What are we hoping to accomplish? There are a lot of moving parts when planning a Timeraiser. We want to keep things as simple as possible, but also take into account there is some complexity in doing so as we scale. And because we want to do things at the lowest cost and/or in support of other like-minded organizations (e.g. supporting a fellow social enterprise via our purchasing power), there is a little complexity that adds up. 

Here are a few reasons why we are doing this:

• Bottom-up, City by City Budget Build. Provides the opportunity to make sure we are planning events that make sense
• Participatory: Provides people who want to help plan a Timeraiser with the relevant information to be involved in a meaningful way. 
• "Good Enough" forecasting. Provides all staff with the ability to help in the forecasting of the budgets
• Real-Time & On-line. We want to be able to provide as much information as we can to people who need it on any internet connected device  

These are the approximate costs of running a small, medium, and large Timeraiser. You can see that the greatest single cost is our commitment to investing in emerging artists.