Photo Source:
ReThink
Year:
Amount Awarded:
$1,605
Potential Funding Reductions:
Should the CSF decide to cut our proposed budget by 5%, we will reduce our marketing budget accordingly. This may include physical marketing (posters and flyers, etc.) to fewer departments on campus, limiting the flyers available for students to take when speaking about this event in classrooms, and devoting fewer physical resources to general outreach about the event. This may yield fewer attendees at the event, but it would be our hope that our partnering organizations would help in this matter.
If our proposed budget were cut by 10%, we would reduce our marketing efforts and seek a smaller event space. As event space is our largest expense, we would try to find a smaller space to hold the event that would be in our price range. We would then discuss how to best configure the room considering our projected number of attendees in order to maximize the space we would have.
If our proposed budget were cut by 20%, we would change the structure of the challenge, in addition to the above reductions in costs. We would purchase fewer writing pads and have breakout groups of 15-18 attendees instead of our original goal of 7-10. The larger groups would then reduce the overall price of materials associated with breakout group discussion. It should be noted that the effect of an increased group size is reduced quality of discussion, which is less than ideal.
Project Longevity:
Due to the multi-club involvement and the scope of this event, we will coordinate closely with all relevant parties throughout the planning process. As you can see in the timeline, we have set up some specific milestones to ensure that we remain on schedule. More specifically, this will entail working especially closely with Terri Butler who is in charge of Sustainable Seattle, as well as the presidents of respective clubs we choose to partner with for the event. We will conduct this correspondence by phone and email with Terri, and by email and in-person meetings with the RSO presidents.
Project status:
Completed