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Wikimania 2022/Scholarships/Wikimedia Polska

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statusproposed
Wikimedia Polska
We are requesting funds for supporting individual participation of Wikimedians as well as 2-3 live Wikimania events for larger groups.
start dateAugust 1st
start year2022
end dateAugust 31st
end year2022
budget (local currency)21 644 PLN
budget (USD)5050
typeorganization
nonprofityes
contact(s)• grzegorz.kopaczewski(_AT_)wikimedia.pl• kontakt(_AT_)wikimedia.pl
Wikimedia Affiliate• Wikimedia Polska
website (if applicable)• wikimedia.pl

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

Project Plan

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Activities

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What Wikimedia movement affiliate do you represent?

  • Wikimedia Polska (Poland)

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
  • Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
  • Childcare services (or similar family services) to support Wikimania participation
  • Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event 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)
  • In-person meetups that coincide with Wikimania activities (food, beverage, meeting space) + transport
  • Translation services for a Wikimania session

Many of the scholarships we plan to issue are aimed at supporting female participation. They are the ones most usually tasked with preparing food or taking care of their dependents and children. Making the participation easy for everyone (Wikimania events and transport to them both support the participation of people who don't have good conditions for participation at home or would prefer to share this celebration with other community members) is essential for us. This way, we can make Wikimania truly inclusive and use the fact that it is happening online to introduce it to the broader Polish community that may not yet have had the chance to participate in it in the past years.

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.

  • N/A, no direct fund distribution

Outcomes

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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 or care for dependent family member to support their participation at Wikimania.
  • 5-10 participants will receive hardware support.
  • 2-3 Wikimania meetups will be funded.
  • 10-20 participants will receive data packages to support their participation at Wikimania
  • 10 participants will receive lunches and/or dinners to support participation
  • All participants will receive Wikimania swag or merchandise
  • we will fund transport (only rail) to the in-person meetups for people from other cities

Budget

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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
Budget
Item Amount in USD
Child/family member care $ 400
Small hardware $ 540
Live events (venue rental + catering) in at least 3 different cities $ 1800
Data packages $ 60
Takeout food to people participating virtually $ 600
Administrative and operational costs, staff workhours during events and coordination $ 200
Swag and merchandise (+ shipping costs) $ 500
Train tickets for in-person events $ 350
Translations of Wikimania sessions $ 600
SUM $ 5050

Completing your application

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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.

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