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### Here is our total budget requirements for 2023 | **2023** | operation costs | | ----------- | ----------- | | Audio / video servers | 3000 | | Software | 2860 | | Hardware | 3980 | | Event management | 24000 | | SDK game dev | 12000 | | Artist onboarding budget | 12000 | |Miscellaneous | 2000 | |**TOTAL 2023**| **59840 USD** ### summary of the operation costs followed by more info: > Audio broadcasting (Icecast) and video streaming hosting + servers > Software subscriptions and paid digital creation tools > Hardware (DJ controller / mixer for live events, 2nd laptop during events separate from main desktop ) > Event creation and management ( designing Art posters, POAP delivery, promotion , hosting artists, live music mixing) > Wearable and emote production (mocap suit , paid software) > Upgrading and maintaining Sugar Club models and SDK code > Budget for paid gigs with DJs > Online broadcasting music licensing fee ### Event creation and management: I am the sole creator and manager of events at SugarClub at the moment. That includes creating the theme, designing the posters, updating the club to the relevant theme with animations and art, hosting the event, promoting on social, organizing the airdrops and giveaways on twitter. I plan on creating 2 branded events per month with paid dj gigs / and NFT artists featured at our gallery ( included renown artists from the early NFT scene ) With a bigger budget I can start looking for a community manager that could take a load off my shoulders while I focus on the main content creation. ### Metaverse Electronic Music Event aka MEME I have a plan to create and organize an inclusive Metaverse Electronic Music Event (MEME) with some popular venues in Decentraland, fostering exchange and collaboration for the clubbing scene in Decentraland. Part of the Event creation budget would go towards leading the initiative and organizing the first event in 2023.. ### Artist / DJs onboarding I would like to have a budget going forward that allows me to pay artists a fair price in exchange for great DJ sets. Sugar Club is welcoming existing DJs from our web3 network ( Bufalo , Greencross, Gucci Toe, Alien DJ , Panther Modern, Mighty33, Superflat , AmbieNFT , Mumbai Science , GraffitKings, EzzyLand , Eclectic Method , DJ Laroc, DJ LethalSkillz, Bootsy Collins etc.) . I also want to explore onboarding other DJs and electronic producers by leveraging some of my existing contacts internationally. I have contacts in Europe, notably France, Belgium, Austria, the UK , Mexico/ South America, as well as South Korea. ### Game dev Last year updates have included a new video screen projection code from the SDK repository, upgrading the main stage, optimizing textures, colliders, creating a new UI system to interact with, cleaning up all the modules of the code so they are better organized for debugging, and finally overhauling the VIP gate code to include Polygon as well as Ethereum contracts (an essential part of using NFT ticket access on Polygon) I would love to have a proper budget for game development, to maintain and debug code when necessary but also to be able to hire on demand for specific features such as a gamified experience at the club . ### Retroactive costs I would like to use this grant to fund early hardware such as my mocap suit for emote creation and the 2nd laptop i use to log into DCL