Grants talk:Project/Rapid/Bijay/Wikipedia Education Program in Kathmandu

Comments from DSaroyan (WMF)

Hi Bijay chaurasia, thanks again for submitting this grant request. I reviewed it and have a few questions and requests:

• We now require all grantees to announce their projects and receive the community feedback in advance. Could you please announce this project and grant on the relevant community pages on the target wiki(s)? Community notification may be most appropriate on a village pump, talk page, or mailing list. Please paste a link into the proposal page to where the relevant communities have been notified of this proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions.
• Do you hold any leadership positions in any Wikimedia affiliate? Is this grant requested on behalf of any Wikimedia affiliate?
• Have you already reached out to any educational institution in Kathmandu? Did any of them express interest in participating in the proposed events or confirm their participation?

Budget:

• How many gifts do you plan to offer to guests and teachers? Please add this number to the detailed budget table.
• Please provide more details about the “Transportation” expense.
• What will “Miscellaneous Expenses” cover?
• Internet Connectivity and Communication - please provide the number of units and unit price.

Looking forward to your response. Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 09:30, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Response

Hi DSaroyan (WMF), bunch of thanks for reviewing this grant request. Please follow up with the answers below:

• Noted with thanks. I’ve updated the proposal page. Please see here, the community has been notified about this project at maiwiki village pump.
• Yes, I am an executive member of Maithili Wikimedians User Group. No, this grant isn’t requested on behalf of any Wikimedia affiliate. It is requested on my individual volunteer capacity.
• Yes, I have reached out to Texas International College in Kathmandu, and they have expressed great enthusiasm to participate in the proposed event. We will be reaching out to more educational institutions in Kathmandu if they are willing to take part in it.

Budget:

• I am planning to give 3 gifts to the Principal, Vice-Principal, Head of Department during four training events and 3 gifts to the guests during the one workshop event. [3000 NPR * 5 = 15000 NPR]
• Well, transportation expenses will cover local taxi fare, bus fare, etc. whenever we will be visiting educational institutions for training events, workshop and team meetup.
• Miscellaneous expenses will cover token of appreciation for participants, service charges or undocumentable expenses, etc.
• Internet Connectivity and Communication consists of mobile data, cell phone voice pack subscriptions for 3 - 5 team members and total estimated expenses is 15000 NPR, each for 3000 NPR.

Thank you for your time. Warm regards, Bijay chaurasia (talk) 14:15, 21 April 2021 (UTC)