[Communications] CCGA conference scholarships follow up

[Mamie Gray]

Hello Amy! That sounds like a good way of issuing tickets. Mamie

On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 2:16 PM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com> wrote:

> Hi Mamie - I’ll support whatever number of scholarship everyone decides is
> appropriate for our event. When you receive a request, let me know and I
> can make the ticket link for that attendee. I was initially thinking that I
> would create all the tickets ahead of time and provide you with the links,
> but I can do it as the requests arrive if needed.
>
> On Feb 26, 2021, at 2:05 PM, Mamie Gray <mamiegray2012 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If the tickets are free, I think the sky is the limit. The math is simply
> how much revenue was theoretically loss. Mamie
>
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 1:28 PM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com> wrote:
>
>> If we need to work with a solid number and not a $ value, we could add 2
>> for Ken’s donation and offer 22 scholarships.
>>
>> On Feb 26, 2021, at 1:12 PM, Amy Olson via Communications <
>> communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mamie,
>>
>> Yes, that was my understanding as well. I think it’s better to go with
>> the $500 for reference.
>> What if a student wants a scholarship? That fee is only $15.
>>
>> Also, JW informed all of the 2020 prepaid registrants that if they could
>> not attend, they could request a refund or donate their payment to a 2021
>> attendee in need. So, I feel we need to honor that and add these donations
>> to the total available.
>>
>> With Ken Williams' donation, the total for scholarships is $550.
>>
>> On Feb 26, 2021, at 1:07 PM, Mamie Gray <mamiegray2012 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The final number I heard from Gina was 20 scholarship tickets ($500).
>> Mamie
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 1:02 PM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I’m sorry, I am probably confusing things.
>>> I just need to know how many scholarship tickets (free) to create.
>>> Angela asked that each recipient receive a unique link for their ticket.
>>>
>>> I’ll add your email as the contact on the website.
>>> We have not included the scholarship info anywhere else at this point.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 26, 2021, at 12:56 PM, Mamie Gray <mamiegray2012 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Amy! “mamiegray2012 at gmail.com” is OK as the contact info. BTW
>>> Amy, I must have misunderstood the final understanding on “scholarship
>>> tickets” (free tickets), which was no need for funding for tickets since
>>> they can be processed as *free*; leaving prepaid registration fees in
>>> the general CCGA budget, and requesting sponsors to cover expenses other
>>> than scholarships.  In other words, Sponsor X, in the past, has donated
>>> $250 for scholarships and $250 for T-Shirts, can now donate $500 for
>>> T-Shirts or whatever. Am I wrong? Mamie
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 12:41 PM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you, Mamie!
>>>>
>>>> For the info on the website, how would you like people to contact you?
>>>>
>>>> Also, we discussed the $500 allocation for scholarships last night,
>>>> which covers 20 adults at $25 (students are $15).
>>>>
>>>> JW contacted the folks who prepaid for the 2020 conference, and Ken
>>>> Williams donated his registration of $50 toward scholarships as well. He
>>>> can let us know if others decide to donate their registration fee.
>>>>
>>>> So, as of now, there is a $550 allocation for scholarships.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Amy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 26, 2021, at 12:16 PM, Angela Taylor <
>>>> angela at gpcommunitycouncil.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Mamie
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2021, 12:04 PM Mamie Gray <mamiegray2012 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Okedoke. Mamie
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 12:01 PM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Mamie and all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was making some updates to the conference web page and drafted some
>>>>>> language for the scholarships:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We have a limited amount of scholarships available. Please contact
>>>>>> (email) for more information.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mamie, would you be willing to coordinate the scholarships and be the
>>>>>> contact person?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>> Amy
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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