<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><div><div class="yiv3274759669MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Greetings<br></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Just wanted to know if anyone else had a chance to attend the Grant Writing Workshop for Non Profits last week. There were some 25 people there, so I wasn't sure if Suzie, or anyone else, joined us.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Presenter was Dr. Ronda Adams, Yolo County Department of Education, who has distilled her grant-writing strategies to a 38-page PowerPoint (se attached file), teeming with tips, imperatives and checklists.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">The Take Home - Grants are neither easy to obtain, nor in some cases, easy to administer; they result from hard work, preparedness, creativity, partnership, persistence and luck, as well as, in most cases, adherence to the rules of the grant, application process.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color:
transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Immediate Steps for DMS to prepare for grants -</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">1) Start Collecting data on how community/members use DMS - log book, sign in register, anecdotal, whatever - you will need data to demonstrate how services (what) are being delivered over time (date/hours) and to whom they are being served (user zip code?).</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal; ">2) Conduct a SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats - Presentation Slide #4) - Develop program purpose, goals and objectives, timeline for implementation and <b>define the significance and overall effect that DMS does/could have on the community</b>, as well as, identifies community partners; all are necessary for grant applications.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">3) Develop/update ancillary support materials that would be needed for a grant, such as budgets, objectives, policies, board members bios, etc. Have as much information ready and current so applications can be written quickly should a funding opportunity arise (Intel?).</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Okay, I took lots of notes about consideration for the grant application process, but I think this might be a little premature. Let me know what you think, especially if you attended the workshop and have anything else to contribute/refute, whatever.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Sarah</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">P.S. Can anyone provide a successful model of an organization that is doing what DMS hopes to do? I recently discovered Noisebridge (https://noisebridge.net/) in SF. Is this closer to the vision than the tool lending library in Oakland/Berkeley or the Crucible models?</div></div></div></body></html>