Grants/Requests/2018/Nanaimo Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Description
[edit]Describe here the activity including your goal, your detailed plan and the planned impact.
Our goals included the following:
1. Recruit new editors, with special emphasis on recruiting editors who are underrepresented in Wikipedia’s editor makeup (women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ identified, and indigenous people)
2. Increase skills for existing editors
3. Add or improve content, with particular emphasis on content related to notable women, in celebration of Women's History Month and International Women's Day
For further details on our planned impact, please see Rapid Grant Application to Wikimedia Foundation. Final Report to follow shortly.
List of participants
[edit]Indicate here the list of participants that will incur expenses for this activity; you do not need to list all participants that will take part in the activity. Make sure to indicate who is in charge of the activity.
- Meg Eccelstone and Andie Tomlinson -- VIU Librarians, Edit-a-thon Organizers
- Michael Radmacher -- Guest Wikipedian, UVIC Assistant to the Chair of Transgender Archives
- VIU Library
Activity Report
[edit]see Rapid Grant to Wikimedia Foundation
Final Budget
[edit]All funds in CAD. Receipts for the following items will be emailed asap, along with Final Report.
*VIU Library sent a cheque to Michael Radmacher for amount $365.03 on April 6, 2018 ahead of receiving grant monies, to reduce the length of time that the guest Wikipedian is out of pocket for his expenses.
| Item | Amount | Name of the participant that made this expense |
|---|---|---|
| Food | $44.37 | Andie Tomlinson |
| Guest Lunch | $58.97 | Meg Ecclestone |
| VIU Catering | $87.35 | VIU Library |
| Swag/promo buttons | $19.28 | VIU Library |
| *Wikipedian Rental Car | $151.38 | Michael Radmacher |
| *Wikipedian Accomodation | $183.65 | Michael Radmacher |
| *Wikipedian Honorarium | $30 | VIU Library |
| Total | $575 |
Decision of the Programs Committee
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This grant request is followed by: Amqui.
This grant request, that was pre-approved as a Rapid Grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, is approved for a total amount of $575.00 by the decision of two members of the Board of Directors:
Technical Information
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- Request Number : 2018-014
- Type of activity in the Annual Budget : WMF Rapid Grant
- Total Approved Amount : $575.00