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

[Emily Knox]

I added a couple of comments on the docs.  The budget looks fine to me and
I can sign electronically at work if that's okay with everyone.

Emily


On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Zonghe Chua <chuazh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry forgot to attach the PDF forms!!!
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> 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
>>
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> --
> Zonghe Chua
> Mechanical Engineering | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2015
> Studio Lead | Design for America UIUC
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