Grants:Project/Rapid/UG GE/Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in Georgia/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2017-18 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

• To read the approved grant submission describing the plan for this project, please visit Grants:Project/Rapid/UG GE/Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in Georgia.
• You may still comment on this report on its discussion page, or visit the discussion page to read the discussion about this report.
• You are welcome to Email rapidgrants at wikimedia dot org at any time if you have questions or concerns about this report.

Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?

Conducting the second contest of WLM, we were able to achieve the following goals:

• The participants in the competition (32 in total), almost half was new, and the number of participants who participated before was also increased.
• We also managed to increase the number of photographs of national monuments.
• We also actively conducted advertising activities in social networks, with the help of which we were able to attract new participants.

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets.

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
Number of participants: 50	32	Unfortunately we must admit that we thought the contest will involve more people.
Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons: 3000	2049	We almost achieved the result.
Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects: 300	267	We almost achieved the result.

Learning

Projects do not always go according to plan. Sharing what you learned can help you and others plan similar projects in the future. Help the movement learn from your experience by answering the following questions:

• What worked well?
  • We could use our advertising in social networks, attract new members. Therefore the role of social networks is very important and is one of the key factors.
  • With the help of social networks, we with the online mode helped new participants.
  • During the competition, participants uploaded many high-quality photos.
• What did not work so well?
  • Unfortunately the number of participants did not exceed the number that we expected.
  • The above applies to the number of photos uploaded.
• What would you do differently next time?
  • We will actively advertise the competition on different platforms.

Finances

Grant funds spent

Please describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on.

#	Category	Description	Unit	Budgeted cost per unit (GEL)	Budgeted cost per unit (USD)	Actual cost per unit (GEL)	Actual cost per unit (USD)	Actual cost total
1	Prize	First place	1	400	163	400	164.9	164.9
2	Prize	Second place	1	300	123.7	300	123.7	123.7
3	Prize	Third Place	1	200	82.4	200	82.4	82.4
4	T-shirts	-	20	25	10.3	25	10.3	206
5	Printed Certificate for winners	-	2	4	1.6	4	1.6	3.2
Actual cost grand total								580.2$

Total project budget: 1410 ₾ (580.2 $)

Total amount requested from WMF: 1540 ₾ + 50 $ (678.9 $) (4 September 2017, oanda.com)

Total amount spent on the project: 580.2 $

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

98.70 USD in unspent funds. Returned to WMF along with unspent funds from WLE 2017.

Remaining funds from this grant have been returned to WMF in the amount of 98.70.

Winners

• 
  Sno Fortress
  By Island
• 
  Metekhi church
  By Zysko serhii
• 
  Dadiani Palace
  By Kakhi Kuloshvili

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?