Grants:Project/Rapid/Bilijin/Semester Funding for Wikimedia Fan Club Unilorin Meetups and Editathons in the 2020/2021 Rain Semester/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2020-21 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

• To read the approved grant submission describing the plan for this project, please visit Grants:Project/Rapid/Bilijin/Semester Funding for Wikimedia Fan Club Unilorin Meetups and Editathons in the 2020/2021 Rain Semester.
• You may still comment on this report on its discussion page, or visit the discussion page to read the discussion about this report.
• You are welcome to Email rapidgrants at wikimedia dot org at any time if you have questions or concerns about this report.

Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?

I was able to achieve my goals for this project. In general, while there are a few things I now realize I could've or should've done differently, they were mostly minor things so yes, I am happy with how the project went.

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets. Please be sure to review and provide metrics required for Rapid Grants.

The outreach dashboard used in tracking metrics for this event is linked here

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
4 events	4 events	we were able to organize all 4 events although the time had to be extended due to exams
50 participants	61 participants
15 new editors	16 new editors
120 articles created or improved	208 articles improved and 6 articles created
25 repeat participants	>20	the number of repeat participants varied depending on the number of events the participants attended. Majority of the participants attended at least two of the events

Learning

Projects do not always go according to plan. Sharing what you learned can help you and others plan similar projects in the future. Help the movement learn from your experience by answering the following questions:

• What worked well?

One technique I used during this project that really worked was splitting participants up into smaller groups of between 5 - 7 people and then one of the team members / experienced editors took charge of training each group. This way, participants were able to ask questions directly and the trainer was able to carry each participant along and really get them involved.

• What did not work so well?

I tried to get more people to create articles but we weren't able to adequately explain all aspects of article creation to participants so we ended up with quite a few unfinshed articles at the end of the project

• What would you do differently next time?

I would prepare training materials such as slides and cheatsheets instead of simply relying on the other experienced editors.

Finances

Grant funds spent

Please describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on.

• First event

1. Food- ₦82750
2. Data - ₦14000
3. Camera rental - ₦10000

• Second event

1. Food- ₦47750
2. Data - ₦15600
3. Camera rental - ₦10000

• Third event

1. Food- ₦51500
2. Data - ₦13200

• Fourth event

1. Food- ₦68350
2. Data - ₦11800
3. Camera rental - ₦10000

• Swag

1. Rollup Banner - ₦27000
2. Jotters * 50 - ₦27500
3. Shirts * 7 - ₦24500
4. Hoodies * 5 - ₦25000
5. Umbrellas * 12 - ₦42000

Total - ₦480950

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

The funds remaining from this grant in the amount of US$167.31 (67,550 NGN equivalent calculated on 8 December 2021) were deducted from another grant payment for Grants:Project/Rapid/Public Domain Day 2022 Celebration in Nigeria.

₦67550

I'd like to use the leftover funds as part of a new grant for a photowalk and edit-a-thon in the 2nd semester

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?