##Grant proposal to annual cover meetup.com fees for PhillyPUG
Grant Proposal: $144 (Tom, is this correct?) to cover the cost of the Philadelphia Python user group’s (PhillyPUG) meetup.com subscription for on year: May 2014 through May 2015.
Grant Objective: Fund the use of meetup.com for organizing and managing the PhillyPUG for a 12 month period. meetup.com helps to increase the visibility of the user group, as well as boost attendance through automated reminders, RSVP functionality, and other tools. It also makes organizing and promoting the group easier, as well as providing a platform to garner sponsorships and thank sponsors publicly.
Grant Size: $144 (check this) total, which is the cost of 12 months to organize a group on meetup.com.
Grant Beneficiaries: PhillyPUG has over 1,000 members on meetup.com. We have had monthly meetings since 2009 and have an average attendance of 40-60 Python programmers. meetup.com provides a centralized location where our members see what’s coming up and who has RSVPed for the meeting. Members can also leave comments about the group itself.
This subscription will also benefit Python programmers who may not yet know about the group by providing highly visible insight into what we do and why they may want to join. meetup.com is a well-known site for people looking for like-minded individuals, providing us good visibility for new members. It also cross-promotes groups to each other, encouraging members of other tech groups to consider joining ours. We get several new members each month who find us on meetup.com.
Preferred method of funds delivery: A deposit into the PayPal account for xxxxx (Tim? or a general account for PhillyPUG?)
Ideally if we can have a PhillyPUG account rather than my own, that'd be better.