Grants:PEG/WM US-NYC/GLAMcamp

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This submission to the Wikimedia Foundation Grants Program was funded in the fiscal year 2010-11. This is a grant to a group.

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Placeholder Grant Application

Legal name of chapter: Wikimedia New York City
Grant contact name: Richard Pharos
Grant contact title (position): President
Project lead name: Liam Wyatt Witty lama
Project lead title (position), if any: WMF Cultural Partnerships Fellow

Full project name: GLAMcamp NYC
Amount requested (in USD): ~~$10,000~~ US$ 8630.00
Provisional target start date: May 19, 2011
Provisional completion date: May 22, 2011

Provisional budget breakdown

Venue: New York Public Library (SIBL and Mid-Manhattan library buildings) Meeting room(s), WiFi, cleaning and security provided at no cost as in-kind support in concert with the NYPL's "150 year celebrations that same weekend. Potential for nominal AV charge. Accommodation: Hostelling International, New York. Dorms (4-6people per room including breakfast) $49pp/pn x 20people x Thursday/Friday/Saturday = $2940 + Breakfast for three days = $288 + Extra night for some = ~$350 = $3,578 Catering/Expenses: Lunch can be arranged on an individual basis during a break or we are allowed to bring in catering. ~$15pp/pd x 3days = $1125 Subway tickets: $2.25 per trip x 2pp/pd x 3days = $337 Sundries = $250 Dinner can be bought as a group, at own cost. Propose to give attendees a per-diem rather than manage centrally. This increases flexibility and decreases paperwork. Therefore, propose to give each attendee $70+ for their ground transport/food expenses or standard WMF volunteer per-diem rate if higher. = $1712 (divided by 25people = $68pp) Travel: Remaining expenses to be spent on Travel for volunteer attendees. Accommodation and Catering = ~$5300 therefore: Chapters with own funds will be encouraged to subsidise participants from their countries. = $4700 for flights and train transport for volunteers. Total of $10,000

Actuals

Venue: New York Public Library (SIBL and Mid-Manhattan library buildings)

Meeting room(s), WiFi, cleaning and security provided at no cost as in-kind support in concert with the NYPL's "150 year celebrations that same weekend. Potential for nominal AV charge.

Accommodation: Hostelling International, New York. Dorms (4-6people per room including breakfast)

$49pp/pn x 20people x Thursday/Friday/Saturday = $2940
+ Breakfast for three days = $288
+ Extra night for some = ~$350

= $3,578

Catering/Expenses:

Lunch can be arranged on an individual basis during a break or we are allowed to bring in catering. ~$15pp/pd x 3days = $1125
Subway tickets: $2.25 per trip x 2pp/pd x 3days = $337
Sundries = $250
Dinner can be bought as a group, at own cost.

Propose to give attendees a per-diem rather than manage centrally. This increases flexibility and decreases paperwork. Therefore, propose to give each attendee $70+ for their ground transport/food expenses or standard WMF volunteer per-diem rate if higher.

= $1712 (divided by 25people = $68pp)

Travel:
Remaining expenses to be spent on Travel for volunteer attendees. Accommodation and Catering = ~$5300 therefore:
Chapters with own funds will be encouraged to subsidise participants from their countries.

= $4700 for flights and train transport for volunteers.

Total of $10,000

Provisional final total amount: $8,500 = $1.5k UNDER BUDGET :-)

Project scope

See event page: GLAMcamp NYC

Project goal

Non-financial requirements

Other benefits

Measures of success