Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Tyap Community Meetup and Wikidata 31st Birthday Grant Proposal (ID: 22282315)
statusDraft
Tyap Community Meetup and Wikidata 31st Birthday Grant Proposal
proposed start date2023-11-04
proposed end date2023-11-05
budget (local currency)
budget (USD) USD
grant typeWikimedia Affiliate (chapter, thematic org., or user group)
funding regionunknown region
decision fiscal year2023-24
applicant• User:Kambai Akau
organization (if applicable)• Tyap Wikimedians Organisation
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Applicant Details edit
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
User:Kambai Akau
- Organization
Tyap Wikimedians Organisation
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
I'm a board member or president of a Wikimedia Affiliate or mission-allied organization., I'm a group leader of a Wikimedia User Group (submitted to the Affiliation Committee).
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
1. Executive Director, Tyap Wikimedians Organisation --
- Coordinates and supervises all community volunteer members to gain the best results from them in terms of volunteerism.
- Sources for prospective partners to work with the organization on achieving a common goal.
- Sources for collaborators to perform joint editing sessions together.
- Envisions the pathway for the organization to follow for more significant progress.
- Communicates the progress of the organization to the community and encourages more participation. In other words, leads public relations efforts.
- Where there are shortcomings, the Executive Director addresses them. He supports the Educational Officer in fixing Wikipedia and Wiktionary pages that need to be fixed or worked on.
- 2. Project Manager, Tyap Wikimedians Organisation
- Handles financial management, accounting, and budgeting activities of the organization.
- Manages procurement, human resources, and administrative functions.
- Develops and implements programs and projects that align with the organization's mission and goals alongside the Field Officer.
- Implements processes that would lead to the group spending less on projects.
- 3. Field Officer, Tyap Wikimedians Organisation
- Implements the organization's programs and field projects, facilitating community engagement and participation.
- Assists in the identification and selection of beneficiaries, and ensures the delivery of services according to established standards.
- Conducts regular monitoring and reporting of progress and challenges to the Project Manager.
- Organizes in-person and/or online events.
- Organize educational outreaches by reaching out to participants and negotiating the venue for the program.
Main Proposal edit
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Tyap Community Meetup and Wikidata 31st Birthday Grant Proposal
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2023-11-04 - 2023-11-05
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Nigeria
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Other (please specify) Wikidata's Birthday Anniversary and Annual Meetup
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
N/A
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Learning and metrics edit
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | ||
| Number of editors | ||
| Number of organizers |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
Financial proposal edit
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
No
Endorsements and Feedback edit
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Community members are invited to share meaningful feedback on the proposal and include reasons why they endorse the proposal. Consider the following:
- Stating why the proposal is important for the communities involved and why they think the strategies chosen will achieve the results that are expected.
- Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
- Highlighting if the proposal focuses on any interesting research, learning or innovation, etc. Also if it builds on learning from past proposals developed by the individual or organization, or other Wikimedia communities.
- Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
- Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).