Grants:PEG/WM PH/Digitization of Philippine cultural heritage photos

Withdrawn

This was a submission to the Project and Event Grants Program from an organization in 2013-14, but was withdrawn by that organization before a funding decision was delivered.

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Basic information

Grant request details

Are you an organization, a group, or an individual?

Organization

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Wikimedia Philippines, Inc.

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Johnny Alegre <johnny dot alegre dot wikimedia dot org dot ph> (WMPH President)

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Project details

Martin Tinio Jr. at the Wikipedia Philippine Cultural Heritage Mapping conference

Official project name

Digitization of Philippine cultural heritage photographs

Project start date

3 November 2014

Project completion date

30 April 2015

Please describe the project in a few sentences

The chapter intends to digitize and upload to Wikimedia Commons over 70,000 pictures of heritage sites in the Philippines (some of which are no longer existing) taken by Martin "Sonny" Imperial Tinio, Jr., a writer, author, historian, fellow Wikipedian, and authority in Philippine history and cultural heritage. Sonny Tinio has taken photographs worth over 50 years of cultural heritage research work before the digital era.

Financial details

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Amount and currency requested

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Please provide an equivalent amount in US dollars using the exchange rate provided by Oanda on the date you open this request

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For organizations only

This section only needs to be completed by organizations requesting grants. Individuals and groups that are not incorporated do not need to complete this section.

Are you an incorporated organization able to provide local proof of nonprofit status within your country? For-profit organizations are not eligible to receive grants through the PEG program.

Yes

Does your organization currently employ or engage any fulltime or part-time staff or contractors? If yes, please tell us how many staff or contractors you employ or engage, along with their functions or a link to your staff page. For example, "2 full time program managers and 1 part-time contractor accountant at 50% FTE each."

No

Goals and measures of success

Project goal

Envelopes containing thousands of photos by Martin Imperial Tinio, Jr.

More envelopes by Martin Imperial Tinio, Jr.

Pictures of Boljoon cemetery gate photos by Martin Imperial Tinio, Jr.

Please briefly describe what will be accomplished if the project is successful.

Project goal

The goal of the project is to digitize and upload to Wikimedia Commons under a free license over 70,000 images of 50+ years of heritage work of Martin "Sonny" Imperial Tinio Jr. Sonny has casually agreed that these be made available to Wikipedia, however a large private museum in the Philippines has been attempting to obtain and convince Mr. Tinio to exclusively release these photos to them, and if that happens these photographs would unlikely be freely available.

Measures of success

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Measures of success

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Project scope and activities

This section describes what will happen if this project is funded. Who will do what, and when?

List of activities

• Enter into a memorandum of agreement with Martin Tinio Jr. on the release of his images under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
• Canvass for the cheapest contractor that will be able deliver the output requirements for the scanning of over 70,000 images.
• Uploading of images either by a hired contractor or by volunteers who must be taught of Wikimedia Commons.

Budget

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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

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Total cost of project

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Total amount requested from the Project and Event Grants program

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Additional sources of revenue that may fund part of this project, and amounts funded

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Non-financial requirements

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Requests for non-financial assistance

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Resources and Risks

Resources

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• List of team members (names or usernames):
• Onwiki evidence of community support (such as a project about this discussion):
• Endorsements from community members or movement groups:
• Special skills or qualifications this potential grantee or project lead brings to this project:
• Evidence of past success in executing similar projects:

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Risks

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Impact

In the sections below, please describe how the project is related to the Wikimedia mission and Wikimedia's strategic priorities.

Fit to strategy

How will this project support the key organizational objectives of

• increasing reach (more people will access or contribute to Wikipedia or our other projects),
• participation (more people actually contributing),
• quality (more content, more useful content, or higher-quality content),
• credibility (more trust in our projects),
• organizational maturity and effectiveness (how it will move you or the Wikimedia community forward),
• or financial sustainability (how it will help you achieve more in the long run)?

This statement should address at least one of the strategic priorities listed here specifically. See Project and Event Grants program criteria for decision making.

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Benefits

If the project will benefit a specific online community, please tell us.

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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?

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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.

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Please list other benefits to the movement here.

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