I have a lot of suggestions for this open letter. Not because of the request itself, but the structure is atrocious. An open letter must be convincing not only to the recipient but everyone else who reads it.
* It is written in almost broken English.
* It does not explain one of its core concepts. What the heck is Cluster 4? This is an open letter; explain (or at the very least link to¹) what you’re talking about so that people can understand your message.
* It’s a wall of text with (comparatively) too much spacing between lines and not enough between paragraphs.
* It asks people to sign the letter by republishing it “on your website and add to the list of signatories”, like it’s an email chain from the early 2000s. Talk about limiting your own reach. Most people don’t have their own website, and even if they did you’re making it nigh impossible to count who signs it.
* It meanders instead of going straight to the point. I was lost trying to figure out what the hell the letter was about until I jumped to the very last sentence:
> In this perpective, we urge you to claim for preserving the NGI programme as part of the 2025 funding programme.
That should have been the first sentence!
The goal of the letter looks good, but the execution leaves it in a poor state for success.
* It is written in almost broken English.
* It does not explain one of its core concepts. What the heck is Cluster 4? This is an open letter; explain (or at the very least link to¹) what you’re talking about so that people can understand your message.
* It’s a wall of text with (comparatively) too much spacing between lines and not enough between paragraphs.
* It asks people to sign the letter by republishing it “on your website and add to the list of signatories”, like it’s an email chain from the early 2000s. Talk about limiting your own reach. Most people don’t have their own website, and even if they did you’re making it nigh impossible to count who signs it.
* It meanders instead of going straight to the point. I was lost trying to figure out what the hell the letter was about until I jumped to the very last sentence:
> In this perpective, we urge you to claim for preserving the NGI programme as part of the 2025 funding programme.
That should have been the first sentence!
The goal of the letter looks good, but the execution leaves it in a poor state for success.
¹ Here’s what I found: https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding...