Grants:WM US-NYC/GLAMcamp

This Wikimedia Foundation grant was funded in the fiscal year 2010-11. Project report is available.

Placeholder Grant Application

Legal name of chapter

Wikimedia New York City

Grant contact name

Richard Pharos

Grant contact title (position)

President

Project lead name

Liam Wyatt Witty lama

Project lead title (position), if any

WMF Cultural Partnerships Fellow

Full project name

GLAMcamp NYC

Amount requested (in USD)

$10,000

Provisional target start date

May 19, 2011

Provisional completion date

May 22, 2011

Budget breakdown

Venue: New York Public Library (SIBL and Mid-Manhattan library buildings)

Meeting room(s), WiFi, cleaning and security provided at no cost as in-kind support in concert with the NYPL's "150 year celebrations that same weekend. Potential for nominal AV charge.

Accommodation: Hostelling International, New York. Dorms (4-6people per room including breakfast)

$49pp/pn x 20people x Thursday/Friday/Saturday = $2940
+ Breakfast for three days = $288
+ Extra night for some = ~$350

= $3,578

Catering/Expenses:

• Lunch can be arranged on an individual basis during a break or we are allowed to bring in catering. ~$15pp/pd x 3days = $1125
• Subway tickets: $2.25 per trip x 2pp/pd x 3days = $337
• Sundries = $250
• Dinner can be bought as a group, at own cost.

Propose to give attendees a per-diem rather than manage centrally. This increases flexibility and decreases paperwork. Therefore, propose to give each attendee $70+ for their ground transport/food expenses or standard WMF volunteer per-diem rate if higher.

= $1712 (divided by 25people = $68pp)

Travel:
Remaining expenses to be spent on Travel for volunteer attendees. Accommodation and Catering = ~$5300 therefore:
Chapters with own funds will be encouraged to subsidise participants from their countries.

= $4700 for flights and train transport for volunteers.

Total of $10,000

Provisional final total amount: $8,500 = $1.5k UNDER BUDGET :-)

Project scope

See event page: GLAMcamp NYC