User:Andreatl/ILXO budget

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Grassroots Bootcamp

(see Grassroots_bootcamp/Budget)

Total: $10,500

Living Expenses (Boston)

  • Transportation: $60 (cost of 4 MBTA weekly passes)
  • Food ($150 per week) $600 total
  • Rent ($200/person/wk) $2400 total

Total: $3060

Travel Expenses

  • U-haul: $1000 + $300 for gas each way
  • Gas: $150 each way (passenger vehicle)
  • Tolls: ~$30 one way
  • Lodging: $100 for 1 night

Total: $1580 each way

Living Expenses (Chicago)

  • Food: $150 per week, $1500 total
  • Gas/transportation: $400 (Assume $0.50/mile, ~8 miles to the office, 10 weeks)

Total: $1900

Office Expenses

  • Rent+Utilities: ($1000-$2000/month), ideally <$1200
  • Office supplies: $150
  • Swag: $750 total
    • XO screwdrivers: $200 for 100 screwsdrivers
    • Tshirts: $300 for screen printing supplies and tees for 100 shirts
    • Jackets: $250

Minimum Total: $3800

Ideal Total: $5000

Field Trip Expenses

Mobile Kit Expenses

  • School server: $700 (antenna and machine)
  • Other tools: $60-100 (electrical tape, screwdrivers, storage units, etc)

Total: $760-$800

Project Expenses: Accessibility

Mandatory

  • $50 for physical hand braces, splints, restraints, earplugs, sunglasses
  • $250 for books on assistive technology design (approximately 5-7 used books)

Total: $300

Would be nice

  • $200 for an electronics prototyping toolbench - nonconsumables like a soldering iron, breadboard, wire cutter, AVR programmer
  • $200 for electronics prototyping supplies - consumables like solder, wire, microcontrollers, switches, buttons, lights, etc.
  • $500 to print circuit boards for successfully prototyped designs in order to make these more widely available to the community for testing (we can always request/find this funding when we have successful designs)

Total: $900

Minimum Total: $300

Ideal Total: $1200

Project Expenses: Off-Grid Power

  • Books: $250 (5-7 used)
  • Car Battery: $100 (for two)
  • Alternator: $150-200
  • Sewing Machine: $100-150 (Treadle)
  • Circuit components: $100
  • Voltmeter:

Would be nice:

  • General scrap components: $300

Total (min): $700-800

Total (ideal): $1100

Extras

Salary/Stipend: $2500 per person

Total: $10,000

Grand Total