COCA Semester Additional Funding Requests April 2009 - Week of 6th to 12th

Status (for FiCom or COCA use):

 * Decision:
 * Date of Decision:

Group and Contact Information

 * Name: Blacksmith's Guild
 * Account No: 728
 * Contact Name: Dillon Compton
 * Email: dcc06@hampshire.edu

Event Information

 * Name: Bladesmithing workshop with Alum meet 'n' greet
 * Performer: Joe Tocci is a Hampshire Alumni whose division III was focused on theoretical physics and blacksmithing. He is now a practicing smith and general fabricator in Boston and is pursuing opportunities in physics with NASA and other national/multinational agencies.
 * Description: On April 25th we will host Joe Tocci, Ben Westbrook, and Jacob Lefton as well as other Alumni from Hampshire's Blacksmithing program and give current students a chance to see what they are doing now and how the skills they learned at Hampshire serve them as practicing smiths and artists in the community. Additionally, Joe Tocci (who taught a very well received pattern-welding workshop last semester) will teach a hands-on workshop in bladesmithing techniques, giving current students the ability to learn a difficult skillset from a very talented smith. Students will be given the opportunity to rough-forge a blade blank (the hard part of the process) under Joe's tutelage, but the remainder of the process will be able to be completed during general Lemelson shop hours in compliance with their rules and regulations surrounding the creation of blades.
 * Attendance: 30
 * Date: April 25th, 2009

Event Expenses

 * Projected Attendance: 30
 * Advertising $: 2.00
 * Magic Board Budget $: -0-
 * Food $: 120.00
 * Sound and Light $: -0-
 * Security: $ -0-
 * Honorarium $: 200.00 It should also be noted that Joe's honorarium covers a 6 hour workshop (blacksmiths typically charge ~$200-300/student for a 6 hour course, and if working on a commission charge ~$50-60/hour for labor, so this is absolutely a bargain). Joe is also not requesting travel reimbursement from Boston, which makes this an even better deal.
 * Miscellaneous : $ 108.00 O-1 Tool Steel - Each individual participating in the workshop will be given O-1 Tool Steel to create their blanks out of. O-1 is a relatively forgiving tool steel that is appropriate for less experienced smiths to work their first blade blank out of. O-1 costs approximately $.90/Inch. In order to give each student enough steel to work a 3-4 inch blade, plus tang, we are requesting the following: $.90 x 4inches x 30 participants = $108.00
 * TOTAL: $430.00