Hi Pine, As a reminder, the WMDC small grants program doesn't have a minimum grant amount. :-)
Cheers, Kirill > On Nov 12, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah, thanks Alex. > > In this case I guess I will cover the cost personally and request > reimbursement later. If we approach GAC for startup funds, that request is > likely to be over the $500 threshold. > > Pine > >> On Nov 12, 2014 11:22 AM, "Alex Wang" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Pine and Cascadia Wikimedians, >> >> Great to hear the user group is planning for startup costs and events for >> the next year. Typically, we do not accept proposals under $500 (see >> eligibility requirements). This policy was put in place to maximize the >> Grant Advisory Committee, grant requestor, and staff's time. >> >> We would suggest that you either (1) fund the event yourselves, save the >> receipts, and then include a request for reimbursement in your first grant >> (normally we do not encourage retrospective grant requests, but this would >> be an exception) or (2) request a grant now for at least $500 for small >> events covering a year or so. >> >> Please let me know if you have any questions. Happy to help! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Alex >> >> >> >>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Cascadians, >>> >>> I hope you are enjoying the holiday today. >>> >>> December will soon be here, and with it our holiday party. Because of the >>> delays of our User Group application we are significantly behind the >>> timeline that I anticipated when I first discussed the possibility of a >>> holiday party with TA3M. I'd like to suggest that I personally make a >>> request to GAC for about $50-$75 for food and non-alcoholic beverage >>> expenses for the party, because I want to make sure that GAC has time to >>> process this request before the party happens. Please let me know if there >>> are any concerns. If not I will submit a request to GAC soon. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Pine >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Alex Wang >> Program Officer >> Project & Event Grants >> Wikimedia Foundation >> +1 415-839-6885 >> Skype: alexvwang > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
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