Grants:Project/Rapid/UG GE/Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Georgia/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2018-19 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/UG GE/Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Georgia.
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Goals

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

Wikimedia Community User Group Georgia this year, for the third time in a row, held an international contest "Wiki Loves Monuments". During the contest 42 participants 2 862 photos uploaded. Out of 42 two participants 19 (45%) participants were new.

So, our goals:

To engage new and existing members of the community: We were completely able to reach this goal, in particular, 42 participants participated in the competition, hence at least 19 participants registered after the start of the competition and became new contestants, and also at least 3 participants participated in the two previous contests.
To increase the number of freely licensed and quality images of monuments of Georgia to Wikimedia Commons: During the contest, 42 participants uploaded more than 2,000 images, most of them are of high quality, and all photos are distributed under a free license.
To spread awareness about Wikimedia projects in Georgia: Since we awarded the participants with prize vouchers, interest in the competitions was high both in Georgia and outside of Georgia.

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets.

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
Number of participants: 15-20	42	More than we expected!
Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons: 450-500	2 862	Also more than we expected!
Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects: 40-50	296	More than we expected and this number will still grow!

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?

The process of the contest itself, as well as the evaluation process was successful, without any non-incidental events. We were able to quickly respond to all calls and help all participants in the competition who contacted us. We were also able to quickly get in touch with all winners.

What did not work so well?

The only problem we had during the transfer of the prize, in particular, one of the winners was a citizen of the Iranian Islamic Republic. Due to the fact that the United States imposed economic sanctions against Iran, we could not award the winner without the permission of the WMF.

What would you do differently next time?

Next time we warn participants in advance who will not be able to receive a prize in case of victory.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

#	Category	Description	Unit	cost (USD)	cost total
1	Prize	First place	1	300 $ (USD)	300 $ (USD)
2	Prize	Second place	1	200 $ (USD)	200 $ (USD)
3	Prize	Third place	1	—	—
4	T-shirts	Top-5	5	125 ₾ (GEL)	46.50^[1] $ (USD)
5	Banking	(fees and services for a bank account)	—	—	3.88 $ (USD)
6	Paper matters	Certificate	-	6 ₾	2.3 ^[2] $ (USD)
Actual cost grand total					552.68 $ (USD)