Grants:Project/MSIG/Igbo Wikimedians User Group MC Ambassadors/Movement Charter conversations and translate-a-thon for the Igbo community
Applications are not required to be in English. Please complete the application in your preferred language.
Project Goal
[edit]What will be the outputs of your project and how will those outputs contribute to advancing a specific Movement Strategy Initiative
- This program is aimed at creating more awareness for the Igbo wikimedians community and engaging the community with translations of Movement Charter related pages to Igbo language. This sensitization will create more knowledge of Movement Charter.
- What specific Movement Strategy Initiative does your project focus on and why? Please select one of the initiatives described here
- To Ensure Equity in Decision-making:to ensure that all Wikimedians can have their interests and experiences represented in decision-making, the MC Ambassadors will ensure all voices are heard and represented through hosting conversations and receiving feedbacks from community members.
- improve user experience: Users (especially new users on Meta-Wiki) will be thought how to translate and navigate on Meta, to give room for even distribution of languages and for a better understanding.
Project Background
[edit]- When do you intend to begin this project and when will it be completed?
The estimated participants: 50
- 3rd-18th December, 2022
- The date of the online conversation: 3rd December, 2022
- The online training will hold:5th December, 2022
- 2 in-person (Awka and Owerri) will hold: 9th and 10th December,2022
- Timeline for translating the MC content into the local language:9th-14th December, 2022
- Date the report of the collected feedbacks will be available on Meta-wiki:15-18th December, 2022
- Where will your project activities be happening?
- It will be happening in the South Eastern Region of Nigeria (Igbo community). There will be:
- 1 general online meet-up for the community for MC conversation and feedback
- 1 general training sessions on how to translate efficiently on Meta-Wiki
- 2 in-person meet-up: one meet-up in Awka, Anambra State and the other in-person location is Owerri,Imo state, Nigeria.
- Are you collaborating with other communities or affiliates on this project? Please provide details of how partners intend to work together to achieve the project goal.
- This project will be carried out under the Igbo Wikimedians User Group
- What specific challenge will your project be aiming to solve? And what opportunities do you plan to take advantage of to solve the problem?
- The specific aim is to create a better understanding of Movement Charter to community members by hosting several conversations and engage community members on translate -a-thon of Movement Charter content. This project will create more awareness for the Igbo Wikimedians community and give room for involvement/contributions .
- Does this project aim to apply one of the examples shared in the call for grants and if so which one?
- One of the Movement Strategy Initiative of Ensuring Equity in Decision-making and improving user experience.
Project Activities
[edit]- What specific activities will be carried out during this project? Please describe the specific activities that will be carried out during this project.
- Community conversation: Outreach: Creating awareness, engaging in MC conversations, collecting feedbacks from community members, etc .
- Translate-a-thon: Movement Charter content will be translated to Igbo language. These contents are: Movement Charter content pages, reports pages, forms / Survey translations, and announcements
- How do you intend to keep communities updated on the progress and outcomes of the project?
- The community will be updated via various community chats/communication channels. A group will be created for MC translators to ensure follow-up and coordination. Community members will also be updated by sharing outcomes, feedbacks, translations achieved; the dashboard will be used for tracking edits.
Please add the names or usernames of these individuals responsible for updating the community
- Who will be responsible for delivering on this project and what are their roles and responsibilities?
- Goodness Ignatius (Olugold)- Facilitator 1 (Anambra state), Project lead, will also be responsible for conversation slides and videos
- Volunteer-Facilitator 2 (Anambra state), note taker and other online duties
- Volunteer- Facilitator 1(Imo state), Communication assistant:sending reminders, sharing links and info to the community and MC group, sending emails, social media posts, etc
- Onwuka Glory Ahunna (Onwuka Glory)- Facilitator 2 (Imo State), Online meeting moderator and other online duties
Additional information
[edit]- If your activities include community discussions, what is your plan for ensuring that the conversations are productive? Provide a link to a Friendly Space Policy or UCoC that will be implemented to support these discussions.
- We will ensure community members abide by the Wikimedia Foundation Friendly space policies and Universal code of Conduct.
- If your activities include the use of paid online tools, please describe what tools these are and how you intend to use them.
- We will subscribe to the Zoom pro package to enable effective online meetings, we will also hire a projector for in-person meet-up. We will also design flyers for effective communication
- Do your activities include the translation of materials, and if so, in what languages will the translation be done? Please include details of those responsible for making the translations.
- The translation will be done in Igbo language. Volunteers from the community will engage in translation with training and direction from the MC Ambassadors
- Are there any other details you would like to share? Consider providing rationale, research or community discussion outputs, and any other similar information, that will give more context on your proposed project.
Outcomes
[edit]After your activities are complete, we would like to understand the draft implementation plan for your community. You will be required to prepare a document detailing this plan around a movement strategy initiative. This report can be prepared through Meta-wiki using the Share your results button on this page. The report can be prepared in your language, and is not required to be written in English. In this report, you will be asked to:
- Provide a link to the draft implementation plan document or Wikimedia page
- Describe what activities supported the development of the plan
- Describe how and where you have communicated your plan to relevant communities.
