Grants:Project/MSIG/Medhi jyoti/ MC discourses for Assamese 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
- What specific Movement Strategy Initiative does your project focus on and why? Please select one of the initiatives described here
- I will be working on Ensuring equity in decision making by collecting the feedback from the Assamese community. The Conversations will be hosted in Assamese language to inform the Wikimedians of the Assamese speaking community.
Project Background[edit]
- When do you intend to begin this project and when will it be completed?
- I will implement the project in 3 phases,
- Translating the content into Assamese and hosting the pages on Meta - September 15 to 31
- Collecting feedback from the community through online meetings - October 1 to 30
- Documenting the feedback and publishing on related pages or in the final report. - November 1 to 10
- Where will your project activities be happening?
- The project activities will be happening Online.
- 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.
- The majority of my work, including translation and meta reporting, will be completed by myself as the project manager. If it were possible, we would learn from the experiences of other MC Ambassadors to improve the project's coordination.
- What specific challenge will your project be aiming to solve? And what opportunities do you plan to take advantage of to solve the problem?
- Since the Movement Charter is a significant initiative, we will be putting this project into action to help MC reach our community and include our community in this. The primary step towards enabling our little community to interact with the MC will be translation of its material.
I'll be setting up meetings with community members so they can learn more about the MC, get their feedback, and submit it to Meta.
- Does this project aim to apply one of the examples shared in the call for grants and if so which one?
- This grant is aligned with the MC Ambassador's Grant Program.
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.
- In order to educate community members about the Movement plan 2030, I will translate the MC-related content into Assamese. fostering discussions around movement strategy.
Will be hosting two online meetings for the conversations.
I will be translating the following pages: Preamble- Movement Charter, Values & Principles, Roles & Responsibilities, Hubs, Global Counsil. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Preamble, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Values_%26_Principles , https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Roles_%26_Responsibilities , https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Hubs , https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Global_Council .
- How do you intend to keep communities updated on the progress and outcomes of the project? Please add the names or usernames of these individuals responsible for updating the community
- I will be posting on the Village pumps of Assamese Wikipedia, Wikiquote and Wikisource.
- Who will be responsible for delivering on this project and what are their roles and responsibilities?
- I am alone responsible for this work, translating the content and facilitating the MS conversations for the Assamese speaking community.
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 be implementing Friendly space policies for this project.
- 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 mostly be using open tools eg Google to Organize any meetings with the community.
- 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.
- I am alone responsible for the translation of the content into the Assamese language.
- 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:
- Overview of logic models on Meta-wiki
- 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, I will be doing it.
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 you will 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!
- 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): 150 USD
- Documentation (document preparation time, time spent documenting of discussion, post-meeting work): 200 USD
- Translation (translation costs for briefs and global materials): 300 USD
- Coordination (coordinator work to manage or support multiple workflows to prepare for meeting):
- Online tools or services (subscription services for online meeting platforms, social media promotion):
- Data (internet or mobile costs for organizers or participants to access or participate in activities): 50 USD
- Venue or space for meeting (costs of renting a physical meeting space):
- Transportation costs (costs of supporting organizers or participants to attend the meeting):
- Meals (costs related to refreshments, lunches, or other meals during in-person activities):
- Other: 50 USD
TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED USD: $750 USD
Completing your application[edit]
Once you have completed the application, please do the following:
- Change the application status from
status=drafttostatus=proposedin the {{Probox}} template. - Contact strategy2030
wikimedia.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!