Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Conference Fund/NWR-Hist/Second Annual Gathering
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Applicant details
[edit]- A. Are you applying as a(n)
Wikimedia Affiliate (chapter, thematic org., or user group)
- B. Full name of organization presenting the proposal.
North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group
- F. Do you have an account on a Wikimedia project?
Yes
- F1. Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
- F2. Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
Красный, Екатерина Борисова
- G. Are you legally registered?
If you are applying as an individual or your group is not a legally registered nonprofit in your country, we require that you have a fiscal sponsor.
Objectives and Strategy
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal.
NWR-Hist/Second Annual Gathering
- 2.1. When will the event begin? Please enter the event start date.
- 2.2. When is the last day of your event?
- 3.1. When will you begin preparing for your event?
2022-01-06T00:00:00Z
- 3.2. When will you expect to complete your last event payment?
2022-01-09T00:00:00Z
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? Where will the conference take place?
- 5. Is it a remote or in-person event?
In-person event
- 5.1. What will be the total number of participants at the event? (including scholarship recipients + organizing team + other guests + self funded guests) (required)
15
- 6. Please indicate whether your work will be focused on one country (local), more than one or several countries in your region (regional) or has a cross-regional (global) scope.
Regional
- 6.1. If you have answered regional, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.
- 7. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.
- 8. Do you work with any thematic or regional platforms such as WISCom, CEE, Iberocoop, etc.
Yes
- 8.1. Please describe what platforms and your work with them.
CEE -- applying to some of their activities. Wiki World Heritage UG -- applying to some of their activities and planning a joint projects.
- 9. Please describe the target participants for this event.
Members of North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group.
- 10. Please provide the link to the event's page if you already have one.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North-West_Russia_Wiki-Historians_User_Group/Events/Gathering/2
The following questions (11-14) will refer to the Community Engagement Survey which is required in order to submit a proposal. Here is the survey form that you can copy and use (if the link does not work): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ieEI8EFf2vxjD9wN_h8-srYeRCp4fhSp7_1_wiR2jh8/edit. This survey is required to access a Conference grant.
- 11. How many people did you send the community engagement survey to?
35
- 11.1. When did you conduct the survey, and for how long?
- 12. How many people responded to the survey?
10
- 13. What are the main objectives of the event?
Team building -- during the pandemic we're lack of personal contacts that lead to a stack of small problems and conflicts that are unsolvable without
in-person meeting.
Outreach and content gaps -- we have lack of activity in some geographical areas, so 4 days stay of experienced wikimedians in one can give Wikimedia projects plenty of quality content (photos on Commons, articles in Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, etc.). Learning -- our UG got a new drone, so we're planning to make a drone learning lessons so more UG members could use it to make quality aerial images and videos.
- 14. Based on survey responses, what are the most important things your community should do at the conference to achieve these objectives?
Make pictures in a different locations, communicate with others and exchange ideas how to establish contacts.
- 15. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.
Geography
- 15.1. In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge. (optional recommended).
- 16. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.
Education, Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 17. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Socioeconomic status, Age
- 18. Do you intend to invite or engage with non-Wikimedian individuals or organizations? If so – can you explain your intention for this outreach?
- 19. What will you do to make sure participants continue to engage in your activities after the event?
We already have members of diferent age, socioeconomic status, gender and sexual orientation. Also we're planning to make one of scholarships "females only".
- 20. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of THREE options that most apply.
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Improve User Experience, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Manage Internal Knowledge, Innovate in Free Knowledge
Logistical Aspects
[edit]- 21. Do you have any proposed venue for the event?
We have 4 proposed venues for this event: Cherepovets (Vologda Oblast), Soltsy (Novgorod Oblast), Tikhvin (Leningrad Oblast) and Pskov (Pskov Oblast). Prioriry is on the Cherepovets not only because we haven't had a lot of activity in Volodga Oblast so far, but also because this region has the best COVID-19 situation of all possible and small to no COVID restrictions.
- 22. Is the event venue and hotel accessible for people with physical disabilities?
Yes
- 23. How many scholarships would you like to offer?
We want to offer 3 general scholarships and 1 scholarship for female applicants only.
- 24. What expenses will the scholarship cover?
Transportation to the venue. All other event costs such as accommodation and in-area transportation we're planning to cover with general conference funds.
- 25. How will scholarship recipients be selected?
We're planning to outreach UG members from remote places, or places, located out of our regions of interest, such as Moscow, Kazan or Harlu.
- 26. In which ways can Wikimedia Foundation staff support your event onsite?
- 26.2. Do you intend to invite any WMF staff members to your event? (please note that all WMF staff travel and accommodation costs will be covered by the foundation). Please indicate what is the limit number of WMF staff members you would like to welcome at your event.
N/A
- 27. Please outline the roles and responsibilities of the organizing team for the conference.
General coordination, Wikimedia Foundation Liaison -- Nikolay Bulykin (Красный) Logistics and groups ccordination -- Yekaterina Borisova (Екатерина Борисова), Alexey Solovyov (Avsolov) Program -- Nikolay Bulykin (Красный), Yekaterina Borisova (Екатерина Борисова) Scholarships -- Yekaterina Borisova (Екатерина Борисова) Media -- Sergey Rublyov (ssr), Alexey Solovyov (Avsolov) Drone usage lessons -- Nikolay Bulykin (Красный), Ilya Koleganov (SadPetzl)
- 28. Do you have plans to co-organize the event with other Wikimedia communities, groups or affiliates?
No
- 28.1. If yes, can you please explain how you are going to co-organize the event and what responsibilities each partner will have.
- 29. What kind of risks do you anticipate and how would you mitigate these?
- 30. Friendly space policy - Please add the link to the friendly space policy that your community will be using for this event.
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation
[edit]- 31. What do you hope to learn from your work organising this conference?
Most of UG members will learn how to use a drone. Also we're planning to test new opportunities and ways to organize offline events during pandemic.
- 32. Main open metrics
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Skills improvement | Number of new skilled drone operators in user group | 5 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Financial Proposal
[edit]- 33. What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.
280476.62
- 34. Select your local currency.
RUB
- 35. What is this amount in US dollars to the best of your knowledge?
3810.56
- 36. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fn7ilM8E2eZiiyBYWjl4w8d0YY1M5xyjhDUYPPXJIeU/edit?usp=sharing
- 37. Do you expect to receive funding for this conference from other organizations to support your work?
No
- 37.1. If yes, what kind of resources are you expecting to get?
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
- Please use this optional space to upload any documents that you feel are important for further understanding your proposal.
- Other public document(s):
Endorsements and Feedback
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- Stating why the proposal is important for the communities involved and why they think the strategies chosen will achieve the results that are expected.
- Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
- Highlighting if the proposal focuses on any interesting research, learning or innovation, etc. Also if it builds on learning from past proposals developed by the individual or organization, or other Wikimedia communities.
- Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
- Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).