Access Queen has a funding proposal template

[Lisa Heft]

Hello, dear colleagues -

There are at the time of this writing 8 people who would like your help
as they leap into the unknown, let whatever happens happen, and believe
that they will get to the Open Space on Open Space in Melbourne, the
Australia with your support and sharing of resources.

Let's make their dreams come true!

You'll be hearing from them shortly (stay tuned).

Meanwhile, I've made an example of one way to ask organizations and
individuals for funding to get to Melbourne.  Perhaps you'd like to use
it yourself, and feel free to use it, adapt it, excerpt it, plagiarize
it - whatever fits your style and needs.  For Melbourne or for anything
else, for that matter.

And whether you're going to Melbourne or not: here's one way you can
help our 8 aforementioned folks: Take a look at the Request for Funding
at the link below and start thinking about where *you* could bring it or
send it to ask on *their* behalf for funding, to help them capture their
dreams.  Remember: the burden on the sponsor (that's us) is to get the
right people (that's them) into the room (and for them, that's OSonOS in
OZ).

You can find the Request for Funding in pdf format and in Word at:

http://www.openspaceworld.org/osonos.html

.and thanks to Michael Herman for posting it there for all to use.

If you're having success raising funds (or frequent flyer miles) for you
or another person, even if it's just a little bit at a time, let me
know, and I'll share the stories in future Access Queen messages, so we
can learn from each other and hear how it's all going.

And if you are reading this and thinking you'd like to jump into the
unknown and add your requests to the 8, the topic is posted and we'll be
meeting at 10:30 in area D (which means: let me know at
lisaheft at pacbell.net) and I'll help you with ideas and we'll all see
what happens.)

Lisa

PS: Guess what? I'm not the one with the money. I have some funds
donated to the Access Queen account from Chris and Laurel (profits from
last year's OSonOS in Vancouver) and from Michael Pannwitz' and Florian
Fischer's creative auctioning of original art covers for the Book of
Proceedings at one of their Open Spaces.  Florian also has asked that
people who buy his writings donate the money instead to the Access Queen
account (thanks, Ms. Birgitt!).  But the sum total I can provide out of
this account is just enough to provide pocket money to our intrepid
dreamer-travelers to Melbourne (as they'll need some cash for little
expenses like ground transport or food during their trip and that's
expensive for them, too).  I am not a grant-making fund, just pocket
money.  Think of all the other sources in your communities that might
support international educational exchanges, country-to-country
partnerships, community capacity building, and more - both corporate and
NGO.  Think of asking others in your networks and communities to donate
to someone they haven't yet met but still believe in -- our Australian
colleague Andrew Donovan has pledged $250 and has asked others what they
will pledge (thanks,  dear Andrew!).  Think of the services or items
people buy from you or the talents or connections you might have, that
you might donate funds or airline tickets to some lucky dreamer.

L i s a   H e f t
Consultant, facilitator, educator
O p e n i n g  S p a c e
2325 Oregon
Berkeley, California
94705-1106   USA
(+01) 510 548-8449
lisaheft at pacbell.net
www.openspaceworld.com

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