Grants:Project/Rapid/WBG/Annual Plan 2019-20

statusFunded

Rapid Grants

West Bengal Wikimedians User Group Annual Plan 2019-20

Annual Plan

targetBengali

start dateFebruary 1

end dateJanuary 31

budget (local currency)INR 1,42,750

budget (USD)2000

grant typegroup

non-profit statusfiscal sponsor, yes

grantee• Bodhisattwa

contact(s)• WBG• Jayantanth

organization (if applicable)• West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

website (if applicable)• https://wb.wikimedia.org

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Project Goal

Briefly explain what are you trying to accomplish with this project, or what do you expect will change as a result of this grant. Example goals include, "recruit new editors", "add high quality content", or "train existing editors on a specific skill".

• Conduct year-long Wikimedia activities of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. What will you and other organizers spend your time doing?

• Editathons
  • At least 2 onsite Label-a-thon for Wikidata

• Contests
  • At least 1 article writing contest for Bengali Wikipedia.
  • At least 1 proofreading contest for Bengali Wikisource.
  • Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in India.

• Content donation

• Workshops:
  • At least 2 Wikipedia workshops in any institute.
  • At least 2 Wikisource workshops in any institute.

• Meetups:
  • At least 2 meetups

• Photo documentation events:
  • Wiki Exploration Program
    • Wiki Explores Paschim Medinipur - Phase I
    • Wiki Explores Purba Medinipur - Phase I
    • Wiki Explores Bankura - Phase II
    • Wiki Explores Purba Bardhaman - Phase I
    • Wiki Explores CoochBehar - Phase I
  • Wikipedia Takes Your City
    • Wikipedia Takes Kolkata IX
  • Museum Documentation Program

How will you let others in your community know about your project (please provide links to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions)? Why are you targeting a specific audience?

• The community members from West Bengal were asked to place project proposals for which they require funds here.
• Bengali Wikisource community has been notified in the scriptorium.
• Bengali Wikipedia community has been notified in the village pump.
• West Bengal community has been notified in the mailing list.

What will you have done at the end of your project? How will you follow-up with people that are involved with your project?

Impact

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 specific to your project:

1. Number of total participants -20 (approx.)
2. Number of articles created or improved - 30 (approx.)
3. Number of books proofread -20 (approx.)
4. Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons - minimum 5000
5. Percentage of photos used on Wikimedia projects - 10% at least
6. Number of contents released - 5-10

Resources

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

• Experience in executing past funded projects:
  • From the community
    • PEG Grants for Kolkata Book Fair 2014 (Report)
    • PEG Grants for Bengali Wikipedia 10th anniversary in India (Report)
    • Rapid Grant for Wiki Loves Butterfly - Phase I (Report)
    • Rapid Grant for Wiki Loves Butterfly - Phase II (Report)
  • From the UG
    • Rapid Grant for 2017-18 Annual Plan (Report)
    • Rapid Grant for Bengali Wikisource New Readers Awareness Campaign, 2018 (Report)
• Active community willing to execute projects aiming to bridge knowledge gap and enrich content. Find the community proposals here.

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense:

Onsite Editathons

#	Category	Item description	No. of events	No. of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Logistics	Travel Scholarships	2	2 persons	500	2,000	INR	Find the proposal here
2	Food and beverages	Lunch + Snacks	2	10 persons	125	2,500	INR
	Total					4,500	INR

Contests

#	Category	Item description	No. of events	No. of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Prize	WLM Post Cards	3	30 persons		2,000	INR
2	Postal	Postal charges	3	30 persons		1,000	INR
	Total					3,000	INR

Meetups

#	Category	Item description	No. of Events	No. of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Logistics	Travel Scholarships	2	2 persons	500	2,000	INR
2	Food and beverages	Lunch + Snacks	2	20 persons	125	5,000	INR
	Total					7,000	INR

Workshops for new editors

#	Category	Item description	No. of Events	No. of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Logistics	Travel Scholarships	4	2 resource persons	1,000	8,000	INR
2	Logistics	Accomodation	4	1 Room	1,000	4,000	INR	This might vary.
3	Food and beverages	Lunch + Snacks	4	2 resource persons	250	2,000	INR	Expected cost
4	Food and beverages	Dinner	4	2 resource persons	200	1,600	INR	Expected cost
	Total					17,600	INR

Content release

#	Category	Item description	No. of destinations	No. of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Logistics	Local transport	12	2 persons	150	3,600	INR	Find the proposal here
2	Food and beverages	Snacks	12	2 persons	100	2,400	INR
3	Miscellaneous	Further travel and others				3,000	INR
	Total					9,000	INR

GLAM

#	Category	Item description	No. of events	No. of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Purchase the Book	Bye/Stationary	1	1	1	10,000	INR
2	Scanning	Scanning	1	1	1	10,000	INR
	Total					20,000	INR

