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=== 2025 Scholarship Policy === | === 2025 Scholarship Policy === | ||
==== Scholarship Core Values ===== | |||
==== Scholarship Application Process ==== | ==== Scholarship Application Process ==== | ||
'''To apply for a Pumping Station: One scholarship, please follow the link to fill out our [https://tinyurl.com/y3dc3fnx application form].''' | '''To apply for a Pumping Station: One scholarship, please follow the link to fill out our [https://tinyurl.com/y3dc3fnx application form].''' | ||
Scholarship applications are reviewed by a Scholarship Team before being submitted to the Board for approval no later than the last day of February. Once approved by the Board, recipients are given Pumping Station One access at no cost until the last day of February on the following year, providing a 12 month scholarship term to the recipient. Notices of scholarship award are sent to selected candidates within the first week of March. Selected scholarship recipients will have 2 weeks to accept or request to defer their scholarship. Applications will be dropped if not selected (requiring yearly re-application). Aside from financial dues, scholarship recipients are held to all of the same expectations as active members, and are subject to all of the same repercussions for violating space rules. | |||
A clear disclaimer about the applicant's anonymity will be included in applications as applications will be anonymized for final Board review and approval. | |||
==== Scholarship Team Structure ==== | ==== Scholarship Team Structure and Duties ==== | ||
A dedicated Scholarship Team will be established, consisting of: | A dedicated Scholarship Team will be established, consisting of: | ||
* One Board member or Director at Large | * One Board member or Director at Large | ||
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* One frequent member with no other volunteer associations | * One frequent member with no other volunteer associations | ||
* One other of any of the above positions to assure no deadlocks | * One other of any of the above positions to assure no deadlocks | ||
* Alternatively, the team can operate with three members of any of the above positions as a skeleton crew. | |||
The Scholarship Team will responsible for: | |||
* Communicating with applicants and recipients | |||
* Reviewing submitted applications and vetting candidates | |||
* Providing support to recipients throughout their scholarship term | |||
* Answering any support tickets relating to scholarships | |||
* Expanding and codifying scholarship processes and resources where a board or member vote is deemed unnecessary | |||
* Working with class/workshop instructors to integrate scholarship recipients in manner that benefits both attendees and instructors | |||
==== Scholarship Allocation ==== | ==== Scholarship Allocation ==== | ||
The total number of approved scholarships will be a dynamic seat count capped at 5% of total paying membership based on a snapshot taken at the beginning of December. This provides the Scholarship Team roughly three months to finalize scholarship selections and gain Board approval based on the determined number of available seats. | The total number of approved scholarships will be a dynamic seat count capped at 5% of total paying membership based on a snapshot taken at the beginning of December. This provides the Scholarship Team roughly three months to finalize scholarship selections and gain Board approval based on the determined number of available seats. | ||
==== Selection Criteria ==== | ==== Selection Criteria ==== | ||
Applications will be evaluated using a weighted point system that considers both economic need and barriers to access, as maintained and enforced by the Scholarship Team. This criteria will | Applications will be evaluated using a weighted point system that considers both economic need and barriers to access, as maintained and enforced by the Scholarship Team. This selection criteria will remain confidential to preserve the integrity of the evaluation process. Maintaining this confidentiality will prevent applicants from artificially tailoring their submissions and will prevent unintentionally discouraging qualified candidates, while still allowing the committee flexibility to adapt to changing needs. | ||
==== Storage and Resource Access ==== | ==== Storage and Resource Access ==== | ||
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** Partner with sponsors or donors to cover material costs | ** Partner with sponsors or donors to cover material costs | ||
** Work out other arrangements that empower the instructor in their workshop | ** Work out other arrangements that empower the instructor in their workshop | ||
* Recipients may opt in to a free shared storage drawer. The drawer will be shared with other recipients. | * Recipients may opt in to a free shared storage drawer. The drawer will be shared with other recipients. | ||
** At the Scholarship Team's or Board's discretion, recipients storage drawer usage may be consolidated or expanded to better accommodate paying members and volunteers, or to otherwise maximize space efficiently. | ** At the Scholarship Team's or Board's discretion, recipients storage drawer usage may be consolidated or expanded to better accommodate paying members and volunteers, or to otherwise maximize space efficiently. | ||
