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 * Please post your project proposal below in the following format:**
 * Project Title
 * Youth & Campus Ministers Forum
 * Project Description
 * Develop a private online forum where youth and campus ministers within our diocese may interact with one another via questions, comments, parish news, and projects.
 * Project Goals
 * Build community between the youth and campus ministers of the diocese
 * Provide a private place for youth and campus ministers to seek advice, assistance, or encouragement from their peers
 * Audience Description
 * Parish youth ministers and school campus ministers for high school and middle school youth.
 * Projected Timeline
 * Discuss in more detail with the diocesan director on Oct. 3rd.
 * Present idea and poll youth ministers at quarterly diocesan meeting on October 10th.
 * Continue researching platforms and associated costs following the meeting, based on suggestions from the youth ministers
 * Develop and activate forum by October 21st. - November 1st
 * Invite youth ministers to join forum.
 * Monitor forum for any bugs. Ensure smooth running by November 14th.
 * Technology To Be Utilized
 * TBD - Could be Facebook, NING, or another web 2.0 service depending on survey results from the youth ministers
 * Projected Budget
 * TBD - Our goal is to do it at no cost. Will be looking at the office budget when the director and I meet to discuss the project.
 * Do you need Departmental or Administrator approval? If yes, please indicate the steps you have taken.
 * Yes. Diocesan Director needs to approve project and budget. Meeting to discuss both items on Oct. 3rd.

Proposal Deadline: October 3, 2013

__ Note __ : Projects should be carried out in a two-month period following the Proposal deadline. All projects should be completed by November 14, 2013.

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