Scholarship Application CFTE Conference

Advocacy Advance is awarding a limited number of scholarships for Alliance and League members to attend the Center for Transportation Excellences Transit Initiatives and Communities Conference. The conference will be held in Atlanta June 23-26. The deadline to apply for a scholarship is April 1. Please send this form to Brighid OKeane at Brighid@PeoplePoweredMovement.org.

1. Organization Overview
Organization Name: City, State, Zip: Number of full-time equivalent staff: Number of duespaying members Geographic area served: Alliance member? Number of volunteer staff: Previous year operating budget: Population of the area served: League member? $

2. Attendee Information
Name: E-mail: Briefly explain why your organization wants to send this staff member: Title: Phone:

3. Campaign Information
Briefly answer the questions below. (A) Describe the ballot measure campaign that your organization is working on (scope, funding sources / structure, etc).

(B) What transit and other organizational partners are you working with?

(C) What agency staff have you been working with? Have you been invited to help with project selection, sit on any committees, etc?

(D) Why is your organization best suited for this campaign? Have you ever worked on a ballot measure campaign before and was it successful?

(E) What is the timeframe of your campaign? What stage will it be at in June, 2013?

(F) What is the potential win on this investment for biking and walking infrastructure?

(G) Are you willing and able to participate in a conference session as a panelist?

(H) Please share any other considerations or links to more information.

3. Budget
Below are estimated costs for the conference. Advocacy Advance will be awarding full and partial scholarships, depending on demand and available funds. Conference registration: Hotel: Flight: $295 $169 / night Roundtrip to/from Atlanta, June 23-36

Considering these costs, what type(s) of scholarships are you interested in? 1) Full scholarship to cover all costs 2) Partial scholarship to cover registration 3) Any amount will be helpful!