Budget

Initially, this is really more of a wish list and not a budget. After we brainstorm all that we want and what that will cost, the team will come up with a budget and that can be posted here as well. (We can modify this wishlist to turn it into a budget OR we can keep the wishlist and create a new page called budget.) Theresa is just starting to gather prices. First finds are listed but I will continue to search for better pricing. At least we have a starting point.

What else do we need to consider? What did I forget to include from our discussion at the August meeting? Anyone can do more price-searching and add ideas and new sources to the list.

This one is considered a "desk top" and not a "portable" which is why it's cheaper. Do we need it to be portable? || $149.95 ||  || [|Apple] || There's nothing magical about buying one from Apple, I was just already on their web page and it was a good starting point. We'll keep looking. ||
 * ==Item & Explanation== || ==Price== || ==Priority== || ==Source== || ==Notes/Comments== ||
 * An intern for 20 hours a week at CCGIS that could be a liaison as well as technical assistant for the GIS portion of the project || $4,000 || 1 || CCGIS || from Stephen's email: "I would like to make an initial proposal to the group for consideration to pay $4,000 to the Center to help support the project. This would cover Tyler’s services (200 hours over the course of the academic year – or roughly 5 hrs/wk). Tyler can certainly provide all manner of mapping support, but I see him playing a larger facilitation role through meeting attendance, minute taking, assistance with research, digitization, in class support, etc, etc. Tyler can be the thread that helps bind all together, and he is very interested in supporting this project. I would also wrap some of my time in and other staff support as needed (20 hours) to work with Tyler and to assist the group with other activities as needed)." ||
 * [|cordless lavalier microphone] (that clips to the speaker's collar or shirt), battery pack, wireless receiver (so the speaker can walk around), mount for the receiver to attach to the camera || $170 || 2 || [|B&H Photo Video] || This particular brand was recommended to us by Rodney Corey of Wilton who does a lot of videography. There may be other sources for purchasing it, but this is the best buy for quality of sound vs. dollar spent. ||
 * Apple laptop for Historical Society; needs to have enough RAM to do video for oral histories and making movies. There is recommending the middle of the line MacBook. It has 2.4GHz processor, 2GB RAM, and a Super Drive--all the same as the top of the line. Only difference is top of the line ($200 more) has 250 GB hard drive and this one has 160 GB hard drive. If we're getting an external drive, I'd rather put the $200 towards that. Compared to the bottom of the line (there's only 3), for $200 more, you're getting a faster processor, a bigger hard drive, and a better CD/DVD drive. || $1,199 || 1 || [|Apple] || This price is before shipping ($1,399 without educator's discount). This version includes the iLife suite. I have not talked to Cindy's contact yet to see if she can get us the SAD's pricing (computer without iLife plus iLife but probably still cheaper than this version) ||
 * [|iLife suite] of software (iMovie, iWeb, GarageBand, iPhoto, iDVD) which will allow us to turn oral histories into a format that can be posted on the web or put on a DVD using the same software the students will be familiar with from their school (and which is also one of the easiest, most intuitive, and still very powerful movie-making software packages around) || $71.00 || 1 || Apple || Single user edition with educator's discount (if we get a cheaper computer through the SAD we need this. if we get the one from Apple, this is included) I have not looked at Computer Connections yet or talked to Cindy's contact. ||
 * [|Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)] because the current inventory database is in Excel and most of the world that will be sending the Historical Society documents will have them in one of these three formats. || $134.95 || 1 || [|Apple] || Home and Student Edition which has the 3 applications in full version. It's missing Microsoft Exchange server which we don't need. I have not looked at Computer Connections yet or talked to Cindy's contact. We can also look into Open Office or one of the Open Source alternatives that will open Microsoft documents and save documents in a Microsoft-compatible format but that is free. ||
 * scanner--Epson V700 recommended by MHS || $529.99 || 1 || [|Circuit City] || (cheaper online but with shipping, getting it at Circuit City in Augusta is probably cheaper) ||
 * dedicated slide scanner? Do we have that many slides? ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Photoshop Elements photo editing software || $65 ||  || [|Academic Superstore] || (this is the educator's discount price) ||
 * Travel for 2 cars for attendees at the June meeting in Portland (Theresa and Wendy need to fill out paperwork and turn it in) ||  || 1 ||   ||   ||
 * we're saving money for our celebration in May/June 2009!! ||  || 1 ||   ||   ||
 * video recorder for oral histories (get one with a place to mount the wireless microphone receiver and make sure it has an external microphone) ||  || 2 ||   ||   ||
 * snowball microphone || $45 || 2 ||  ||   ||
 * portable, easy-to-use tripod ||  || 1 ||   ||   ||
 * audio recorder for oral histories without video?? ||  || 3 ||   ||   ||
 * firewire external hard drive that's VERY big for storing Historical Society's own archives of scanned artifacts and oral histories plus a place to backup the inventory database (firewire is a faster connection which you want when you're copying lots of big files) || (I thought I would put several different ones in the rows below) || 1 ||  ||   ||
 * [|Iomega 500 GB drive (both firewire & USB)]