I tried to answer some these questions real quick while holding a squirming baby on my lap at my laptop in the kitchen. What I wrote is in *ITALICS.*
- Does Synhak plan to use a fiscal agent? (if not, Knight recommends Miami Foundation) - Proposal for a project (*renovation of the building we occupy 48 South Summit Street*) - Total cost? $100,000 (*AKA Omar's purely arbitrary guesstimation based on previous conversations with other members*) - Requested from Knight? *$100,000* - Over how many years? 2 (*spread out the work! we're all doing this in our spare time after all*) - Synhak's operating revenues $ *???* and expenses $ *???* for the current year and the end date of our fiscal year .... - Attachments that would help Knight and they expect: - *Project Budget .. very important for completeness of form *(*Does the treasurer have this?)* - Existing funders (*Synhak Membership*) - Any major expenses/capital equipment we plan to purchase (*LASERS! ZAP! uhhh... shoring up the south wall, more roof/ceiling repair, re-finishing the Perkins room, ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL, plumbing* ) - Proposal Narrative (few paragraphs per each of the following): 1. Purpose of grant in one short sentence, *In order to create a more perfect hackerspace, we wish to renovate and improve the building occupied by said hackerspace.* 2. What is the project, *Project Edify* 3. List key activities and the timetable, including the grant start and end dates *???* 4. Why is this a fit for Knight Foundation? *???* 1. Explain how you will intentionally engage the community, improve or provide access to information flow, and address the Akron strategy of engaging and retaining the next generation of talent. *See www.synhak.org <http://www.synhak.org>* 5. What are our outcomes? 1. *Laser cutter!* 2. *Safer more energy efficient building* 3. *attract more members with a more attractive infrastructure* 6. Measuring success? 1. List the metrics that we will use to track the success of our outcomes *BUZZWORDS* On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 5:52 PM, gs volt <gsvo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > Knight Foundation has emailed me a Grant Proposal Form. > > About Knight Foundation: > > Knight Foundation focuses on projects that promote informed and engaged > communities. In Akron, we are supporting talent attraction and retention > necessary to build a 21st century economy. > > > This Grant Proposal Form form is used to evaluate whether Knight supports > an organization's work. In this form, I plan to declare to Knight what we > need help with. > > Ofcourse, I need help with coming up with what we need help with :) > > I'm planning to meet in person with anyone interested in helping with > filling this form on Thu Feb 13th at 6pm at our new location at 48 S Summit > St for a discussion. > > Until then, here are the important things in the form that we can all > individually think about responses to (mostly a plaintext copy paste of > things in the form that I thought were important): > > - Does Synhak plan to use a fiscal agent? (if not, Knight recommends > Miami Foundation) > - Proposal for a project > - Total cost? $ > - Requested from Knight? $ > - Over how many years? > - Synhak's operating revenues $ ... and expenses $... for the > current year and the end date of our fiscal year .... > - Attachments that would help Knight and they expect: > - *Project Budget .. very important for completeness of form* > - Existing funders > - Any major expenses/capital equipment we plan to purchase > - Proposal Narrative (few paragraphs per each of the following): > 1. Purpose of grant in one short sentence > 2. What is the project > 3. List key activities and the timetable, including the grant start > and end dates > 4. Why is this a fit for Knight Foundation? > 1. Explain how you will intentionally engage the community, > improve or provide access to information flow, and address the Akron > strategy of engaging and retaining the next generation of talent. > 5. What are our outcomes? > 1. Indicate 2 or 3 concrete changes you would like to see in > place at the end of your grant period > 6. Measuring success? > 1. List the metrics that we will use to track the success of our > outcomes > > Towards the end .. it states: > > As a potential grantee of Knight Foundation, please be aware of the > following: > > Submission of this proposal indicates your organization's permission for > Knight Foundation to ask people who are not members of the Foundation's > staff to review the proposal and to give advice and information to the > Foundation about your organization, board, staff and others with whom you > are affiliated. Materials submitted to Knight Foundation as part of the > proposal process will be used as the foundation deems appropriate. They > are not subject to any right of confidentiality unless specifically agreed > to in writing by Knight Foundation. > > Knight Foundation is under no obligation to fund the applicant. If it does > choose to have a future relationship, the foundation may suggest the type, > including contracts, grants, loans, program-related investments or others. > > > I'm excited about this. > > ^^ Devin, Torrie, Chris > > All: please let me know if that scheduled time does not work - feel free > to counter it. > > My plan is to finish and submit this form by 2/21 > > After that it'll be in Knight's hands. > > Regards, > > -- > G | Gaurav Narain Saxena | (330) 283 - 4972 > > I am a Board Member at SYN/HAK <http://www.synhak.org>: The Akron > Hackerspace located at 48 S Summit St Akron Ohio > 44308<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=48+S+Summit+St+Akron+Ohio+44308> > > I am providing technical consulting services to > Sherwin-Williams<http://www.sherwin-williams.com/>on behalf of Bennett > Adelson <http://www.bennettadelson.com/> (Microsoft Solution Center) > located at 6050 Oak Tree Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio > 44131<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=6050+Oak+Tree+Blvd,+Cleveland,+Ohio+44131> > I have also been providing solutions to non-trivial problems other > businesses may have through my company Whiskey Bits LLC located in Portage > Lakes, Ohio > Learn more about things I have created by reading my About > page<http://gsvolt.wordpress.com/about-2/>on my > blog <http://gsvolt.wordpress.com/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@synhak.org > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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