Movement communications insights/Focus group funds
Participants selected for focus groups will be able to apply for funds to cover their attendance. We hope this will allow volunteers to participate that would not be able to without financial support. Funds will be disbursed to those who have chosen to apply as close to the assigned focus group date as possible.
In order to reduce administrative burden on participants and Wikimedia Foundation staff during a very busy season, the focus group fund rate has been fixed at $100 per participant, plus an additional $25 to cover possible bank transfer or wire fees. This represents an amount higher than or approximately equal to what participants would have generally received under the location-based system that was previously posted on this page. Participants with discrepancies or questions about the focus group funds can email movementscomms
wikimedia.org.
Focus group participants will be contacted privately with forms to complete if they are interested in receiving funding. The forms will ask them to supply the following information to Wikimedia Foundation Finance department:
- Proof of name and birthdate. For example, an image of a passport or national ID card
- Bank account details. So that the money can be sent to you
- Proof of the names of all people who have access to that bank account. Because focus group funds are provided in advance, to comply with USA anti-terrorism legislation, the WMF must confirm the names of all people who are listed as owners of the bank account. Proof can take the form: of a saved copy of the bank account's information page online, a photograph/scan of a recent bank account periodic statement, or a letter from the bank itself.
- A signed, online agreement to receive the funds.