Grants:Project/MSIG/Nada.FA/Movement Charter Ambassador Program
Applications are not required to be in English. Please complete the application in your preferred language.
Project Goal edit
What will be the outputs of your project and how will those outputs contribute to advancing a specific Movement Strategy Initiative
- What specific Movement Strategy Initiative does your project focus on and why? Please select one of the initiatives described here
- 24. Movement Charter: To ensure that our communities within our underrepresented region (Arabic-speaking community) are fully engaged in conversations about the governance of the movement, its historical background, its current trends, and its future.
Project Background edit
- When do you intend to begin this project and when will it be completed?
- We aim to implement this project between March 25, 2024 and April 22, 2024, according to the following schedule:
| Task | Date |
|---|---|
| Meta Pages translation into Arabic Language and initial awareness | March 25, 2024 - April 15, 2024 |
| Engaging Arabic-speaking community on its village pumps across Wikipedia, Wikisource, etc.., and social media platforms, and Diff to announce the activities | April 5, 2024 - April 15, 2024 |
| Engagement sessions with Arabic MCDC members | April 16, 2024 - April 20, 2024 |
| Feedback Reports on Meta, and Diff in Arabic and English | simultaneously with the previous engagement - April 22, 2024 |
We aim to begin this project immediately. The timelines for this project are detailed above, but we will specifically carry out these activities;
- Translations and documentation, where translations do not already exist. We will update charter content, translate community consultations, FAQ, hubs piloting, and ratification construction.
- Community outreach and pre-consultation engagements, to let the community know about the upcoming conversations. We will communicate with the regional affiliates to share their feedback. We will extend our outreach process from Wikimedia Morocco, Algeria, Sudan, etc... to even local associations like Jordanian Digital Arabic Content Association.
- Interactive feedback collection; We will use social media platforms to post the "Movement Charter Question of the day" to engage our community to avoid survey fatigue and reach a wider audience who can't attend online meetings. We will design polls and posters to publish questions that collect feedback from the audience. We will also post these questions on village pumps and telegram.
- Online meetings with MCDC members from the Arabic community, and a meeting
for feedback collection.
- Feedback notes drafting and proofreading shared on meta and Diff with the MCDC; we will write summary and feedback reports in Arabic and English for MCDC and public use.
- Where will your project activities be happening?
- Online: we will host online meetings to onboard the community. We will invite MCDC members from the Arabic community to join online conversation so people have an opportunity to engage directly and get immediate responses to their questions. We will start by onboarding the community to the charter process and content through daily posting for 10 days before online meeting. These posts will include questions to collect feedback too.
- Are you collaborating with other communities or affiliates on this project? Please provide details of how partners intend to work together to achieve the project goal.
- Yes, the Arabic Window to MS, is a voluntary initiative to encourage Arabic-speaking community involvement in movement strategy and its implementation since 2022. In this project, the initiative members (NANöR, Nehaoua, Ajwaan) are coordinating the outreach, meetings’ facilitation, answering questions, follow-up social media posts, collecting feedback, communicating with MCDC members, and informing community members.
- I will be responsible for translation, feedback questions, daily posts writing, online meeting content, and reports writing.
- What specific challenge will your project be aiming to solve? And what opportunities do you plan to take advantage of to solve the problem?
- One of the key challenges in our community is the lack of awareness about the Movement Charter. This lack of awareness prevents many individuals from fully engaging in the movement. Therefore, our project presents an opportunity for people to come together, discuss, and learn more about decision-making within the movement and how these decisions impact them and the valuable work being carried out.
- There are emerging Arabic-speaking communities who need support in having a proper understanding of the shared decision in the movement, its governance, and decision-making processes that ensure DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion).
- We are also targeting creating a more productive and engaging feedback collection process as there is survey fatigue limiting its active participation. This process includes interactive surveys and sessions, and a better understanding of community awareness of the added value of the Movement Charter.
- Does this project aim to apply one of the examples shared in the call for grants and if so which one?
- N/A
Project Activities edit
- What specific activities will be carried out during this project? Please describe the specific activities that will be carried out during this project.
- Translations: the following documents and pages will be translated:
- Movement Charter/Frequently Asked Questions
- Movement Charter/Community Consultation
- Movement Charter/Ratification/April 2023/Consultation
- Hubs/Hub Piloting Guidelines
- Any reports, surveys, announcements that will be published in the grants period
Community Engagement and Outreach: While we are working on translations, we will make sure to reach out to the communities and inform them about the upcoming engagements.
