[okfn-labs] Fwd: Indigo Trust Decision

Mon Feb 4 16:47:51 UTC 2013

Good, when do I book the flight? ;)

Michael

On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 02:07:38PM +0000, Lucy Chambers wrote:
> Whoo!
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Matthew O'Reilly <matthew.oreilly at sfct.org.uk>
> Date: Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 1:51 PM
> Subject: Indigo Trust Decision
> To: "budgitng at gmail.com" <budgitng at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Lucy Chambers (lucy.chambers at okfn.org)" <lucy.chambers at okfn.org>
> 
> 
> Hi Oluseun and Lucy,****
> 
> ** **
> 
> I hope you’re both well. I just wanted to give you both a quick heads up
> that I met with the trustees last week and they have decided to award a
> grant. In view of the fact that Oluseun was going to cover some staffing
> costs himself, the trustees have decided to award a larger grant than
> previously anticipated. I’m delighted to tell you that they have now
> approved a grant of £36,800 to BudgIT for the following work:****
> 
> ** **
> 
> *This project seeks improve the data visualisation skills among BudgIT’s
> team and will also enable them to visualise Nigeria’s 2013 national budget,
> as well as state budgets from six separate states. £20,800 would be used to
> cover staff costs (a data analyst, data visualisation expert and an
> in-house developer). This will enable BudgIT to undertake the above
> visualisations, re-develop their website and provide improved budget data
> analysis. A further £10,000 would enable BudgIT to work with the Open
> Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) to host a developers’ workshop on getting,
> wrangling and presenting government budget data. In addition, we would like
> to provide BudgIT with £3,200 towards the cost of further visualisation
> skills training to be provided by the Nigerian company, Exolve
> Technologies. Finally, up to a further £2,800 would be used for platform
> promotion, primarily but not exclusively through online advertising. In
> total, this would be a grant of up to £36,800.*
> 
> * *
> 
> We all felt that by giving you enough to cover staffing, training and
> marketing, you’d be able to achieve a much greater impact. I’ll follow up
> with an official grant award letter in due course, but just wanted to share
> the good news.****
> 
> ** **
> 
> All the best,****
> 
> ** **
> 
> Matt****
> 
> * *
> 
> ** **
> 
> Matthew O'Reilly (Programme Manager)****
> 
> The Indigo Trust****
> 
> The Peak****
> 
> 5 Wilton Road****
> 
> London SW1V 1AP****
> 
> ** **
> 
> T: (+44) (0)20 7410 7029****
> 
> Skype: mattindigo****
> 
> ** **
> 
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