Scholarship Policy Update 2025: Difference between revisions
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== Schedule == | |||
== | ==== Proposal Date ==== | ||
Date this proposal was posted to the membership and a request for a vote date was sent to the Board. | |||
'''[TBD]''' | |||
==== Member Input ==== | |||
Does the Sponsor choose to open the language of the vote for changes due to member input? (optional and can be modified at any time) | |||
'''[x] YES [ ] NO''' | |||
==== Vote Announcement and Beginning Date of the Discussion Period ==== | |||
The announcement date of the vote proposal is the beginning date of the seven-day (minimum) posting and Member discussion period. (Certain exceptional vote types have longer discussion periods. Check the Bylaws if you are unsure.) ''If the Sponsor has chosen to include member input, suggested edits can be made in a shared document or other collaborative vehicle until the language is locked. The sponsor can stop taking suggestions at any time.'' | |||
'''[1/21/25]''' | |||
==== Language Lock Date and Start of Voting ==== | |||
Five days prior to the Day of the Vote, the vote language is locked, all edits are frozen, and the language of the vote is converted to a pdf file. Ballots that include the pdf are sent to the Membership, and electronic voting begins. ''Note that the minimum discussion period of seven days leaves only two days for changes before the lock takes place.'' | |||
'''1/28/25''' | |||
==== Day of the Vote ==== | |||
Date the Board has assigned for the vote. The Day of the Vote is the day the vote closes. | |||
'''TBD''' | |||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
This is a vote to update the Scholarship policy to better serve our mission of creating an inclusive and accessible makerspace that reflects and enriches our diverse community. The proposed changes expand our scholarship criteria to explicitly support underrepresented groups, establish a dedicated Scholarship Team, and implement a more structured and equitable selection process. | A higher scholarship applicant count in recent years has created a backlog of applicants primarily due to the swelling membership numbers while the scholarship seat count has remained at a static 15 seats. This is a vote to update the Scholarship policy to a manage a dynamic number of seats (5% of the paying membership count) to better serve our mission of creating an inclusive and accessible makerspace that reflects and enriches our diverse community. The proposed changes also expand our scholarship criteria to explicitly support underrepresented groups, establish a dedicated Scholarship Team, and implement a more structured and equitable selection process. | ||
The updated policy aims to allocate scholarships based on a weighted criteria system that prioritizes both economic need and community representation. Additionally, it introduces longer scholarship terms and includes provisions for storage access and workshop participation to ensure recipients can fully engage with PS1's resources and community. | The updated policy aims to allocate scholarships based on a weighted criteria system that prioritizes both economic need and community representation. Additionally, it introduces longer scholarship terms and includes provisions for storage access and workshop participation to ensure recipients can fully engage with PS1's resources and community. | ||
== Language == | == Language of the Vote == | ||
Replace the existing [[Scholarships & Work in Lieu of Dues|Scholarship Policy]] with the following new language. | |||
=== 2025 Scholarship Policy | === 2025 Scholarship Policy === | ||
==== Scholarship Application Process ==== | ==== Scholarship Application Process ==== | ||
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==== Storage and Resource Access ==== | ==== Storage and Resource Access ==== | ||
* Recipients may opt in to free storage space, with the option to share with other recipients. | * Recipients may opt in to free storage space, with the option to share with other recipients. | ||
* In extreme circumstances or at the Scholarship Team's or Board's discretion, recipients may be required to share storage space to better accommodate paying members and volunteers, or to otherwise maximize space efficiently | * In extreme circumstances or at the Scholarship Team's or Board's discretion, recipients may be required to share storage space to better accommodate paying members and volunteers, or to otherwise maximize space efficiently | ||
== Categories == | == Categories == | ||
[[Category:Votes]] | [[Category:Votes]] | ||
[[Category:2025]] | [[Category:2025]] | ||
