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

[Emily Knox]

Do you mean my personal email/address/phone or the orgs?


On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Zonghe Chua <chuazh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Emily,
>
> I have made the changes to the proposal according to your comments. It
> would be great if you could sign the form electronically and send it back
> to me.
>
> Also I will need your full name, title in the organization, organization's
> full name, your address, phone number and email so that I can fill those in
> for the online application. Once this is this done our faculty advisor will
> complete her part and I can submit the package on Friday!
>
> Thank you for your support :)
>
> Regards,
> Zong
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Emily Knox <emilyknox at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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!!!
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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>
>
> --
> Zonghe Chua
> Mechanical Engineering | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2015
> Studio Lead | Design for America UIUC
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