Proposed Budget and Plan

Proposed Budget and Plan

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Budget Narrative

Provide a 300 word budget narrative explaining each budget item proposed.
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• $19,350, Design & Art costs are for graphics of the 96 XPs ($150) and 9 badges ($350) plus the handbook and playlist wizard app ($1800) coding in LiveCode for the XP/HQ Orientation. Appealing designs help at first blush and within the LRNG site.

• $21,700.00 for Tech Tools
  • Q300 Milestone Pods, digital pedometers
  • Q100 Raspberry Pi 3 to 100 opening phase students, gratis, $35 + $10 case + $20 64gb MicroSD. Some cables, monitors, keyboards, cameras and gadgets for mobile lab.
  • Presenter tech of $4,200 + $600 for internet + $660 for eCommerce fees.

• $20,000 to coaching for costs of books, clinics, scholarships, plus marketing and support specific to the American Coaching Education Program operated by Human Kinetics. Impacts XP/Sports Reader, XP/HQ Orientation and badges Rookie Coach and Sports First Aid.

• $6,540, infrastructure, insurance includes 230 memberships to American Water Polo and BGC financial oversight: checks, payroll, 501(c)(3) office.

• $23,660, PR & Marketing launches 4.3 campaigns at $4K each with partners with extensive catalogs / marketing presence: eLifeguard, AD Starr (baseball), Pro Bikes, AutoCoach.au.com, TeamUnify.com, Pair.com, LiveCode.com for EDU outreach.
  • Streaming and public viewing rights for sports/culture films by Dave Zirin, $350 each to Media Education Foundation. Impacts XP/Not Just a Game, XP/Race Power & American Sports, XP/Sports In Society.
  • Print/Postage, $1,800. Press releases, monthly, 12 x $180 = $2160.

• $33,000 covers staff and payroll
  • Exec Coach = Mark Rauterkus at 50% FTE = $25,200.
  • Goals Coach, Kay Atman, Ph.D., creator of Goal Inventory Index. Impacts six Goals XPs, Level 1 to Masters, $3,000.
  • CEO of SpiderLearning.com, Bill Taylor, $4,800 as Interface Coach that bridges network partners to LRNG.org for bestowing badges.

• $750 for Sports equipment, 25 polo balls/SKWIM disks, $30.

Links:

Wiki page of the proposal, (edits happened):  http://aforathlete.wikia.com/wiki/DML_Competition/Application#Overview

1. Overview
2. Rationale
3. Audience
4. Learning outcomes and validation
5. Playlist Inventory
6. Implementation and outreach
7. Budget (scroll up)