- Report on how your funding was spent
Your draft implementation plan document should address the following questions clearly:
- What movement strategy initiative or goal are you addressing?
- What activities will you be doing to address that initiative?
- What do you expect will happen as a result of your activities? How do those outcomes address the movement strategy initiative?
- How will you measure or evaluate your activities? What tools or methods will you use to evaluate your activities?
To create a draft implementation plan, we recommend the use of a logic model, which will help you and your team think about goals, activities, outcomes, and other factors in an organized way. Please refer the following resources to develop a logic model:
- Example logic models for reference for other movement activities (such as partnerships and edit-a-thons)
- Blank logic model template on Google Drive
Please confirm below that you will be able to prepare a draft implementation plan document by the end of your grant:
- ...Yes, we will
Optionally, you are welcome to include other information you'd like to share around participation and representation in your activities. Please include any additional outcomes you would like to report on below:
Budget
[edit]How will you use the funds you are requesting? List bullet points for each expense. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too!
Expected participants: 50 + 4 facilitators
- Research(time needed to review, perform analysis, or investigate any information needed to support implementation ideas or planning):
- Facilitation (facilitation time including facilitator preparation, meeting facilitation time, and debriefing):$200
- Documentation (document $preparation time, time spent documenting of discussion, post-meeting work):$100
- Translation (translation costs for briefs and global materials):$300
- Coordination (coordinator work to manage or support multiple workflows to prepare for meeting):$200
- Online tools or services (subscription services for online meeting platforms, social media promotion, graphics/flyers, projectors):$250
- Data (internet or mobile costs for organizers or participants to access or participate in all activities):$10.54*54= $569
- Venue or space for meeting (costs of renting a physical meeting space):100*2=200
- Transportation costs (costs of supporting organizers or participants to attend the meeting): 110*2=220
- Meals (costs related to refreshments, lunches, or other meals during in-person activities):$8.33*54=$450
- Photography (cost of get a professional photographer)=
- Other:$70
TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED USD:$2,553
Completing your application
[edit]Once you have completed the application, please do the following:
- Change the application status from
status=draft
tostatus=proposed
in the {{Probox}} template.
- Contact strategy2030wikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.
Endorsements
[edit]An endorsement from community members (especially from outside your community) will be part of the considerations when reviewing your application. Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
- Strong support This project is a good one and it will encourage community members to be involve in decision making ,it will encourage community engagement on Users experience.
Sensitizing Community members on Movement charter as an initiative to ensure equity in decision making will encourage and trigger community Members in taking responsibility to be more inclusive and also give them guidelines in addressing barriers that prevent growth and knowledge equity. In the other hand translating the movement charter pages to Igbo language is another inclusive measure to include the Igbo Wikimedian Community.This will give vivid explaination about the Movement.
Akwugo (talk) 20:55, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
- Strong support
This project would serve many purposes, especially on translation of movement Charter. It will exray the importance of movement Charter and make all the terms understandable. It will give insight on the fundamental principles guiding the organization and it's repository requirements from its members. I therefore, append this project proposal for your acceptance,stamp and seal. ONWUKA GLORY Onwuka Glory (talk) 20:30, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
- Strong support
This is great! it will help our community members learn more about the Movement Charter and that is why I'm endorsing this. Udehb (talk) 07:58, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
- Strong support
Considering the aim and objectives of this project, I believe it will be of great benefits to the participants as well as promoting the goal of not only the Movement but that of the WMF as well. Iwuala Lucy (talk) 08:02, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
- I Strongly endorse this project. I believe it will be a great impact to the participants and will also promote the goal of this movement. Ennydavids (talk) 11:30, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
- I Strongly support this project. Ngostary2k (talk) 16:10, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
- Strong support
This project is indeed a welcome development in the Igbo Community. It will be a good form of training/ enlightenment and will definitely create room for newer ideas. I strongly endorse it. Kingsley Nkem (talk) 18:42, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
- Strong support
This project will help to introduce the movement charter goals to the igbo Wikimedians and also ensure entry of newbies through the organization of edit a thon in Igbo language. This is a very innovative proposal and I support it. Ugwulebo (talk) 15:06, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
- Strong support Godstime Elijah (talk) 15:30, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
- Strong supportThis is awesome project that will encourage local language contributions in the Wiki community. Major Lyte (talk) 05:48, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
- I Support the translation project. It definitely will help the interpretation of the elements contained in the Movement charter. User:Olugold is well experienced, and can successfully lead and execute the project. Ceslause (talk) 22:32, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
- Strong support This program will help create a better understanding of what the Movement Charter represents and also enlighten our community members on how they can get involved. Therefore, I strongly support and endorse this program. Timzy D'Great (talk) 08:15, 7 December 2022 (UTC)