Grants:Project/Rapid/Kayode Yussuf/West African Strategy Meetup

statusFunded

Rapid Grants

West African Strategy Meetup

This is the preparatory meeting for the West African/ African communities to participate in the Strategy global events.

targetWiki Indaba communities, especially West African Communities

start dateOctober 31

end dateOctober 31

budget (USD)1464.99

grant typeIndividual

grantee• kayusyussuf

contact(s)• kayusyussuf@yahoo.com

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Please see the sample Movement strategy application before drafting your application.

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.

1. Encourage community participation
2. Document implementation ideas related to movement strategy
3. Disseminate information about movement strategy recommendations to community
4. Coordinate community discussions

Project Plan

Activities

1. What community or communities will be involved in this movement strategy discussion(s)?

   Yes, This discussion stemmed from the Strategy Design group and there were verbal discussions on why this is a priority. I have reached out to African community leaders so they can invite their communities to join the meeting. The meeting will be hosted on Zoom. The agenda is below.

Session	Anchor	Time (UTC)
Welcome and Introductions	Kayode Yussuf	15:00 - 15:10
Welcome Address	Katherine Maher	15:10 - 15:20
Goodwill Messages	Ryan Merkley Janeen Uzzel Amanda Keton	15:20 - 15:30
The strategy process so far	Kayode Yussuf	15:30 - 15:40
The recommendations and the way forward	Erina Muhame	15:40 - 16:20
Questions and Answers Session	Erina Muhame	16:20 - 16:35
Discussions on the way forward	Kaarel and Mehrdad	16:35 - 16:55
Roundup of the Session	Kayode Yussuf	16:55 - 17:00
Networking	Everybody	17:00 - 18:00

After the event, the translators will work to translate the resulting documentation from the meeting.

1. How will you make sure everyone is invited?

   I have engaged community leaders in the region to encourage their community members to attend. I have also sent the invitation to the mailing lists, Facebook page, and telegram group of African Wikimedians and the response is encouraging.

2. How will you document community discussion(s) and feedback related to movement strategy? Who will be responsible for documenting these discussions?

   Sam Oye is responsible for the documentation. He was a member of one of the working groups and he has a good understanding of the strategy project so it will be easy for him to get feedback related to the movement strategy.

3. What is your facilitation plan to support productive discussions around movement strategy? Please also provide a link to a Friendly Space Policy that will be implemented to support these discussions.

   We are expecting the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, COS, COO and other top executives to open the meeting. They will be on ground to answer questions from the audience. We will also have Erina Muhame serving as facilitator. She was a member of one of the working groups. She will present the strategy recommendations and explain the recommendations to the audience. Finally, strategy support staff will also be available to support the facilitator.

   We will use the Wikimedia Foundation Friendly Space Policy https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy

4. If you are requesting funding for online tools or services to support participation, please describe these services and how they will be used. If not, please write N/A.

5. If you are translating movement strategy materials, in what languages will you be supporting translation? Who will be responsible for doing the translations? If not, please write N/A.

We will have live interpretation during the meeting in the following languages. We will also have the documentations translated to the same languages listed below.

• French - Fawaz Tairou
• Igbo - Uzoma Ozurumba
• Hausa - Aliyu Dahiru Aliyu
• Kiswahili - Antoni Mtavangu
• Yoruba - Sadiq Agbalagba

1. Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined in the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:

   No. The event is virtual

   • Once you have completed the risk assessment protocol, please contact strategy2030wikimedia.org to confirm and finalize additional budget and logistical needs.

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

Outcomes

1. Number of total participants: 100
2. Number of new participants: N/A
3. Number of people who will help organize the event: 11
4. Please note that you are required to fill in the template regarding the outcomes of the event that you can consult on meta or in Google Forms

Optionally, you are welcome to include other information you'd like to share around participant gender, age, project representation, editing experience, etc. Please include any additional outcomes you would like to report on below:

Budget

• Facilitation (facilitation time including facilitator preparation, meeting facilitation time, and debriefing): 200
• Documentation (document preparation time, time spent documenting of discussion, post-meeting work): 200
• Online tools or services (subscription services for online meeting platforms, social media promotion): 64.99
• Translation (translation costs for briefs and global materials): 500
• Coordination (coordinator work to manage or support multiple workflows to prepare for meeting): 500
• Other:

Endorsements

• Endorsements are not needed for events related to Movement Strategy.. Community members are welcome to provide feedback or questions on the talk page.