Wikimania 2022/Scholarships/Wikimeetup of Wikimedians in Bangladesh during Wikimania
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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
- We will be arranging an in-person meetup for 50 participants including Wikimedians and a few open knowledge like minded stakeholders.
- Foods and beverages will be arranged for in-person event participants.
- Printed swag/merchandise will be provided for event participants.
- Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants who want to join remotely.
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.
- We will engage volunteers from the Bangla Wikipedia community, with their collaboration we will finalize the criteria that will be used to de determine eligibility for the participants.
- We will be using commonly used local financial services to send the funds for the data packages to the eligible remote participants.
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
- Our in-person event will be a 50 people event
- Data packages will be provided to 30 persons based on their application and the eligibility criteria set by the community.
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
| S/L | Item | Details | Amount (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Venue with Amenities | Hall rent, Sound system, Projector, Internet, Cleaning | 750 |
| 02 | Food & Beverage | Morning Snacks, Lunch, Beverage, Evening Snacks | 550 |
| 03 | Swag & Gifts | Pens, Badges, Stickers, Notebooks, Logo Printed water bottle, Logo Printed Totebag, Quiz/game show presents | 900 |
| 04 | Data packages for remote participants | 30 persons | 170 |
| 05 | Travel cost | Transportation and related cost for 25 persons, those will come from outside the city | 700 |
| 06 | COVID-19 Safety Products | Mask, Hand sanitizer | 100 |
| 07 | Administrative cost | 250 | |
| 08 | Emergency Contingency fund | 100 | |
| Sub-total | 3,520 | ||
| 09 | Transfer and other fees (10%) | 352 | |
| Total | 3,872 |
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 wikimania
wikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.