Photo-documentation project

Wiki Explores Paschim Medinipur - Phase I
#	Category	Item description	Unit	No. of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Logistics	Travel Scholarships	Train (To and Fro)	1 person	170	170	INR	Find the proposal here
2	Logistics	Accomodation	4 nights	1 person	1,000	4,000	INR
3	Logistics	Local Transport for project execution	5 days	1 person	2,000	10,000	INR
4	Food and beverages	Breakfast + Lunch + Afternoon Snacks + Dinner	5 days	1 person	500	2,500	INR
	Total					16,670	INR
Wiki Explores Purba Medinipur - Phase I
#	Category	Item description	Unit	No. of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Logistics	Travel Scholarships	Train (To and Fro)	1 person	150	150	INR	Find the proposal here
2	Logistics	Accomodation	3 nights	1 person	1,000	3,000	INR
3	Logistics	Local Transport for project execution	3 days	1 person	2,000	6,000	INR
4	Food and beverages	Breakfast + Lunch + Afternoon Snacks + Dinner	4 days	1 person	500	2,000	INR
	Total					11,150	INR
Wiki Explores Bankura - Phase II
#	Category	Item description	Unit	No. of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Logistics	Travel Scholarships	Train (To and Fro)	1 person	220	220	INR	Find the proposal here
2	Logistics	Accomodation	2 nights	1 person	850	1,700	INR
3	Logistics	Local Transport for project execution	2 days	1 person	2,500	5,000	INR
4	Food and beverages	Breakfast + Lunch + Afternoon Snacks + Dinner	2 days	1 person	500	1,000	INR
	Total					7,920	INR
Wiki Explores Purba Bardhaman
#	Category	Item description	Unit	No. of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Logistics	Accomodation	6 nights	1 person	1,000	6,000	INR	Find the proposal here
2	Logistics	Local Transport for project execution	8 days	1 person	2,000	16,000	INR
3	Food and beverages	Breakfast + Lunch + Afternoon Snacks + Dinner	8 days	1 person	500	4,000	INR
	Total					26,000	INR
Wiki Explores CoochBehar - Phase I
#	Category	Item description	Unit	No. of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Logistics	Travel Scholarships	Train (To and Fro)	1 person	2,000	2,000	INR	Find the proposal here
2	Logistics	Accomodation	2 nights	1 person	850	1,700	INR
3	Logistics	Local Transport for project execution	2 days	1 person	1,000	2,000	INR
4	Food and beverages	Breakfast + Lunch + Afternoon Snacks + Dinner	2 days	1 person	500	1,000	INR
	Total					6,700	INR
Wikipedia Takes Kolkata IX
#	Category	Item description	Unit	No. of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Food and beverages	Snacks	1 day	10 persons	50	500	INR
2		Lunch	1 day	10 persons	100	1000	INR
3	Transport	Local travel	1 day	10 persons	50	500	INR
4	Logistics	Venue for Workshops	1 day	1 venue	1000	1000	INR
	Total					3000	INR
Museum Documentation Program
#	Category	Item description		No. of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Logistics	Museum Charge		(1-2) persons		7000	INR
2	Transport	Local travel		(1-2) persons		1000	INR
3	Food and beverages			(1-2) persons		2000	INR
	Total					10,000	INR

Total cost of project

Total Annual Project Estimated Cost

Project	Number	Each Project Cost	Total	Remarks
Onsite Editathons	2	INR 2,250.00	INR 4,500.00	The number of editathons may vary.
Contests	3	INR 1,000.00	INR 3,000.00	The number of contests may vary.
Meetups	4	INR 2,600.00	INR 10,400.00	The number of meetups may vary.
Workshops	4	INR 2,600.00	INR 10,400.00	The number of workshops and expected cost may vary.
Content release	12	INR 750.00	INR 9,000.00
GLAM			INR 20,000.00
Wiki Exploration Projects	5		INR 68,440.00	No. of exploration events may vary.
Wiki Takes your Ciity	1	INR 3,000.00	INR 3,000.00	Only for active Wikimedia users
Museum Documentation Program	~3		INR 10,000.00	Depending upon number of museums to be covered.
Miscellaneous			INR 4,010.00
Grand Total			INR 1,42,750.00	USD 2000.00 (1 USD = 71.38 INR as of 09.12.2018)

Endorsements

•  Support - Amitabha Gupta (talk) 16:31, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
• তনয় ^(t̪ɔnɔj) 17:36, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
•  Support - Gangulybiswarup (talk) 10:16, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
•  Support - BengaliHindu (talk) 17:02, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 23:12, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
•  Support - 🦁 শক্তিশেল ࿈ ^⌨ 05:41, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

•  Support -- Ibrahim Husain Meraj (talk) 18:17, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Sajid Reza Karim 08:21, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
•  Support - খাঁ শুভেন্দু (talk) 17:05, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
•  Support - ANKAN (talk) 06:04, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
•  Support - Rocky Masum (talk) 10:13, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
•  Support - Saradindu Bhattacharyya sb (talk) 06:56, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
•  Strong support The UG has been doing amazing work with minimal usage of resources. Their annual plan is really inspiring for many others and is also quite sustainable for community development. KCVelaga (talk) 14:44, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
•  Strong support I am ready to contribute and my best wishes Rajeeb (talk) 15:47, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
•  Strong support--Atudu (talk) 07:04, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
•  Strong support This user group has been doing good work Sumitsurai (talk) 16:13, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 17:44, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
• Very strong support - মৌর্য্য বিশ্বাস (Talk To Me ❤) 18:23, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
•  Support and best wishes  Innocentbunny    TALK  15:35, 28 December 2020 (UTC)