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Grants:Project/Rapid/Technical Update - User Group of Belarus grant application

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statusFunded
Technical Update
This project presumed cooperation with one educational and one GLAM institution with aim of collecting relevant data which are hard to come by due to the lack of literature online.
start dateMarch,25th
end dateAugust,25th
budget (local currency)3400 BYR / 1720 EUR
budget (USD)$1760
grant typeOrganization
non-profit statusYes (Youth NGO Falanster)
grantee• Mr._Zabej
contact(s)• falanster.by@gmail.com
organization (if applicable)• Youth NGO Falanster• Wikimedia User Group of Belarus


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Project Goal edit

Improve user group technical facilities for operation during workshops, training and Wiki-camp by purchasing 4 laptops and 1 router.

Project Plan edit

Activities edit

1. What content gaps will you be filling with the equipment?

  1. The technics help us to be more efficient in the promotion wikimedia movement. Not all pupil/students from in the county have no laptops as well as lack of techical falilities in the venue (it is usually a library or school room) where wiki workshops, trainings take place. It mean that pupil need to seat several on one workplace, or use our laptops that is often not enough. The more laptops we can bring with us the more time we can focus on contributing in the content about small towns (taxt, pictures).
  2. The second issue internet distribution. Above mentioned places have narrow internet broadcast with limited pace. Therefore we use our smartphones, which are not enough sometimes for distribution internet bandwidth more stable and with strong signal in local network. Having one access point it has the same impact on content production because of minimization disturbance.

2. What activities will you organize in the next 6 months to create content and use it on Wikimedia projects?

Next 6 months we are going to organize:

  1. Regular wiki-club (twice a month) where people will work on different contribution activities.
  2. Wiki-trainings (as it was in 2016) in rural area where often pupils have no laptops (during 2017)
  3. WikiCamp-2017 for wiki-newcomers (mostly pupils and students) in the middle of this year.

3. How will the equipment be shared/tracked/cared for by members of your community?

  • The main keeper of the technical stuff will be the non-governmental civil organization "Falanster".
  • Wikimedian who whould like to use them will sign a zero-interest loan contract on a defined event or time period.
  • All "loans" (sharings) will be tracked on the open Falanster's wiki.

4. How long will the equipment be used, and by whom? We are going to use these stuff as long as possible. "We" means belarusian wikimedia user group activists can utilize it for promoting wikimedians movement and related purposes.

5. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

Impact edit

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets and feel free to add more: It will be a multilevel impact on technical facilities improvement in community. For example,

  1. the laptops will be provided at least for 50 participants (times) during this year.
  2. they edit (add or improve) at least 75 articles and upload 100 pictures on articles during this year.
  3. these laptops help us in 5+ workshops/training during this year.

Resources edit

What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

We have our own laptos (plus two laptops we can share for wiki-events) and personal smartphones.

  1. Here is a developing idea about wikicamp-2017 or this short description (organizers: Mr. Zabej, Svetit)
  2. The plan for workshops User_Group_Belarus_-_Plan_projects_page (ocassionally number of organizers).
  3. Here is the introduction to the Wiki-club (KarlKori).

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

  • 4 laptops (like Lenovo IdeaPad 100-14IBY) - 400*4 = 1600 USD
  • 5 mouses - 15*5 = 75 USD
  • 1 3G-router = 85 USD

Total amount: 1760 USD

Endorsements edit

  • If you support the application please add   Support {{support}} with clarification.
  • If you are against the application please add   Oppose {{oppose}} with clarification.
  •   Support --Svetit (talk) 09:57, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
  •   Support --KarlKori (talk) 15:40, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
  •   Support--Ihar Dorinel (talk) 17:16, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
  •   Support --Artificial123 (talk) 18:09, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
  •   Support This is a very important initiative which will provide significant beneficial effect to the development of Belarusian wikimedia user group. DobryBrat (talk) 19:12, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
  •   Support --Hanylka (talk) 06:16, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
  •   Support --Maksim L. (talk) 18:19, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

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