Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Conference Fund/Santali Wiki Conference 2024 Kolkata India
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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.
Wikimedians of Santali Language User Group
- F. Do you have an account on a Wikimedia project?
Yes
- F1. Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
R Ashwani Banjan Murmu
- F2. Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
ᱤᱧ ᱢᱟᱛᱟᱞ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱩᱱ ᱗ Ramjit Tudu ProfessorOffl Bijendra Hansda Purudhul Shibu Murmu MT731 SMarndi Manik Soren SubashMurmu Fagu Baskey Rocky 734 Suku Murmu Maina Tudu Chhaya Mandi
- G. Are you legally registered?
No
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.
- I. Fiscal organization name.
The Centre for Internet and Society
Objectives and Strategy[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal.
Santali Wiki Conference 2024 Kolkata India
- 2.1. When will the event begin? Please enter the event start date.
2024-08-09
- 2.2. When is the last day of your event?
2024-08-10
- 3.1. When will you begin preparing for your event?
2024-05-01T00:00:00Z
- 3.2. When will you expect to complete your last event payment?
2024-08-31T00:00:00Z
- 4. In which country will the conference take place?
India
- 4.1. In which city will the conference take place?
- 5. Is it a remote or in-person event?
Hybrid 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)
30
- 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.
India, Bangladesh and Nepal
- 7. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.
https://www.facebook.com/SantaliWikimedians/ https://www.facebook.com/satwikipedia/ https://twitter.com/satwikipedia/
- 8. Do you work with any thematic or regional platforms such as WISCom, CEE, Iberocoop, etc.
No
- 8.1. Please describe what platforms and your work with them.
- 9. Please describe the target participants for this event.
The event will be exclusive to the active users and volunteers of the Santali Wikimedia Community.
- 10. Please provide the link to the event's page if you already have one.
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?
30
- 11.1. When did you conduct the survey, and for how long?
The survey was conducted for 7 days, from 28/01/2024 to 04/02/2024
- 12. How many people responded to the survey?
20
- 13. What are the main objectives of the event?
The purpose of the event is to strengthen the skills of the user to contribute different Wikimedia Projects and to make community members aware about the Wikimedia movement. Also, this will be the first time opportunity for the Santali community to come together at the same place to meet and greet.
- 14. Based on survey responses, what are the most important things your community should do at the conference to achieve these objectives?
The based on the survey the community will be conducting sessions focusing on trends and innovation, collaborative content creations, expanding Wikimedia awareness, skills building, media literacy and content creation skills, Editathons, group tours or social events, Panel Discussions on Community Impact, working on he projects that are difficult to plan online.
- 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.
Content Gender gap, Geography, Important Topics (topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context), Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
- 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).
The based on the survey the community will be conducting sessions focusing on trends and innovation, collaborative content creations, expanding Wikimedia awareness, skills building, media literacy and content creation skills, Editathons, group tours or social events, Panel Discussions on Community Impact, working on the projects that are difficult to plan online.
- 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 , Diversity
- 17. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Gender Identity, Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Linguistic / Language, Digital Access
- 18. Do you intend to invite or engage with non-Wikimedian individuals or organizations? If so – can you explain your intention for this outreach?
No
- 19. What will you do to make sure participants continue to engage in your activities after the event?
We will be in touch with the participants, review the contributions of the participants. We will conduct periodical online calls to understand the post event difficulties. We will try to provide them with a helping hand by coordination within our community. If required, we’ll try to engage with other affiliates or communities.
- 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, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Innovate in Free Knowledge
Logistical Aspects[edit]
- 21. Do you have any proposed venue for the event?
Our proposed venue location is in Kolkata (India), The event will be within the 15-20 KM radius of the Railway Station and Airport.
- 22. Is the event venue and hotel accessible for people with physical disabilities?
Yes
- 23. How many scholarships would you like to offer?
Our scholarships will be limited to approximately 30 participants which will include our Santali Wikimedian and the resource person from India, Bangladesh and Nepal. The number can be increased or decreased after getting the applications from the Santali language volunteers
- 24. What expenses will the scholarship cover?
The scholarship will cover the travel expenses, expenses of the accommodation and food and cost of Internet Data
- 25. How will scholarship recipients be selected?
We have formed a scholarship committee to provide scholarships. The basic of selections will be the best Wikimedia contributors in the last two years. The committee will ensure the substantial female participant to the event. The scholarships will be also reserved for at least two new contributors prior to one year of the event who may not be among the top contributors in the last two years but has significant visible contributions and seems who can lead the community further.
- 26. In which ways can Wikimedia Foundation staff support your event onsite?
Centre for Internet Society Access to Knowledge will be the partner and helping hand for management of the event . We are also collaborating for all the resource persons of the event.
- 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.
It will depend on the Program, however, it’s not decided yet.
- 27. Please outline the roles and responsibilities of the organizing team for the conference.
The organizing team has segregated the role and responsibilities among its members like, Event and Sessions Management Team. Scholarship Team, Local Liaison Team (to look after hotel and accommodation), First Aid Team, Team for Hospitality, Communication Team. The coordinator of the team will overall communicate with different teams for smooth function of the conference.
- 28. Do you have plans to co-organize the event with other Wikimedia communities, groups or affiliates?
Yes
- 28.1. If yes, can you please explain how you are going to co-organize the event and what responsibilities each partner will have.
The community will take an initiative to organize the conference who will be a decision making body and execution will be taken care by community, our co-organizers team or partner will be involved with the event in planning, advisory and provide some logistical support and documentation.
- 29. What kind of risks do you anticipate and how would you mitigate these?
- Generally, during in—person event the community faces internet issue which is highly important for the workshops and training sessions. We will try to find a venue where we will ignore this issue and will go with backup.
- This will be a first community event where all the community members will attend the event, lack of experience in organizing events, we are working with CIS-A2K to support the event and take some responsibilities to ensure that event will fulfilled properly.
- There is also a challenge to invite Wikimedians from the different South Asia countries, we are going to invite a few Santali Wikimedians from Bangladesh and Nepal, we will be in need of support or assistance to deal with this challenge. To deal with this, we will reach out some conference organisers too to understand the process.
- 30. Friendly space policy - Please add the link to the friendly space policy that your community will be using for this event.
The community will use the Universal Code of conduct to make a friendly space and healthy environment. https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation[edit]
- 31. What do you hope to learn from your work organising this conference?
We will come out with a stronger Wikipedia contributor. The participant will have the expertise to explore the resources and tools available in the different Wikimedia projects. We will have quality control over articles, vandalism. The community desire to live on Wiktionary and Wikisource. We anticipate there will be an active contribution in this incubator project. There will be more collaborative and collective effort to share the free knowledge to the world.
- 32. Main open metrics
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Financial Proposal[edit]
- 33. What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.
1317600
- 34. Select your local currency.
INR
- Requested amount in USD
- 16101.07 USD [note 1]
- ↑ a b The following amount in US dollars was calculated by Wikimedia Foundation staff using the fixed currency rates. This amount is approximate and may not reflect the actual currency exchange rates on the day of submission or distribution. If the application is funded, the funding will be sent in the recipient’s local currency.
- 35. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EPtLXOL2riRkqvDpqJA5as-IOD4NaxRIHgK9M1mpGzQ/edit?usp=sharing
- 36. Do you expect to receive funding for this conference from other organizations to support your work?
No
- 36.1. 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[edit]
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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).