Proposal #2

The following week, I had planned on reviewing the next portfolio. This proposal was compiled by the Valley Aid Network and was of equal length and size of the previously review proposal. Since I felt like I was a little bit over my head in material that i didn't understand when reviewing the last proposal, I decided to dedicate more time to reading this one before I went on to review and rate the actual proposal itself. The was I did this was, I went through the proposal reading for information that would stick out to me, specifics like budgets and allocation of funds. I opened up a notebook and jotted down the "key features" that I deemed important so that when I go back to review, I would remember what stood out to me right off the back. I also felt like I did not compare the first proposal to the RFP guidelines as closely as I should have, this could have also been a reason for my lack of understanding. For this go around, I opened up the guidelines on my laptop and later in the week actually went through and checked off certain aspects of the guidelines that the proposal fulfilled. After finishing reviewing this proposal, I believe I allocated enough time and effort into fully understanding the scope of the proposal and was able to more accurately analyze and see whether or not this proposal would be a suitable fit for what the Ryan White Foundation was looking to fund. I will treat the rest of the proposals this way as well, it may take longer but since I was given no real deadline, I do not foresee this being an issue.