Wikimania 2022/Scholarships/Odia Wikimedians User Group

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Wikimania 2022

Odia Wikimedians User Group

Odia Wikipedia is turning 20 as the oldest South Asian Wikipedia. This event is to assess the needs by evaluating the community's activities, and build strategies to grow the community, and strengthen partnerships.

start dateJune 3

start year2022

end date5 September

end year2022

budget (local currency)194,500 INR

budget (USD)$2500

typeIndividual

nonprofitNo

grantee• Ssgapu22

contact(s)• ssgapu22gmail.com• Jnanaranjan_sahu, Saileshpat

Wikimedia Affiliate• Odia Wikimedians User Group

website (if applicable)• Odia Wikimedians User Group

friendly space expectations

Project Plan

1. Increase skills for existing editors and a in-person meetup

Activities

What Wikimedia movement affiliate do you represent?

• Odia Wikimedians User Group

How will the funding requested support your community’s participation at Wikimania?
Please review following eligible activities and expenses below, and write below any that will be included in your activities.

• Childcare services (or similar family services) to support Wikimania participation
• Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
• Administrative or operational costs for to distribute funds to community members, such as transfer fees
• Small hardware expenses to support access (such as webcams, microphones, head/earphones)

  Note: Requests for computers, laptops, tablets, and other personal devices are not eligible.

• Translation services for a Wikimania session
• Video production support for pre-recorded Wikimania sessions (such as equipment or space)
• In-person meetups that coincide with Wikimania activities (food, beverage, meeting space)
• Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants

• Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
• In-person meetups that coincide with Wikimania activities (food, beverage, meeting space)
• Administrative or operational costs for to distribute funds to community members, such as transfer fees
• Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants

If you are planning to distribute funds to community members, such as by running a local scholarship program, please provide additional detail on how you will organize this process.
Please provide a summary explaining the following:

• how you will invite community members to apply for funding,
• the criteria you will use to determine eligibility, and
• the processes or services you will use to distribute funds.

This description does not need to be comprehensive, but should generally explain the process for how community members will receive funds or support to participate in Wikimania. For support on eligibility criteria, feel free to review this reviewer's guide for previous Wikimania scholarship programs.
If you are not distributing funds to community members, please write N/A below.

• N/A

Outcomes

Please provide a range or estimate for the number of participants the funding will support.
It is OK if this is estimate is based on limited information, but we want to have an idea of how your activities will support community participation in Wikimania. Some examples:

• 3-5 participants will receive childcare support to support their participation at Wikimania.
• 10 participants will receive hardware support
• 10-20 participants will receive data packages to support their participation at Wikimania

• Around 20 participants will attend in-person meetups.

Budget

How you will use the funds you are requesting? Please use the following categories for your expenses. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too!

• Childcare services (or similar family services)
• Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants

  In addition to a total budget, please indicate the average data cost per person who will receive funds for this need.

• Administrative or operational costs for distributing funds
• Small hardware expenses to support access
• Translation services for a Wikimania session
• Video production support
• Wikimania meetups and watch parties during the days of the event
• Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants

Details	Amount in INR	Amount in USD ($)
Travel Local travel Travel expenses for 15-20 Wikimedians, and 2-3 guests who are based in Odisha, India (includes travel in taxi, bus/train; about INR 20,000) Airfare Airfare for some of the Wikimedians who are based outside Odisha (expected three Wikimedians, about INR 75,000)	75,000	$965
Audio-visual rent Renting projectors and audio-visual system for the event	10,000	$129
Food Approximately 30 breakfasts, lunches, and dinners (20 meals per day for two days, about INR 300-500 per person)	39,000	$502
Internet Internet charges for two days to conduct editathon, other community-focused sessions, and public meeting (INR 9,000-15,000)	10,000	$129
Accommodation (10 pax for 2 days, 1500 INR/day)	20,000	$257
Event venue (for 2 days, 15,000 INR/day)	30,000	$386
Swags/other production: Stickers, t-shirts for Wikimedians participating (20 pieces, 400 INR/piece)	8,000	$103
Bank transfer and currency conversion charges	2,500	$32
Total	1,94,500 (total)	$2,505.96 (total) $2500 (from WMF - rounded)

Completing your application

Once you have completed the application, please do the following:

• Change the application status from status=draft to status=proposed in the {{Probox}} template.
• Contact wikimaniawikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.