How about an RTI Club on Praja?

Wanted to float a suggestion, just to check on feasibility and response from other users on this e-community. Many discussions, as well as projects here get into a situation where we need official records or status from local government or public agencies. In few cases, we get such information by just asking for it (email to BMTC, BMRCL etc). But in many cases, we end up with needs for RTI (Right to Information) applications. Almost every project here on Praja too needs support in terms of RTI filings.

How about we create an RTI Club here on Praja? Members of this club would basically "assembly line" the RTI filing process in domain neutral way. Let me list the mechanics:

• Any user on this website can just create an RTI request (think a menu item, create -> RTI request, then fill questions, who to send them to, want to send it in your name or Praja.in etc etc)
• Requests go to a queue
• RTI Club watches this queue and clears it
• Volunteers of RTI club will have the freedom to decide which RTIs are worth filing or not (accept or deny). They get this right in return for volunteering their time. If they like, they may pick and amend some requests to increase the chances of getting proper reply.
• RTI Club volunteers could organize themselves into 2 or 3 groups
  • Editors - amend the questions to increase chances, and add the correct address for application. This can be all done online
  • Filers - pick what editors give, just mail the applications. Can be done twice a month
  • Scanners - just scan the response, upload them.
• There would be some measures to prevent misuse of this Club (volunteer enthu and energy)
  • RTI Club decides what to pick and what to leave. Give them this right in return for their time
  • Allow RTI requests only from Projects, meaning, don't take RTI requests unless they are part of a project
  • Can also think of free and paid RTI requests. Paid ones get priority and guarantee of filing.

Some logistics need to be thought through, but are all addressable:

• What return address to give for responses? All RTIs can be sent as Praja.in
• Who will cover the costs? Apart from volunteer time, only costs is 10 Rs per RTI. Not much, we can easily find sponsors. Let me raise my hands here itself for 50 RTI apps per month (Rs 500)
• Paid RTIs - who should members make payments to? Make them to Praja.in (undergoing registration as a Society), can cover for website hosting and operations costs etc.

Can certainly tune and improve the proposal, but hope I conveyed the concept  clearly enough - create an RTI "assembly line" supported by online tools (request feature, queue system, scanned image upload feature - via fax or phone camera, online payments if doing paid applications, some way of storing requests/replies in structured way).

How does it sound? Doable!?