Wikimania 2022/Scholarships/Wiki Movement Brazil User Group

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Wiki Movement Brazil User Group
A funding proposal for the WMB to promote a Wikimania event for the Wikimedia community in Brazil in Santa Leopoldina, Espírito Santo, a small and culturally rich town where we have an ongoing outreach set of activities.
start dateJuly 1
start year2022
end dateAugust 31
end year2022
budget (local currency)BRL 23805
budget (USD)USD 5000
typeorganization
nonprofityes
granteeEPorto (WMB)
contact(s)• eder.porto(_AT_)wmnobrasil.orgSSoster (WMB)
Wikimedia Affiliate• Wiki Movement Brazil User Group
website (if applicable)https://br.wikimedia.org

Applications are not required to be in English. Please complete the application in your preferred language.

Project Plan[edit]

Activities[edit]

What Wikimedia movement affiliate do you represent?

How will the funding requested support your community’s participation at Wikimania?
Please review following eligible activities and expenses below, and write below any that will be included in your activities.

  • Childcare services (or similar family services) to support Wikimania participation
  • Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
  • Administrative or operational costs for to distribute funds to community members, such as transfer fees
  • Small hardware expenses to support access (such as webcams, microphones, head/earphones)
    Note: Requests for computers, laptops, tablets, and other personal devices are not eligible.
  • Translation services for a Wikimania session
  • Video production support for pre-recorded Wikimania sessions (such as equipment or space)
  • In-person meetups that coincide with Wikimania activities (food, beverage, meeting space)
  • Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants

The activities and expenses we will use the funding are:

  • In-person meetups that coincide with Wikimania activities (food, beverage, meeting space)
  • Transport, accommodation and meals for participants of Wiki Takes Santa Leopoldina.
  • Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants.

Description[edit]

City view
Museu do Colono
Palito Waterfall
Rapids in Santa Leopoldina

The small town of Santa Leopoldina is the fourth oldest city in the Brazilian State of Espírito Santo. Located in a mountain region, it has a rich amount of natural and built heritage and it is part of important tourist routes. Furthermore, it was settled by immigrants from various european countries (Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, German, Italy, Netherlands, i.e.) and the local residents still keep their cultures alive. Despite having great importance in terms of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, this small territory is very underrepresented on the Internet.

The WMB user group will promote one of its Wiki Takes events in the city; These events aims to engage volunteers from the Wikimedia movement and local residents and partners to contribute their knowledge and expertise to improve regionally-focused content on collaborative knowledge platforms. With the help of the volunteers, newcomer participants will be trained on how to contribute and improve content to different Wikimedia projects (MS#12). To achieve this, Wiki Ocupa Santa Leopoldina will include activities such as (1) Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata workshops; (2) Photowalks; (3) Uploading of collections; and (4) Digital mapping. In parallel, we will have rooms reserved to watch Wikimania sessions in addition to Wikimania sessions presented directly from Santa Leopoldina. As a pre-event action, WMB and Museu do Colono (Immigrant Museum), a museum in the city, are working on a GLAM-Wiki partnership that will upload the museum's collection and also invite cultural associations to contribute with private photos and documents. These activities are intended to help reduce the gap of information about the immigrants who have chosen Santa Leopoldina as their new home and other topics related to the city (MS#37).

We want to integrate this event with Wikimania because this is an unique opportunity for newcomers to be introduced into the Wikimedia universe in a fun way (MS#11) and to testify the wide and strong commitment of the global Wikimedia community (MS#3); The discussions and sharing and learning experiences with other communities, especially the LATAM chapters and user groups panel, are expected to further strengthen the engagement and promote partnerships among affiliates and individuals (MS#25). Participants will be asked to provide experience reports on the Wikimania festival and will be incentivized to participate in more wiki activities.

Thursday (11)
  • Arrival
  • Wikimania streaming, gatherings and meet-ups
  • Dinner at local restaurants
  • Accommodation at local hostels
Friday (12)
  • Photography workshop
  • Photowalks
  • Wikimania celebration/integration
  • Lunch and dinner at local restaurants
  • Accommodation at local hostels
Saturday (13)
  • Digital mapping activity
  • Photowalk
  • Wikimedia projects workshops
  • Wikimania streaming, gatherings and meet-ups
  • Lunch and dinner at local restaurants
  • Accommodation at local hostels
Sunday (14)
  • Integration for participants to share and report experiences about the event.
  • Wikimania streaming, gatherings and meet-ups
  • Lunch at local restaurants
  • Departure

If you are planning to distribute funds to community members, such as by running a local scholarship program, please provide additional detail on how you will organize this process.
Please provide a summary explaining the following:

  • how you will invite community members to apply for funding,
  • the criteria you will use to determine eligibility, and
  • the processes or services you will use to distribute funds.

This description does not need to be comprehensive, but should generally explain the process for how community members will receive funds or support to participate in Wikimania. For support on eligibility criteria, feel free to review this reviewer's guide for previous Wikimania scholarship programs.
If you are not distributing funds to community members, please write N/A below.

  • The invitation will follow our communications plan (so mainly through our social media and onwiki).
  • For selected participants out of State or out of town, we will cover travel and/or accommodation;
  • The selection will consider the diversity criteria defined on our Diversity Plan and the applicant's onwiki activity.

Outcomes[edit]

Please provide a range or estimate for the number of participants the funding will support.
It is OK if this is estimate is based on limited information, but we want to have an idea of how your activities will support community participation in Wikimania. Some examples:

  • 3-5 participants will receive childcare support to support their participation at Wikimania.
  • 10 participants will receive hardware support
  • 10-20 participants will receive data packages to support their participation at Wikimania
  • 8-10 participants will have transportation to the city provided;
  • 10-14 participants will have accomodation provided; and
  • 20 participants will have meals provided.

Budget[edit]

How you will use the funds you are requesting? Please use the following categories for your expenses. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too!

  • Childcare services (or similar family services)
  • Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
    In addition to a total budget, please indicate the average data cost per person who will receive funds for this need.
  • Administrative or operational costs for distributing funds
  • Small hardware expenses to support access
  • Translation services for a Wikimania session
  • Video production support
  • Wikimania meetups and watch parties during the days of the event
  • Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants

Some of the expenses of the event will be covered by local partners, such as the event venue, wi-fi and travel from and to the airport to the event venue.

The table below shows the categories

Category Item Details Estimated price (USD) Quantity Total (USD)
Cost per participant Travel costs Travel tickets for participants out of State 260 10 2600
Accommodation Hotel/Hostel accommodation for participants that do not live on the city for 3 nights 75 14 1050
Sanitation kits Kits for COVID-19 protection (3 days) 5 20 100
Wikimania meetups and watch parties during the days of the event Wikimania meetups Food and beverage, coffee and snacks 350 3 1050
Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants Bottons, brochures and stickers Printed material and pin bottons for participants, done in bulk to lower the price 200 1 200
Total - - 5000

Completing your application[edit]

Once you have completed the application, please do the following:

  • Change the application status from status=draft to status=proposed in the {{Probox}} template.
  • Contact wikimania(_AT_)wikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.