[TOS] POSSE bid process draft, round 2, FIGHT!

[Mel Chua]

> This looks good. The only suggestion I have is to make the "per person"
> amounts more clear. E.g., Instructors flights (2 X $500).

Clarified!

> I'm also not sure what "The approval process will be iterative with the
> intent to get the best outcome" means. Does this mean that you'll iteratively
> help the proposer with drafts of the proposal until it is acceptable?

Yes. Is that... a better way to phrase it? I edited 
http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_bid_process#Acceptance_Criteria 
into the somewhat more longwinded:

"Drawing from the "release early, release often" mindset of open source 
communities, host locations are encouraged to submit drafts of their bid 
to the TOS list for feedback; the bid process is meant to be a 
collaborative discussion. In fact, a good way to increase your chances 
for acceptance is including links to mailing list posts that demonstrate 
you getting and incorporating feedback from the TOS community into your 
bid. Bids can be submitted as many times as you like; the approval 
process is iterative with the intent to get the best possible outcome, 
and we will give feedback on drafts of the proposal until it is acceptable."

(As Matt has said, "conciseness comes later.")

> And of course once you have a successful proposal bid in this format,
> publishing it for folks to copy would improve the success rate.

Oh, definitely. I think having 2-3 actual bid documents will make this 
much clearer - I need to write one for the POSSE Basics workshop in 
Raleigh, actually! - and this is one of the things I think the groups in 
Asia that have contacted Harish can help with.

--Mel