Interactive feedback collection: We will use social media platforms to post the "Movement Charter Question of the day" to engage our community to avoid survey fatigue and reach a wider audience who don't have the capacity or means to attend online meetings. We will design polls and posters to publish questions that collects feedback from the audience.
Online meetings: the first one is with with MCDC members from the Arabic community to discuss feedbacks and questions. The second one is for more feedback collection.
Feedback notes drafting and proofreading shared on meta and with the MCDC: we will write summary and feedback reports for MCDC and public use.
- How do you intend to keep communities updated on the progress and outcomes of the project? Please add the names or usernames of these individuals responsible for updating the community
- Arabic Window to MS will be responsible for this part:
- Meta
- Diff blog
- Village pumps
- Telegram group
- Facebook group for Arabic Wikipedia
- Who will be responsible for delivering on this project and what are their roles and responsibilities?
- I will be responsible for translation, feedback questions, daily posts writing, online meeting content, and reports writing.
- The Arabic Window to MS initiative members (NANöR, Nehaoua, Ajwaan) are coordinating the outreach, facilitating meetings, answering questions, following-up social media posts, collecting feedback, communicating with MCDC members, and informing community members.
Additional information edit
- If your activities include community discussions, what is your plan for ensuring that the conversations are productive? Provide a link to a Friendly Space Policy or UCoC that will be implemented to support these discussions.
- We obey the Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct during conversations.
- If your activities include the use of paid online tools, please describe what tools these are and how you intend to use them.
- Zoom
- Do your activities include the translation of materials, and if so, in what languages will the translation be done? Please include details of those responsible for making the translations.
- I will do the translation.
- Are there any other details you would like to share? Consider providing rationale, research or community discussion outputs, and any other similar information, that will give more context on your proposed project.
- N/A
Outcomes edit
After your activities are complete, we would like to understand the draft implementation plan for your community. You will be required to prepare a document detailing this plan around a movement strategy initiative. This report can be prepared through Meta-wiki using the Share your results button on this page. The report can be prepared in your language, and is not required to be written in English.
In this report, you will be asked to:
- Provide a link to the draft implementation plan document or Wikimedia page
- Describe what activities supported the development of the plan
- Describe how and where you have communicated your plan to relevant communities.
- Report on how your funding was spent
Your draft implementation plan document should address the following questions clearly:
- What movement strategy initiative or goal are you addressing?
- What activities will you be doing to address that initiative?
- What do you expect will happen as a result of your activities? How do those outcomes address the movement strategy initiative?
- How will you measure or evaluate your activities? What tools or methods will you use to evaluate your activities?
To create a draft implementation plan, we recommend the use of a logic model, which will help you and your team think about goals, activities, outcomes, and other factors in an organized way. Please refer the following resources to develop a logic model:
- Overview of logic models on Meta-wiki
- Example logic models for reference for other movement activities (such as partnerships and edit-a-thons)
- Blank logic model template on Google Drive
Please confirm below that you will be able to prepare a draft implementation plan document by the end of your grant:
- ...
Optionally, you are welcome to include other information you'd like to share around participation and representation in your activities. Please include any additional outcomes you would like to report on below:
Budget edit
How you will use the funds you are requesting? List bullet points for each expense. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too!
The requested budget and budget breakdown should be in your or recipient’s local currency. We send grant payments preferably in your local currency. In some exceptional cases (e.g. hyperinflation), we allow grant payments to be made in US dollars. If you are requesting a grant in a currency other than your local currency, please reach out to your Program Officer to discuss.
- Research (time needed to review, perform analysis, or investigate any information needed to support implementation ideas or planning):N/A
- Facilitation, outreach and awareness (facilitation time including facilitator preparation, meeting facilitation time, and debriefing):150 USD
- Documentation (document preparation time, time spent documenting of discussion, post-meeting work):300 USD
- Translation (translation costs for briefs and global materials):250 USD
- Coordination (coordinator work to manage or support multiple workflows to prepare for meeting):300 USD
- Online tools or services (subscription services for online meeting platforms, social media promotion):50 USD
- Data (internet or mobile costs for organizers or participants to access or participate in activities):250 USD
- Venue or space for meeting (costs of renting a physical meeting space):N/A
- Transportation costs (costs of supporting organizers or participants to attend the meeting):N/A
- Meals (costs related to refreshments, lunches, or other meals during in-person activities):N/A
- Unforseen expenses:100 USD
TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED IN LOCAL CURRENCY:1400 USD
Completing your application edit
Once you have completed the application, please do the following:
- Change the application status from
status=drafttostatus=proposedin the {{Probox}} template. - Contact strategy2030
wikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.
Endorsements edit
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