteria specific to the call
+- should be in line with the NGI vision and the call applied for
+- should have research and development as their primary objective
+- should be complete and concise (think: no longer than two pages for the main application)
+- should satisfy any other hard eligibility criteria specific to the call
 
-All projects that fail on any of these knock-out criteria, will not be further reviewed and will be marked ineligible.
-Apply for a grant
+*All projects that fail on any of these knock-out criteria, will not be further reviewed and will be marked ineligible.*
 
-Next deadline: April 1st 2022 12:00 CET (noon)
+## Apply for a grant
+
+*Next deadline: April 1st 2022 12:00 CET (noon)*
 
 This form can be used to request support for your project. Note that some larger funds like NGI Assure Fund (part of the Next Generation Internet initiative) have special and strict conditions, and you'd better have a look at them before you submit a proposal.
 
@@ -26,26 +27,28 @@ A practical point: we recommend to prepare longer answers offline, in case somet
 
 Please select a call in the list of current calls below, please indicate the call topic you are responding to.
 You can apply to compete in multiple calls in the same round if your project falls across different themes, but you will of course only be allocated funding once.
-Thematic call
 
-Contact information
+## Thematic call
+
+### Contact information
 witchescauldron@openworlds.info
 
-Your name (max. 100 characters)
+### Your name (max. 100 characters)
 Hamish Campbell
 
-Email address
+### Email address
 witchescauldron@openworlds.info
 
-Phone numbers
+### Phone numbers
+n/a
 
-Organisation (max. 100 characters)
+### Organisation (max. 100 characters)
 The OMN is a collective, building and hosting standards-based socio-political software.
 
-Country
+### Country
 UK/ Mauritius
 
-General project information
+### General project information
 
 Working toward a #KISS and #4opens, grassroots web of trust. We focus on a human scale, outlining a human-understandable workflow used to develop apps for real world use. We are agnostic with regard to the underlying technology and programming, as long as it is #4opens based.
 
@@ -58,16 +61,17 @@ The codebase is a “permissionless” roll-out for social groups to form, gover
 
 The OGB is based on Sortition, simple #UX, KISS principle and #4opens workflows.
 
-Project name (max. 100 characters)
+### Project name (max. 100 characters)
 OGB (Open Governance Body)
 
-Website / wiki
+### Website / wiki
 https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/openwebgovernancebody/wiki/
 
-[Application Note]
+### [Application Note]
+
 Please be short and to the point in your answers; focus primarily on the what and how, not so much on the why. Add longer descriptions as attachments (see below). If English isn't your first language, don't worry - our reviewers don't care about spelling errors, only about great ideas. We apologise for the inconvenience of having to submit in English. On the up side, you can be as technical as you need to be (but you don't have to). Do stay concrete. Use plain text in your reply only, if you need any HTML to make your point please include this as attachment.
 
-Abstract: Can you explain the whole project and its expected outcome(s).
+### Abstract: Can you explain the whole project and its expected outcome(s)
 
 As a socal project the #OGB is not a traditional top down pushing for power we normaly think of democrecy. Rather, it is a bottom-up grassroots fight for sharing the power, as found in many of the 20th century social movements that acturly created the best of the current mainstream world we all live in.
 
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ Yet the fediverse, like meany grassroots movemment is in need of "governance" if
 
 The Fediverse comes from the "cats" of libertarianism and to a lesser extent anarchism without the (O). In this, we mustn't think how to fit into current working practices and current economics. Those who push "common sense" solutions to problems of "governance" within the fediverse are in fact a part of the problem. We are proposing a solution that has a high chance of working.
 
-Have you been involved with projects or organisations relevant to this project before? And if so, can you tell us a bit about your contributions?
+### Have you been involved with projects or organisations relevant to this project before? And if so, can you tell us a bit about your contributions?
 
 We have been actively working in the area where this project would be used. We've seen directly what works and what doesn't.
 
@@ -101,13 +105,15 @@ The team also has experience of working on comercal, UN and World Bank projects
 
 All of our team have worked in social/technology for there careers. Currently we run 6 servers hosting public instances within the fediverse, including http://visionon.tv, grassroots journalism running for over ten years.
 
-Requested support
+### Requested support
+
 Development and stage one rollout and testing. We will be looking for further funding to build stage two.
 
-Requested Amount max amount (in Euro)
+### Requested Amount max amount (in Euro)
+
 50K
 
-Explain what the requested budget will be used for?
+### Explain what the requested budget will be used for
 
 Payment will be handled via https://opencollective.com/open-media-network.
 
