Basically what Ron said. If it's sufficiently awesome, it doesn't need to
affect the entire public so much (though some kind of classes would help
those chances a lot). A lot of what we'll be funding will be things that
affect the culture of the city as a whole, but the criteria for 'awesome'
really changes between projects. Whether it's a dystopian-future movie
filmed on our streets, or new equipment donated to an accessible maker space
after someone uses it for their own needs, or cameras for small children to
play with, it just needs to be awesome in its own way.
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From: Ron
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 10:42 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] Awesome Foundation
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Hey,
AMichael can give a better answer than me, but the short answer is this:
the Awesome Foundation isn't affiliated with SkullSpace, we just have a
bunch of overlapping members. If the project is cool enough - and last
time I checked, there weren't many cool projects in the queue - it had a
decent chance of being funded, whether or not it's SkullSpace related.
So, whether or not it's a SkullSpace project, submit it! :)
Ron
On 2012-11-13 10:33, R Rodd wrote:
I have a question on the scope of projects that the review group is
looking
for - if it is something that benefits Skullspace members (present and
future) more than Winnipeg citizens as a whole would that be too narrow of
an impact to be considered?
For example, I think a semi-autonomous robot "dog" for the space would
make
a nice pet/mascot and framework for robotics skill development as well as
a
potential attention-getter for things like ComicCon/JimCon booths in the
future. My thought of the last week or so was to just fund it and work on
it as I am able but additional funding can always be useful.
For those curious or with suggestions on the implementation side, I'm
thinking tread-style motion for the ability to turn-in-place, Raspberry
Pi-based brain with wifi connection, "feeding"-center charging spot to
visit as needed, sensors tbd but object avoidance, mic, and speaker at
least.
But is is Awesome enough for application to the foundation?
- Richard
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Ron <[email protected]> wrote:
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> The mailing list does exist, and I add peoiple to it at Awesome
> Michael's request.
>
> If you have a cool project you want to do and you want to *get* the
> $1000 this month (or in the future), fill out the form at:
> http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/winnipeg
>
> No strings attached!
>
> Ron
>
> On 2012-11-13 09:14, Courtney Lofchick wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > The Awesome Foundation is planning on giving out its first grant on
> > November 29th. For those of you who don't know what the Awesome
> Foundation
> > is, its a group of 10 people who give $100 each to create a $1000
> > grant
> for
> > something awesome in Winnipeg.
> > http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/about_us
> >
> > A few of us from SkullSpace got together to create the SkullSpace
> > chair.
> > Between us, we will give $100 to put towards the grant. So far its me,
> > Jeremy, Ric and Mark Campbell. We would love for more people to join,
> > you
> > don't have to give an equal amount, you can just give $5 if you want
> > and
> > you will still have an equal say. Any amount would be great.
> >
> > Let me know if your interested (and how much you can give) and I will
> > get
> > you added to the mailing list (when it gets created).
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Courtney
>
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