Hi @StevenR - the wealth of activity and costs here definitely exceed the Hack Node budget guidelines so there is a need to reassess:
The funds of 1,139 NEAR (which is equivalent to USD $7,232.65 as of today) paid on event launch would be sufficient to cover venue and associated costs as listed now but the staffing and operations costs are not in line with what is on offer per the Hack Nodes Open Call - Hackathon 1 Update.
Having the space available for folks to drop in and engage in your Hack Node challenge, and to participate in your established programming at Arroz Estudios, is a lovely complement to the MetaBUIDL Hackathon but was not part of the original ask as an item that required separate budget. Please revise the staffing and ops costs to show in EUR or USD not exceeding USD $1,500. Great to see you’re tracking registration with the registration bonus on offer in mind, and please also review the Open Call Forum post to see the details of the prize pool for your open challenge and the press mention bonus also on offer for your reference.
Looking at how the Lisboa Hack Node’s budget compares to other Hack Nodes in other localities where they had to rent a different venue to host their viewing party event and/or closing event shows shows a huge discrepancy that is not equitable. Happy to discuss further on Monday if there are any questions.