[Makerspace-keymembers] Invitation to be a Community Partner in a Grant Application

[Jeffrey Putney]

Hi Zonghe,

That sounds wonderful. Yes we would love to be involved and please do send
the proposal. We have a very flat organizational structure so I've cc'd the
organizing members listserv email here so any interested members can look
over the proposal as well.

As a group I think it's safe to say we like to focus on creating a
supportive maker community, doing community outreach, and thinking about
social issues as well. So this sounds like a very good fit.

I'm excited to learn more about this project. Thanks so much for contacting
us!
Jeff


On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Zonghe Chua <chuazh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Sir/Mdm,
>
> I am Zonghe a studio lead from Design for America (DFA) UIUC. DFA<http://designforamerica.com/>is a network of student run design studios that seek to use human centered
> design to solve problems within the community. A faculty member from the
> Department of Computer Science , Karrie Karahalios<http://social.cs.uiuc.edu/people/kkarahal.html>has recommended we apply for University of Illinois Public Engagement Grant
> $1500 grant to use design as an outreach tool to the community. She has
> volunteered to be our faculty advisor. However, I was notified of this just
> today and the deadline is this* Friday* *3/14*. However, I think that we
> can make this work if we act fast.
>
> What we are proposing is a series of workshops from DFA to teach
> human-centered design methodologies to the members of Makerspace Urbana.
> The $1500 will be used to bring in design thinking speakers, host workshops
> base on design thinking processes and will be geared towards making novel
> inventions and hacks to tackle contemporary social issues within the
> community and beyond. We are thinking also partnering experienced DFAers to
> co-collaborate in these projects.
>
> Do let me know if this is something your organization would be interested
> in doing if so, I will send you my proposal to review by Wednesday night
>
>
> Regards,
> Zonghe Chua
> Mechanical Engineering | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2015
> Studio Lead | Design for America UIUC
>



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Jeffrey Putney
Senior Software Engineer
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