Grants talk:Rapid/User:Olaniyan Olushola/WikiGap

Request for more information

Dear Olaniyan Olushola,

This request is better suited to Rapid Grants. I would like to discuss it with the Rapid Grants Program Officer first thing tomorrow morning. If possible, could you please answer the following questions (taken from Rapid Grants pages)? Short answers are fine.

In relation to WikiGap event:

• What is the purpose of the event you're attending? To be specific, once you bring together Nigerian women, what do you plan to accomplish with them during the event? What specific outcomes are you planning through your participation?

The purpose of the event is to create a gender balance environment in our community by encouraging Nigerian women to contribute to Wikimedia project. We plan to achieve this objective by Localising WIKIGAP event in Nigeria

• Why is it important that you attend?

I am the head of the Wikimedia community in Nigeria, though there are Wikimedians in the area, my presence will help to give more credibility to the partnership and also Swedish embassy being a new partner in our network, we will need to impress the partner with the first meeting by putting all our best resources into the event .

• Will you be presenting at the event?

Yes

• What kind of outreach activity do you plan to do?

Editathon, and Wikipedia advocacy (encouraging Nigerian women on why they need to contribute to Wikipedia)

• How will you let other participants know about your outreach activity?

Already we have prepared digital banner, press release and also a whatsapp group for sentising participants about the event.

• Do you have a specific networking plan? (e.g. specific people, organizations, groups you would like to develop partnerships with)

The Girl Lead Hub and Nigerian Women Trust Fund.

• What is your plan to follow-up with new contacts?

We have established Wikipedia Hub in Abuja whose work is to followup with the participants after the event.

In relation to the meeting with the University of Abuja:

• What is the specific purpose you have in mind for meeting? What will be true by the end of the meeting?

To build wikimedian community in the tertiary institution.

• If applicable, what benefits have you seen from doing this kind of meeting in the past?

We have established Wikipedia Fan Clubs in some major Institutions in Nigeria such as University of Ilorin, University of Ibadan, Nigeria institute of Journalism, Lagos State University. This type of model has help our group to build more network partners, and more members.

• How will you let participants know about the meeting?

Facebook, whatsapp and the school news bulletin.

• How will you keep participants engaged after the meeting is over?

Followup by the Wikipedia Abuja hub

• Is there anything else you want to tell us about this part of your proposal?

Thank you•••• Olaniyan Olushola (talk) 05:58, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you!

Warm regards, --Marti (WMF) (talk) 02:39, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Approval

Hello Olaniyan Olushola thank you for taking the time to respond to Mjohnson (WMF)'s questions regarding attending #WikiGap Event in partnership with Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Abuja. While I'm approving your grant request I would like you to consider a few thoughts that have come up regarding this request.

1. As Marti mentioned in her email to you please make sure in the future to allow enough time for us to review your request. It's hard for us to be responsive and more importantly assess the request in depth when we're not given enough time for review.

Noted. and thank you for your understanding.

1. I recognize that building this new partnership with the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs makes it pertinent for you to attend this event as a prominent member of User Group Nigeria and travel from Lagos to Abuja. However, in the future it will be more sustainable and significant to the User Group as you grow and develop to have local representatives who can run the event in Abuja.

Yes, as mentioned in my response to Marti. We have Wikimedia Hub in Abuja, where the embassy was situated. The group comprises of many very vibrant volunteers. However, as the lead, Wikimedia UG Nigeria. My presence will be very strategic to this meeting . Meanwhile, it is also an avenue for me to initiate talk with University of Abuja for the establishment of Wikimedia Fan Club at the institution.

1. Lastly, I understand there has been an effort in a couple of grants from the User Group to encourage women in Nigeria to edit and create content. It would also be wonderful to see these events organized and led by them. It might add to your efforts in increasing women contributors to wikipedia. Can you elaborate further the role The Girl Lead Hub and Nigerian Women Trust Fund will be playing in this partnership?

As part of the event, the embassy and our team agreed to invite some organisations which focus on women related activities to participate at the event as content partner. Hence, their involvement. Olaniyan Olushola (talk) 01:01, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Please let me know if you have any further questions and comments. Best regards, WJifar (WMF) (talk) 00:28, 7 March 2018 (UTC)