[Blacklabcollective] Grants - input please!

[Anju Singh]

Eris pass word is blacklabvancouver333

you can make them :)

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Eris Nyx <erisnyx at hotmail.ca> wrote:

> I would totally be willing to be the "staff member" or whatever if it
> means we get $$$.
>
> Also can someone make events for March's film nights:
> Wed March 11th - FILM NIGHT: Kids
> Wed March 25th - FILM NIGHT: Time is Illmatic
>
> ------------------------------
> From: aanjusingh at gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:39:47 -0800
> Subject: Grants - input please!
> To: blacklabcollective at lists.resist.ca; erisnyx at hotmail.ca
>
>
> Hey all, I haven't managed to add Eris to the list yet so please add her
> when you email about space stuff for now.
>
> I want to know everyone's stand on grants. Talking to folks, it seems we
> are not agreed on whether we should apply for grants or not. Since writing
> grants is a shit load of work, i'll need to know where we stand on what
> types of grants we want to apply for and what you support me in writing for.
>
> It's not a good use of my time to keep asking back about specific grants,
> I'm quite busy, so it would be better for me to have direction and to check
> in on the basics and to go with it and apply. I just want to make sure I'm
> not applying for something and have it be rejected by the collective after
> i put work into it.
>
> One of the grants i'm looking at requires that a portion of funds go to
> staffing. This means hiring a part- or full-time person to run the
> operating side of things. If we aren't interested in having a staff member,
> then I need to remove these grants from my list. Operating grants will
> never be successful if there is no paid staff to run it. In fact, FYI, many
> grants won't be successful without the grantor knowing that someone is
> being paid to ensure that the project is completed and successful.
>
> Here are my questions:
>
> -Do we want to hire someone (from our collective or not) to work on stuff
> at the space?
> -Do we want to take money from the city?
> -Do we want to take money from the province?
> -Do we want to take money from the DTES cultural infrastructure grants?
> -Do we want to take money from the Canada Council for the Arts and BC
> Council for the Arts?
> -Are we ok with asking for money for festivals?
> -Are we ok with asking for money for workshops?
> -Are we ok with asking for money for community support
> (training/resources, especially technology).
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Anju Singh
>
>


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Anju Singh
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