Another possibility is to have the logistics organized under a central University service, like computing / research IT, or the library.
Best, -- Hao Ye [email protected] On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 4:28 PM, Alejandro Flores <[email protected] > wrote: > One idea that might work over the longer term, but might be hard to do > quickly, is to set up an account within the university foundation. That > account could both receive "donations" from things like registration fees > and be charged for expenses like food, A/V, room space, etc. This would > probably also be the best and easiest mechanism for corporate and other > sponsorships for future events. Come to think of it, I think I've convinced > myself we should probably do this ;) > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 9:25 AM Moore, Nathan T <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Does your university have “continuing education” “grandparent’s >> University” or “extension” departments? This might be a way to organize >> the swc event as a “non-credit” class. Locally, we’ve organized low-fee >> events like swc through those departments. >> >> >> >> Nathan >> >> >> >> *From:* nicholdav via discuss <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Saturday, July 14, 2018 10:05 AM >> *To:* discuss <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [discuss] Options / best practices for sc workshop >> registration fee? >> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> We're planning our first Software Carpentry workshop, and it will >> be self-organized. We have a couple questions about the suggested >> registration fee. >> >> >> >> When our group started, we had a small amount of support from the tail >> end of a training grant, but that grant has ended. This means we don't have >> funding, and we don't have anything like an account at the school that we >> could associate with an Eventbrite event for the workshop. >> >> >> >> I am guessing we are not the first group to face this situation. How have >> other people handled this? >> >> >> >> It seems like setting up an Eventbrite connected with someone's personal >> credit card would be the easiest but also has the least accountability. >> >> >> >> Also it would be great, if there is anything left over after getting >> food, coffee, etc., for the workshop, to be able to use that towards other >> events for our group (so I can stop funding snacks for meetings with my >> grocery money :) ). Should we be trying to set ourselves up as a >> non-profit, or something like that? >> >> >> >> One option would be to start a graduate student group at the campus where >> we usually meet. But we're a mix of graduate students, post-doctoral >> fellows, techs, etc., from three different universities. I'd prefer to keep >> it that way, and have data science be "academic Switzerland", but it means >> no one school is likely to approve our forming as a group under their >> umbrella. >> >> >> >> Sorry for the detail dump, but I'm not at all sure the best way to handle >> this. Any advice would be very much appreciated. >> >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> David Nicholson >> >> Emory University >> >> > > -- > Alejandro N. Flores, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences > Director, leaf at Boise State > ERB-4151 > Boise State University > 1910 University Dr. > <https://maps.google.com/?q=1910+University+Dr.+Boise,+ID+83725&entry=gmail&source=g> > Boise, ID 83725 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=1910+University+Dr.+Boise,+ID+83725&entry=gmail&source=g> > -1535 > Phone: 208-426-2903 > Cell: 208-570-3097 > Fax: 208-426-4061 > > http://leaf.boisestate.edu/ > > [email protected] > *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / > see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + > participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + > delivery > options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups> Permalink > <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tf549d7b277e0fae5-M9e90d979e226d2c1525d6a28> > ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tf549d7b277e0fae5-Md1daa225f49c83eef494ea05 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups
