Grants:PEG/WM IN/Bootstrap Grant

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This submission to the Wikimedia Foundation Grants Program was funded in the fiscal year 2011-12. This is a grant to an organization.

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Legal name of chapter or nonchapter group: Wikimedia Chapter, India
Grant contact name: Gautam John
Grant contact username or email: gkjohn@gmail.com
Grant contact title (position): Secretary
Project lead name: Arjuna Rao Chavala
Project lead username or email: arjunaraoc@gmail.com
Project lead title (position), if any: President
Full project name: Wikimedia Chapter - Bootstrap and First Year Operations
Amount requested (in USD): 15000
Provisional target start date: 1 Sep 2011
Provisional completion date: ~~31 March 2012~~ 31 Dec 2012

Budget breakdown

This grantee has requested a change to the budget submitted here and this change has been approved by WMF. Please see the discussion page for details.

Wikimedia/Chapter Promotion materials
Operating Expenses
Travel
Grants
AGM and India Wiki Conference

Assumption is that $1 = INR 45

Description	Qty	Unit Price	Extended Price	SubTotal price(Rs)	Price in USD
Wikimedia/Chapter Promotion materials				160000	3556
Design and Printing of Chapter overview brochures, fund raising brochures, membership application forms,receipt books, and stationery in English and native langauges as relevant	10000	5	50000
Design and printing of Wikiproject brochures in English and Native languages	10000	5	50000
Design and manufacturing of Wikimedia promotion materials such as T-shirts	200	300	60000
Operating Expenses				165000	3667
Engage a consultant for book keeping and liason with Government authorities for various approvals and for filing statutory reports.	1	65000	65000
Engage an Auditor for statutory audit	1	10000	10000
Engage a Legal consultant	1	50000	50000
Bank expenses for clearing any foreign exchange receipts	1	25000	25000
Web domains and hosting	1	15000	15000
Travel				205000	4556
For outstation EC members/Subcommittee members to attend relevant meetings	2	25000	50000
For participation in community meetups/outreach	5	10000	50000
For participation in Events where Chapter mans an exhibition booth	5	10000	50000
Modified. Reference. For conducting Wiki Academies	5	1000	5000
For any global Wikimedia chapter events where funding is required from Chapter.	1	50000	50000
Grants				100000	2222
For innovative projects from Community/members	100	1000	100000
AGM and India Wiki Conference				45000	1000
Removed. Reference. S̶c̶h̶o̶l̶a̶r̶s̶h̶i̶p̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶I̶n̶d̶i̶a̶ ̶W̶i̶k̶i̶ ̶C̶o̶n̶f̶e̶r̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶p̶a̶r̶t̶i̶c̶i̶p̶a̶n̶t̶s̶(̶p̶a̶r̶t̶)̶	set	2̶0̶0̶0̶0̶0̶	2̶0̶0̶0̶0̶0̶
AGM meeting expenses(Part)			45000

				675000	15000

Project scope

The Wikimedia Chapter was registered on 3 Jan 2011. The boot strapping project and operations for the first year includes the following:

Wikimedia/Chapter Promotion materials
- Design and Printing of Chapter brochures, fund raising brochures, membership application forms, receipt books, and stationery in English and other Indic languages as required.
- Design and printing of Wikiproject brochures in English and other Indic languages as required.
- Design and production of Wikimedia promotion materials such as T-shirts/Key chains/caps etc
Operating Expenses
- Engage a consultant for book keeping and liaison with Government authorities for various approvals and for filing statutory reports.
- Engage an Auditor for statutory audit.
- Engage a Legal consultant
- Bank expenses for clearing any foreign exchange receipts.
Travel
- For outstation EC members/Subcommittee members to attend relevant meetings.
- For participation in community meet-ups/outreach.
- For participation in Events where Chapter mans an exhibition booth.
- For conducting Wiki Academies
- For any global Wikimedia chapter events where funding is required from Chapter.
Grants
- For innovative projects from Community/members
- To support travel expenses of individual members to attend events, as and when required.
AGM and India Wiki Conference
- Scholarship for India Wiki Conference participants
- AGM meeting expenses

Project goal

The goal of this project is simple. Given that this is the first year, the stated goal is for the Chapter to attain financial and operational strength to undertake active outreach projects, targeted interventions and to support efforts of members and the community at large.

Non-financial requirements

Support of in kind material requests for outreach activity.
Organisational support.

Fit to strategy

India is one amongst a set of countries where the WMF has a strong strategic focus.
The Chapter needs to become financially and operationally strong to support the strategic focus on India.
Given that India is a focus area and that there is a WMF India Program office as well, a strong, supportive, engaged and functioning Chapter is an imperative.

Other benefits

A strong Community and Chapter will be the most important elements to ensure a sustainable Wikimedia movement in India.
A strong Community owned Chapter will be a catalyst to grow editorship and readership within India.

Measures of success

Given that this is the first year, measures of success should include growth of membership, outreach events, conducting the Wiki Conference and fulfilling basic statutory requirements.
A further measure, could be one of sentiment analysis to determine whether the Chapter is operating in a manner that its founding documents details and expectations therein.
Lastly, planning for the future, the Chapter should proactively begin the process of getting requisite permissions to receive money from foreign sources and to be able to give tax deduction statements locally.

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