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

[Zonghe Chua]

Sorry forgot to attach the PDF forms!!!


On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Zonghe Chua <chuazh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everybody from Makerspace Urbana!
>
> This is a draft proposal for your review and input. It's relatively short
> and that is all that is required. But the grant will be $1500 and run from
> August 2014 - May 2015 and be administered through our faculty advisor. In
> this time we plan to host 4 workshops on Human Centered Design and work on
> short activities to learn the basics of the process. We're thinking of
> co-hosting ideation and prototyping with your group since I believe that in
> terms of making stuff and coming up with cool ideas, your organization has
> a lot of expertise and all parties can stand to learn from each other and
> build new relationships.
>
> The links to the draft write up and budget are here (commenting has been
> enabled):
>
> DRAFT WRITE UP<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eInW-8mAaPZf8nwk_eHvkiJY5YuZPfunMqeEzhfcqiA/edit?usp=sharing>
> DRAFT BUDGET<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AraBn5rdImrPdHZUVXgxbm1CYWRhTnZVS2JpREViaXc&usp=sharing>
>
> Feel free to email me back if there is anything in general you think can
> be improved. The proposal isn't detailed. Details can be discussed later
> once we've been awarded the monies :D .
>
> Once things are okay, I would need a person from Makerspace Urbana, to
> sign appropriate part of the attached PDF (scanned) by this *Thursday
> Night (3/13).*
>
> Thanks for your interest!
>
> Regards,
> Zonghe
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Jeffrey Putney <quaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jeffrey Putney
>> Senior Software Engineer
>> Diagnostic Photonics
>> 217-766-6580
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Zonghe Chua
> Mechanical Engineering | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2015
> Studio Lead | Design for America UIUC
>



-- 
Zonghe Chua
Mechanical Engineering | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2015
Studio Lead | Design for America UIUC
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