Re-Rad Budget Fall 2008

Meeting Information

 * Meeting Frequency: weekly
 * Number of Meeting: 14
 * Projected Attendance: 30

Meeting Expenses

 * Food per Person: $ 4.00
 * Total Food: $ 1680.00
 * Advertising: $ 5.00
 * Magic Board: $ 5.00
 * Other: $ 1.00
 * TOTAL: $ 1691.00

Events
Event Name: Henry Giroux Comes to Speak at Hampshire


 * Description: We would like to bring in Henry Giroux, one of the major founding figures in critical education, to discuss university education, among other things. To learn more about Giroux, please visit these links: http://www.henryagiroux.com/index.html http://www.peak.sfu.ca/the-peak/2004-2/issue8/ne-giroux.html http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=DgdVCnTTqXA
 * Projected Attendance: 150
 * Date: 10/18/2008
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NOTE: re-rad signers, please come see COCA to discuss this event budget. We are in the Community Council room, just off the airport lounge, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM every Tuesday.

Trip Information

 * Name: HeroCamp Trip
 * Attendance: 5
 * Date: October 22-26
 * Destination: Houston, Texas
 * Description: Re-Rad has devoted many hours to constructively discussing Hampshire's educational system, and working towards improving it. However, we are limited by our own experiences and those the people around us. We would like to attend HeroCamp, the very first Open Source conference of its kind, an opportunity like no other to meet with a group of individuals who are deeply interested in education - and more importantly, who are determined to work towards constructive plans of action to improve education. From the HeroCamp website: "We plan to launch a project at the end of the 4-5 day schedule of intensive brainstorming and planning.  The ideas launched will have to be simply executable by a wider network of (Super) Heroes that couldn't be there to plan it.  For the first 2 days, we brainstorm, dream, map out and scribble.  For the last 2-3 days, we create materials, plans and websites so that we can launch a beta soon afterwards.  The BIG Idea: We've picked Education as the over-arching issue to look at this year." In addition, HeroCamp is a conference like none other we have had the opportunity to attend - an Open Source conference, a completely different approach to discussing and creating an action plan.  We hope to gain a deeper understanding of how this approach works, in order to come back and bring the Hampshire community together in similar manner, so as to encourage constructive and fruitful discussion about Hampshire's educational system.  Concerning the number of pople attending: We will extend the invitation to attend to everyone who joins/is already in Re-Rad this upcoming year, and allow members to fairly come to a consensus as to whom is the most excited and willing to learn, participate, record, and come back and share.  We felt that five people was a fair number to ask for (we have about thirty very active members), as airline tickets are expensive. This number is an estimate, and definitely depends upon your goodwill.
 * Event Upon Return: Upon our return, we will host a heavily advertised meeting, open to the entire Hampshire community, where we will present what we have learned, and tie it into what could be done here at Hampshire. In addition, we hope to come back with a blueprint for how Hampshire could hold similar Open Source-style conferences, and share that information with the entire Hampshire community.

Trip Expenses

 * Fee per Person: $ 200.00
 * Gas: $ 0
 * Lodging: $ 0
 * Other: $ 0
 * Description of Other:
 * TOTAL: $ 1000.00