Art+Feminism User Group/Planning/Staffing2017

This is the staffing plan for the Art+Feminism Simple APG for 2017-2018. The main grant page is here.

Legal Status of Workers and Fee Rationale edit

All positions will be 1099 contractors.

We are maintaining the $35/hr rate from our 2016-2017 grant budget.

Program Coordinator edit

Why edit

As we detailed in our 2016-2017 APG grant application, the lead co-organizers of Art+Feminism (Sian Evans, Jacqueline Mabey, and Michael Mandiberg) were all at their bandwidth in terms of the amount of time they could spend on this project, on top of their other work. However, the project continued to grow. So, for the 2016-2017 cycle, we brought on McKensie Mack as the Art+Feminism Program Coordinator and newest member of the Core Leadership Team. You can see the details of our hiring and on-boarding process in our 2016-2017 APG Midpoint Report.

McKensie has been invaluable to this project. Her responsibilities (detailed below) could not have been done without her. And her unique perspective has allowed us to shift to new projects and outreach goals, as you can see in the Summer-Fall 2017 Strategic Plan she authored, and in exciting new projects we've taken on, such as </rant>, the Art+Feminism podcast in development that she spearheaded. We propose to continue working with McKensie Mack in this role in the 2017-2018 cycle because not only has McKensie gone above and beyond in terms of her work and become an invaluable voice in the community, she has also become an integral part of our Core Leadership Team.

What edit

The Program Coordinator's responsibilities include:

Communication

  • fielding all incoming email to info@artandfeminism.org account
  • onboarding node events
  • ensuring timely updates with node events in the lead up to the March events
  • updating our website and social media platforms with pertinent information
  • new duties in 2017-2018 cycle:

Planning and Administration

  • arranging and leading meetings between the lead co-organizers and regional ambassadors
  • co-ordinating with institutional partners at the Museum of Modern Art to ensure production of the central New York node event
  • co-ordinating with organizers and institutional partners internationally to ensure execution of edit-a-thons
  • updating the CRM with information about the node events as they develop
  • maintaining and ensuring the execution of project timeline and team action items on Trello
  • delegating and overseeing Project Assistants and Consultants
  • tracking event funding notification and reimbursement
  • attending weekly meetings with designated Core Leadership Team member and monthly check-ins with Sian Evans

Strategy and Outreach (new duties in 2017-2018 cycle)

  • drafting strategic planning documents alongside the rest of the Core Leadership Team
  • managing social media campaigns and contributing to our social media presence
  • representing Art+Feminism at events like WikiWomen Camp, Wikimania, etc.

When and How much edit

This is a .6 FTE, 24 hr/week at $35/hr

Lead and Regional Organizers edit

Our previous experience has shown that both Regional Organizers and Lead Co-organizers will work exponentially more hours than budgeted; in future years we hope to be able to fairly compensate for this work. See below for a break-down of labor, per title.

The fee for the Lead Co-organizers is based off a rate of $35 per hour for a total of 686.4 total collective hours per year (roughly 13.2 hr/wk or 4.3 hr/wk per Lead Organizer). We recognize that the Lead Co-organizers work much more than 4.3 hours per week; incidentally, as part of a Quantified Self project, one of our Lead Co-organizers determined that they worked 600 hours in 2016, which was before we switched from a 6 to a 12 month grant cycle. We have set a goal for future years of fairly accounting for the full scope of the work that the Lead Co-organizers do.

In the 2016-2017 grant cycle, we shifted to include Regional Organizers. We would like to propose to continue this organizational structure in the 2017-2018 cycle. Many of our Regional Organizers have been doing this work for several years now and gain more and more traction in their local communities with each year.

In brief, Regional Organizers oversee the development and execution of events in their specific region. They also do outreach to organizations and groups in their area that have not previously organized Art+Feminism events, to encourage participation. Regional Ambassadors have also organized and led trainings for event organizers in their regions. The fee in the budget for Regional Organizers is based on the rate of $35 per hour and an estimate of 29 hours per year.