[Marketing] draft response to shortlisted agencies

[Jody Garnett]

Okay with no further feedback I am going to break this up into individual
pages, and ask Jachym to send them out. Unless you think one of us can do
so ..

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Jody Garnett

On 7 February 2017 at 15:26, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have personalized each reply (using organization initials and colors so
> you can see what to send). On close review (when personalizing each reply)
> a couple of the responses impressed me more.
>
> - I have pushed the response date back until the 20th, due to our delay in
> requesting proposals.
> - I added your name / marketing committee at the bottom of the letter
>
> One batch of changes I have held back on is the use of "proposal" vs "some
> more details". I am under the impression nwe are formally asking for
> proposal at this time (including financials, technical and schedule) - and
> the next step after this is contract negotiation.
>
> If that is correct I recommend we tignten up the letter still further to
> use the word "proposal" and have a solid deadline at the end of the month.
>
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 7 February 2017 at 11:51, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Folks, sincere apologies for the delay on this. Im dealing with
>> multiple family medical issues in the past several days and trying to
>> juggle normal work as well.
>>
>> I've started a draft here. Can you please take a look and add
>> edits/comments as appopriate.
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ezAfjQaC-wZrruApDkhjvOV7
>> VOFFpunkYsGqAeSY0rw/edit
>>
>> Jody, Im not sure we have the time to write a personalized response to
>> each.
>>
>> Ill come back to this later today/tomorrow as time allows.
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 11:57 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I'll get to it tomorrow, apologize RS for the delay.
>> >
>> > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 23:56 Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I did not get a chance to work on this today - any takers?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Jody Garnett
>> >>
>> >> On 6 February 2017 at 09:47, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Quick heads up - the response to shortlisted agencies did not go out
>> over
>> >>> the weekend, so we will need to draft up a letter to send.
>> >>>
>> >>> What do we need to say:
>> >>>
>> >>> a) start a good doc so we can comment/collaborate faster than the wiki
>> >>> b) outline the letter details (what we are requesting finance /
>> technical
>> >>> / schedule variations)
>> >>> c) have a paragraph specific to each response thanking them for the
>> parts
>> >>> they did really well (samples above and below our budget, explicitly
>> >>> answering acceptance criteria, hunting down our logos for use in
>> their EOI).
>> >>>
>> >>> Please respond to this email with anything I missed? If you have time
>> >>> create the document (and send invitation privately to marketing
>> committee
>> >>> members).
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Jody Garnett
>> >>>
>> >>> PS. Jeffery I know you are out of the mix today, can we ask you to
>> review
>> >>> the result and send it?
>> >>
>> >>
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