Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikipedia Day NC 2019/Report
- Report accepted
- To read the approved grant submission describing the plan for this project, please visit Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikipedia Day NC 2019.
- 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[edit]
Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?
We did meet our goals and are happy with the project outcomes. The local user group is much stronger and has more connections in our region and across the state. We have already been involved in a few more edit-a-thon events and have new people taking on leadership roles within the local user group.
Outcome[edit]
Please report on your original project targets.
| Target outcome | Achieved outcome | Explanation |
| Number of events: 3 | yes | Meetings held in January, February, and March |
| Number of participants: 25-50 | yes | 50 people attended the Wikipedia Day event in January |
| Number of new editors: 10 | yes | After this event, we were contacted about supporting an edit-a-thon in Winston Salem which had far more than 10 new editors. |
| A core group of local Wikimedians is identified and monthly meetings are scheduled | yes | We now have three people taking leadership roles within the local user group and have had monthly meetings since this first event in January. |
Learning[edit]
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? The Wikipedia Day event had a nice bump in attendance, in part because it overlapped with a happy hour event at the same venue.
- What did not work so well? The monthly meetings have been slow to get going. There were only three of us at the February meeting, and six in March.
- What would you do differently next time? We should consider sponsoring the happy hour event at The Frontier next January and using that to shine a spotlight on Wikipedia Day.
Finances[edit]
Grant funds spent[edit]
Please describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on.
Expenses Date Description
72.71 01/30/19 Cupcakes
5.22 01/30/19 Name badges
28.97 01/31/19 Drinks
92.64 01/31/19 Pizza
354.38 02/17/19 Mileage
146.14 03/24/19 Neomonde
700.06 Total
Remaining funds[edit]
Do you have any remaining grant funds?
$499.94 will be returned by check sent to Wikimedia Foundation.
Anything else[edit]
Anything else you want to share about your project?
