[NCSG-FC] Looking forward: our collaboration with Wapix

[Raphaël Beauregard-Lacroix]

Hi all

First thanks Sam for the precision; although for those interested you might
have an easier time figuring out who wapix is at wapix.co ;)

In any case, they are offering 950$/10 hours. They will also be rolling out
a new monthly plan (TBA in October) that will include a few development
hours over the course of the plan. Depending on the price I believe that
might be a (more) interesting solution for us. In any case I keep you
informed of that new thing as soon as I have the information. And then we
can put that on the agenda for Montreal.

Best,

On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 11:08 AM Sam Lanfranco <sam at lanfranco.net> wrote:

> For those who are new, or were not at the Marrakesh meeting, WAPIX.BR
> <http://wapix.br> has been hired to help better develop a CIVICRM
> Database management system to improve our membership approval processes,
> and better manage our membership database.
>
> Sam L.
>
> On 8/31/2019 4:19 PM, Raphaël Beauregard-Lacroix wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I hope this email finds you well and that you are enjoying the last days
> of August.
>
> Wapix is now done developing the backend application that tracks requests
> for information that are routinely sent out by Maryam during the new
> members' review process. We are now out of development blocks with them,
> meaning they will not develop additional features for us until we buy more
> blocks.
>
> There was a discussion in Marrakech regarding an eventual change of
> provider, given the price of our current one. I think there would be
> substantial risk in doing something like that, while also giving up on a
> relatively good working relationship we now have with Wapix.
>
> So I will now reach out to Josh (our contact) to see what can be done re
> development blocks; how much could they offer us and at what price. Once he
> comes back with something, I will be back to you here.
>
> We would have some use for such blocks, notably for the front-end part of
> the thing they just developed, as well as for various updates to core
> components of the back-end.
>
> In the meantime:
>
> -If someone wants to embark on the great journey of figuring out an
> alternative that would be cheaper, please declare yourself and do so!
>
> -Who would pay for such an additional expense? We just "bill" ICANN like
> we do now? Something else?
>
> As an aside, I think the question above is also highly relevant for those
> of you who may support changing provider, as surely such an operation would
> involve a non-negligible amount of money to be paid to such new provider
> for due diligence and other types of preliminary assessments.
>
> The only option not involving any further money is doing nothing, which is
> also an option. I.e. we pay the monthly fee and Wapix fixes the small
> things that break here and there.
>
> And finally, thank you again Stephanie for accepting to literally lend
> money to ICANN by making your credit card available for our provider's
> recurring fee and patiently waiting for refunds...
>
> A nice day to all of you,
>
> Raphael
>
>
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