Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group/Events/Conference (ID: 22215712)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Batyrbek.kz
- Organization
(Planning) Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
I'm a group leader of a Wikimedia User Group (submitted to the Affiliation Committee).
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Co-founder and organizer of events and meetups, promoter of Kazakh Wikipedia on some local internet platforms, translator
Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group/Events/Conference
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2023-09-02 - 2023-09-03
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Kazakhstan
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Not applicable
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
Challenge/Problems: Currently all the members work individually, while the main communications space is Telegram group (125 people). There are minor conflicts regarding tasks and the vision in terms of what is important for the community and our priorities. Trying to solve misunderstandings among the participants online has proven to be less productive. Our community is growing, but we did not have the chance to come up or learn collectively how to deal and solve various conflicts. In addition, the local community members have not been able to meet in a group since the 2012 gathering in Almaty.
Change we want: With this conference we want to create an offline, safe space for Kazakh speaking Wikimedians to meet and connect with each other and participate in facilitated discussions about our vision, plans, challenges and priorities. We want the community members to feel energized by connecting with each other. Live discussions always will spark creative ideas to work together.
Approach: Creating the offline space for everyone in the community, organizing lectures or workshops, raising awareness about various Wikimedia projects, including making connections with the global strategy and grants. Practically speaking, we aim to create a plan for the community to move further. As part of the plan of the conference, we plan to organize capacity building activities and a trip to Burabay National Park.
This meeting is an attempt to decrease the tensions or conflicts between community members by meeting each other in-person and exchange ideas during facilitated conversations. The meeting is expected to improve the communication between the local community members and help us build a stronger community.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
DAY 1: Facilitated discussions about the topic mentioned above Presentations about our User Group; current state of our community - Batyrbek Presentation about the UCoC and how it can benefit our community, followed by Q&A - Aida WMF (Online) Facilitated discussions about future priorities and plans, including providing information about Movement Strategy and grants. Freedom of Panorama discussion - Kaiyr Rysbayev Presentation about WikiLoves Earth by Nikolay from North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group, who is currently residing in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Another presentation from Nikolay about Commons project and his experience using a drone, how to work with it. Also tips on applying for various types of grants and how this process can help increase the contribution rate. Online presentations from neighboring communities: sharing their experiences DAY 2: We plan to make a trip to Burabay National Park and take photos, so we can upload them to Wikimedia Commons. This activity is chosen as a team building activity, to make better connections between the participants.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
Batyrbek Alimzhanov - User:Batyrbek.kz Roles: Co-Founder of the Wikimedia Community Kazakh Language User Group, contractor (translator to Kazakh) Kayir Rysbayev - User:Kaiyr. Co-Founder of the Wikimedia Community Kazakh Language User Group. One of the organizers of WikiLovesEarth in Kazakh speaking community. Amangeldi Mukhamedjan - User: Amangeldi Mukhamejan, technical support Nikolay Bulykin - support on coordinating
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
The target participants are from the Kazakh Wikipedia. We have a Telegram group for the organizers and volunteers. In addition, we will communicate and engage the participants via the conference Meta page. We will also communicate on the forum of the community.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
N/A
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
We discussed first among the organizers and then created a page on Meta (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_of_Kazakh_language_User_Group/Events/Conference#Interested_in_participating) and invited all the active members to join. We’ve added messages on the community channels (Telegram), we’ve ran notification banner to inform community members and invite them to sign up for the event. At the moment there are 26 people for in-person participation and 6 people for online participation.
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Language
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Education
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Geographic
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
What are the main challenges for the individual contributors in the Kazakh speaking community? What are the proposals to overcome identified challenges? How can we collectively solve raised conflicts in the community and prevent them? What are the priorities within the community in terms of Movement Strategy recommendations? How can they get involved in the Movement Strategy initiatives implementation in the community and the Central Asia region?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 32 | 26 participants in person and 6 online +1 organizer not included in the list of participants |
| Number of editors | 26 | Almost all of the participants are editors, among those are newbies and experiences ones. |
| Number of organizers | 4 | 3 - organizers (one of them is also a facilitator)
1 - invited guest/trainer |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 200 |
| Wikidata | 100 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies |
- Optional description for content contributions.
Kazakh Wikipedia - exchange of knowledge for improving content quality, to create specific plan for future development Commons - adding photos by the end of the second day
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
Programs & Events Dashboard Event Metrics
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hsSyr0aneKypGNnZ__khvzjiVErHSPQTEwL9mXpFfvI/edit#gid=0
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
1390957.78 KZT
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
3076.82 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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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).