@@ -119,13 +125,13 @@ It will be used to pay 4 people to work on the project at a basic wage for 9 mon
 
 Social outreach and testing/feedback; this is core to the coding. The project is developed as it is used.
 
-Does the project have other funding sources, both past and present?
+### Does the project have other funding sources, both past and present?
 
 it comes from the grassroots, so no, but to make it real will take some resources hence the grant application
 
 (If you want, you can in addition attach a budget at the bottom of the form)
 
-Compare your own project with existing or historical efforts
+### Compare your own project with existing or historical efforts
 
 The results of most foundation funding too often has a bad effects on openweb project agendas. Let's briefly look at some projects. https://decidim.org follows an #NGO process much like https://www.loomio.org they formed a face-to-face process that imposed formal consensus in activism, which has always failed on the ground. This formal process is a BAD tool for "herding cats" in social challenge groups.
 
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 Link for more info https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/openwebgovernancebody/wiki/Looking-at-existing-projects
 
-What are significant technical challenges you expect to solve during the project, if any?
+### What are significant technical challenges you expect to solve during the project, if any?
 
 To fill an obvious hole in our set of openweb digital tools while not reproducing the mistakes of the past. We increase our chances of success by taking something that has worked for generations and turning it into #openweb code.
 
-People challenges: We have to map messy human processes into code (which is better at representing more rigid structures). Our approach is therefore to map simpler behaviours and functions, while not imposing /how/ they may be utilised in the bigger picture. This allows for emergent behaviours to freely manifest, instead of trying (and failing) to define them. [^ This needs work - particularly I think I'm not quite right in how I describe the "imposing"]
+### People challenges
+
+We have to map messy human processes into code (which is better at representing more rigid structures). Our approach is therefore to map simpler behaviours and functions, while not imposing /how/ they may be utilised in the bigger picture. This allows for emergent behaviours to freely manifest, instead of trying (and failing) to define them. [^ This needs work - particularly I think I'm not quite right in how I describe the "imposing"]
 
 An API that is open and modular, thus flexible - not too micro-focussed to do one overly specific thing only. ActivityPub is a good example.
 
 Integrating into complex live systems. While ActivityPub has a standard, many implementations do not strictly follow it. Our awareness of this coupled with #KISS should help us here - implement only what is necessary as we need it, i.e. solve the /actual/ problem in front of us while being conscious that this can be a moving target.
 
-Technological challenges: (D)DOS disruptions shall be handled with standard techniques. Access control is to be managed by OAuth2, with re-captchas during account creation.
+### Technological challenges
+
+(D)DOS disruptions shall be handled with standard techniques. Access control is to be managed by OAuth2, with re-captchas during account creation.
 
 Bad actors are mediated by the system itself. This is one aspect of where sortition shines.
 
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 Generate output over input - prevent pollution via the wider ActPub community - OGB comments made directly on the Wiki pages, by active members, avoiding noise/heresay (comments on comments do not generate notifications).
 
-Describe the ecosystem of the project, and how you will engage with relevant actors and promote the outcomes?
+### Describe the ecosystem of the project, and how you will engage with relevant actors and promote the outcomes?
 
 The ecosystem ultimately encompasses all scales of community, from e.g. a local neighbourhood, through districts and out to nations and global.
 
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 The outcomes will be published publically via the instances themeselves, being OpenWeb Governance. Further the OGB project itself
 
-Attachments
+### Attachments
+
 Attachments: add any additional information about the project that may help us to gain more insight into the proposed effort, for instance a more detailed task description, a justification of costs or relevant endorsements. Attachments should only contain background information, please make sure that the proposal without attachments is self-contained and concise. Don't waste too much time on this. Really. Accepted formats for attachments are: HTML, PDF, OpenDocument Format and plain text files.**
 
-How may we handle your information
+### How may we handle your information
+
 (If you haven't, please check our privacy policy). When your project gets selected, we will legally need to retain your information for compliance purposes for at least seven years. Also, in case you are submitting to one of the NGI related funds, at that point we will need to share some information with our (not-for-profit) partner organisations in order so they may assist you with mentoring as well as complementary services e.g. accessibility, documentation, localisation, packaging, etc. By submitting a proposal you grant us permission to handle the data in the proposal in the manner described. What should we do in the other case, e.g. when your project is not immediately selected?
 
-I allow NLnet Foundation to keep the information I submit on record, should future funding opportunities arise
 
-I want NLnet Foundation to erase all information should my project proposal not be granted.
-Send me a copy of this application.    
+## Terms
+
+- [x] I allow NLnet Foundation to keep the information I submit on record, should future funding opportunities arise
+- [ ] I want NLnet Foundation to erase all information should my project proposal not be granted.