Grants talk:TPS/Pigsonthewing/PIDapalooza 2018

Request funded

Dear Pigsonthewing,

Thank you for adding targets to your proposal per our email discussion. The targets you've added are well thought out and, in fact, I will probably refer others to your proposal in the future, as an example.

We are happy to fund your request to participate in PIDapalooza.

Before you decide to accept funding support, please make sure to read all of the steps required of TPS participants as described in the "How the program works" page. In particular, take note that you will need to submit a post-event report, due 14 days after the event. The report requires you to link to an outcome. Fulfilling the outcome requirement tends to be the most challenging task for TPS recipients, so I want to provide a little additional information here.

• An outcome should be something that is created during or after the event because of your participation. The purpose is to extend the value of TPS participation beyond the conference itself.
• Some applicants mistakenly assume they can submit the materials they presented at the event (such as a slide deck, a research paper or a poster) to meet the outcome requirement. We do like you to link to your presentation materials, but they do not meet the outcome requirement.
• Examples of acceptable outcomes in a report include: new content added to Wikidata, a blog post you write after the event to share your conference learnings with others who did not attend the conference, or completion of a learning pattern related to your participation in the conference.

Your current targets, if met, will meet the outcome requirement, so I don't expect this will be a problematic requirement in your case.

Our Grants Administrator will be in touch with you about your grant. Thank you for work on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Warm regards, --Marti (WMF) (talk) 21:57, 16 November 2017 (UTC)