Grants:PEG/WM MX/Start-Up

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Legal name of organization or individual requesting this grant

Wikimedia México

For organizations: Are you a for-profit entity? No

For organizations: If non-profit (US) or equivalent (outside the US) status is available in your country, do you have or are you pursuing such status (please be specific): The legal recognition in México will be Civil Association (Asociación Civil).

Grant contact name

Iván Martínez / Salvador Alcántar Morán

Grant contact username or email

galaver [at] gmail [dot] com / salvador1983 [at] gmail [dot] com

Grant contact title (position)

Board President / Board member

Project lead name

Iván Martínez

Project lead username or email

Protoplasmakid

Project lead title (position), if any

Board President

Full project name

Start-up Grant

Amount requested in USD or local currency (USD will be assumed if no other currency is specified)

$110,573 MXN ($7626 USD)

Provisional target start date

July 2012

Provisional completion date

July 2013

Budget breakdown

	Units	Cost per unit (MXN)	Total cost (MXN)	Total cost (USD)
Equipment and spendables
Video projector	1	9,900	9,900	682.75
Portable computer	1	10,000	10,000	690
Other office supplies	X	X	3000	207
Website
Renewal of wikimedia.mx site (3 year, first donated)	1	2,000	2,000	138
Hosting (Basic: 20 GB, 3 years)	1	1,200	1,200	82.75
Legal requirements
Legalization of bylaws with a notary.	1	19,000	19,000	1,310
Opening of a bank account	1	1,000	1,000	69
Administration
Accountability consultant honorary for monthly declarations.	12	1,200	14,400	993
Accountability consultant honorary for annual tax returns.	1	1,200	1,200	82.75
Parcel to be sent to the WMF (Chapter Agreement and Bylaws)	1	2,000 623	2,000 623	138 43
Package of business cards for Board members, spokesman, and legal stationery (letterheads, envelopes, folders)	8	300	2,400	165.5
Outreach and projects
Promotional material: T-shirts for chapter members, contests and Student Clubs in UNAM, ITAM, UAM and Colmex	120	60	7,200	496.5
Promotional material: buttons and pins with WMMX and/or Wikipedia logos	500	6	3,000	207
Promotional material: pens and office supplies with Wikimedia Mexico logos	X	X	2,000	138
Printing of “Bienvenido a Wikipedia” promotionals.	5,000	2.40	12,000	827.5
Travels
Round trip between Mérida and Mexico City for Board member. Mandatory to sign the bylaws.	1	4,500	4,500	310
Round trip between Guadalajara and Mexico City. Mandatory to sign the bylaws.	1	2,000	2,000	137
Travel allowances	1	5,000	5,000	345
Other spends
Incidentals	X	X	10,150	700
TOTAL			110,573	7,626

Project goal

The project goal is to get the legal recognition to Wikimedia México as a non profit association by Mexican laws. And continue the development of projects started since 2011 during 2012 and 2013.

Project scope and list of activities

These projects follow the strategy of the chapter along three five areas where Wikimedia Mexico will focus in the following years:

1. Educational efforts: support to Wikipedia Student Clubs, pilot program with NCCEP Mexico partnership for Wikipedia en el aula and diffusion trough first schools classrooms.
2. Indigenous languages: Development of Wikipedia in Maya, Totonac, Wixarika (Huichol) and support for the creation of Wikipedias, Wikisource and Wiktionaries in other aboriginal/endangered languages spoken in Mexico.
3. GLAM projects: continuation of projects worked with cultural institutions.
4. Catalyst Community Project: support for the expansion of Wikimedia Mexico members and participants in the Wikimedia movement in the country.
5. Promote of Wikimedia philosophy and goals and Free Knowledge initiatives.

Project goals

• Get the Wikimedia México recognition as a non profit legal association in Mexico.
• Get better participation of Mexican states within the chapter.
• Promote partnerships with cultural and educative areas in our country.
• Create and develop new Wikipedias in indigenous languages (Náhuatl, Maya and Totonaco).
• Improve Wikimedia movement awareness and engagement in Mexico.
• Ensure the good use of Wikimedia logos and marks.

Fit to strategy

• Increase participation: we want to create a real national chapter with participation from people of all over the country, including people from states of the Mexican Republic.
• Increase reach: we want to stay involved with the educational and scholar communities with whom we have contact for supporting access to free knowledge.
• Improve quality: We have been in contact with cultural institutions and universities to establish cooperation agreements that can improve the quality of Wikimedia projects and allow the release of documents and archives to the public domain.

Other benefits

We expect to get more media attention with our projects, and encourage more organizations to collaborate with the organization.

Measures of success

• Establishment of Wikimedia México as a successful non-profit corporation under Mexican law.
• Agreements with cultural and educational institutions.
• Increase participation in the Maya, Totonac and Wixaritari Wikipedia at Incubator and its release as an official projects.

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