Wikimedia Israel/Programs 2012

Chapter's Objectives edit

  1. Promotion of knowledge and education through the collection, creation and distribution of free content.
  2. Improving the equal opportunity in access to free knowledge and providing accessibility of such knowledge to the Israeli society.
  3. Promotion of computer systems which are used for collection and distribution of free content in collaborative work, in particular those which are used in the Wikimedia projects.
  4. Promotion of research of social, cultural and applicable questions with regards to free content.
  5. Promotion and initiation of volunteering work for the aforementioned objectives.

Planning Rational edit

The chapter will focus on projects whose cost-effectiveness ratio proved high for other chapters, and on the enhancement of successful projects.

  1. GLAM
  2. Cooperation with higher education institutions (Including but not limited to deploying the ambassadors program)
  3. Releasing existing content under a free license
  4. Creation of new free content
  5. Strengthening the connections between the chapter and the Hebrew editors community, the chapter and other chapters, and building a solid infrastructure for the chapter.

Programs edit

Subject Project Costs Comments
GLAM IMJ project 5,000 NIS Already in progress
GLAM The national library project 7,500 NIS Already in progress
GLAM Continuation projects 25,000 NIS Reserve funds for future projects
Cooperations with the academia Haifa university project 5,000 NIS
Creation of new contents The Thousand words project 1,500 NIS
Creation of new contents 4th Wiki-academy 35,000 NIS
Support for free-projects A micro-grant program 20,000 NIS
Strengthening the connections between the chapter and the Hebrew editors community, the chapter and other chapters and building a solid infrastructure for the chapter. General Expenses 28,000 NIS Including Cpa. domain management and reimbursement costs
Strengthening the connections between the chapter and the Hebrew editors community, the chapter and other chapters and building a solid infrastructure for the chapter. Production of Hebrew versions of the bookshelf guides 10,000 NIS
Strengthening the connections between the chapter and the Hebrew editors community, the chapter and other chapters and building a solid infrastructure for the chapter Graphics and production of marketing and PR material 20,000 NIS Swags and stuff
Strengthening the connections between the chapter and the Hebrew editors community, the chapter and other chapters and building a solid infrastructure for the chapter. storage 3,000 NIS
Strengthening the connections between the chapter and the Hebrew editors community, the chapter and other chapters and building a solid infrastructure for the chapter. Travel expresses 50,000 NIS Including funding for the chapters' meeting and partial scholarships for Wikimania. The amount of money for each of those has not been set yet
Total 210,000 NIS