Thanks Kirill, but if GAC will accept a retroactive request, it will save everyone time and paperwork to bundle the food money with our larger funding request.
Pine On Nov 12, 2014 11:59 AM, "Jason Moore" <[email protected]> wrote: > DC! :) > > Jason > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Kirill Lokshin <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> 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 >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/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 <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> >>> +1 415-839-6885 >>> Skype: alexvwang >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >
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