Grants:PEG/WM ID/Areca Vestiaria Bird Club - Discover Biodiversity of Sulawesi Photographs

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This submission to the Project and Event Grants Program was funded in the fiscal year 2013-14. This is a grant to an organization.

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Basic information

Project details

Official project name: Discover Biodiversity of Sulawesi Photographs
Project start date (include month, day, and year): 1 December 2013
Project completion date (include month, day, and year): ~~1 December 2015~~ 1 June 2016
Term of this grant to WMID: 9 January - 31 May 2014 (to allow time for training and the purchasing of photo equipment)
Please describe the project in 1–2 sentences: For two years, we will discover biodiversity of Sulawesi Photographs, especially birds, mammals, butterflies, and other fauna and flora that we will encounter

Financial details

Currency requested: Rupiah
Amount requested in currency requested: ID Rp. to be determined at date of disbursement, according to USD amount
Equivalent amount in US$ on the date of this submission: US$ 2828.1 + $500 = $3330 rounded
List the exchange rate used to calculate the amount listed in US$: ID Rp. 11,365 per USD (quoted from bi.go.id on 19 October 2013

Grantee details

Are you an organization, an individual, or an individual submitting on behalf of a group?: Organization

Organization information

Name of organization:

Wikimedia Indonesia

Link to information about your group:

Wikimedia Indonesia

Contact information

1st Project Lead

Project lead name:

Arief Rahman

Project lead username or email:

(Commons, Wikipedia Indonesia) email : arief.r@gmx.com

2nd Project Lead

Project lead name:

Caroline Tasirin

Project lead username or email:

c.tasirin@gmail.com

Goals and measures of success

Project goal

Project goal: The goal of the project is to collect biodiversity of Sulawesi Photographs (especially birds, mammals, butterflies, and other fauna and flora) in high quality. Every month for two years, we will do at least one times exploration, upload all the biodiversity pictures that we shoot, and then create/developed the article at English and Indonesia Wikipedia.

Measures of success

Measures of success: We will consider this project a success if every month for two years project date, we have uploaded pictures on Commons Wikimedia and created/developed the article on Wikipedia English and Indonesia. We will send monthly report.

Project scope and activities

List of activities every month for two years project date

Exploration and collect photographs: we take a trip to outdoor place, like mountains, jungle, and other place.
Literature studying : searching literature for the all photographs
Reporting : create a report for our exploration
Publishing : uploaded the pictures on Commons Wikimedia, and created/developed the article on English and Wikipedia Indonesia.

Funding for this project will pay for tools that we need in exploration and collecting photographs. We can manage to cover the costs of exploration trips or we can look for a local sponsor.

Budget and resources

Grantees are subject to line-item scrutiny of expenses. Changes to the approved budget beyond 10% in any category must be approved in advance.

Project budget table

DSLR Camera	NIKON D7000 KIT (18-105VR)	1 Package	ID Rp. 12,800,000
Lens	Nikon AF 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED	1 Package	ID Rp. 16,100,000
Tripod	Benro Tripod A0680TBH00	1 Package	ID Rp. 1,250,000
Ballhead	Benro Ballhead BH1	1 Package	ID Rp. 580,000
Binocular	Bushnell Falcon 10x50mm Binocular	2 Package	ID Rp. 1,400,000
WMID Training expenses	travel and transportation	estimate	$500

Total cost of project: Rp. 32,130,000 | $2828.1 + $500 = ~$3330

Total amount requested from the WMF Grants Program: Rp. 32,130,000 | $3330

Non-financial requirements

Requests for non-financial assistance: We'll need contact Wikimedia to request the use of Wikimedia's marks on our banners and other publication, like books, calendar, etc.

Resources

Resources

We have strong record in birdwatching and exploration method
We have strong knowledge about key of biodiversity areas in North Sulawesi

Impact

Fit to strategy

This project will publish a large of high-quality photographs under Creative Commons license, including photographs of rare wildlife. It will therefore primarily benefit the quality of Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia, and Wikispecies; especially biodiversity category.

Benefits

If the project will benefit a specific online community, please tell us.: This project will directly benefit Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia, and Wikispecies as science literature. This project will also help other people to determine biodiversity in Sulawesi.

Please provide a brief statement about how the project is related to other work in the Wikimedia movement. For example, does the project fit into a work area such as GLAM, education, organizational development, editor retention, or outreach?: This project falls into the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museum) program area.

If successful, will the project have the potential to be replicated successfully by other individuals, groups, or organizations? Please explain how in 1–2 sentences.: This project has a high potential to be replicated by the other people and groups in Indonesia.

Please list other benefits to the movement here.: Provide free knowledge of Sulawesi biodiversity, Indonesia.

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