WikiIndaba 2023/Microfunding/The Afrosounds Project

This is a proposal for a satellite event/meet up for The Afrosounds Project community members to participate and learn from the Wiki Indaba Conference 2023, Morocco through virtual streaming and engaging in wiki related activities.


Submit of request
This request for micro-funding to WikiIndaba 2023 has just been submitted by ReoMartins on 20-09-2023 and is awaiting support.

Description

The Afrosounds Project is a WikiProject that aims to promote the contribution of knowledge pertaining to African music and sounds on Wikimedia projects. Hence, preserving heritage, bridging knowledge gap and correcting misinformation, leveraging on open source technology and standards. The community is a collective of volunteer editors who are bridging the knowledge gap existent on the free encyclopedia as it specifically concerns information on music and sounds content in the African continent and in diaspora, indigenous and contemporary. This event hopes to create a satellite gathering in Lagos, Nigeria to empower volunteers join and participate in the conference, learning and exploring the objectives of Wikimedia in the continent, as well as explore opportunities to network and collaborate with other volunteers across the continent with the aim of advancing contributions and creating positive impact in free knowledge for Africa. This gathering would also provide an opportunity for volunteer editors - new and existing, join the conversation on how open source and free knowledge can be used to preserve the heritage and promote the knowledge of music and sounds in Africa.

Team

This proposal is being submitted by the Project Lead User:ReoMartins as an individual for the project community. The following volunteers who have experience with Wikimedia projects and meet up coordination would be supporting the organization and execution of this meetup:

Outcomes

This funding would be used to empower at least 30 participants to join the Wiki Indaba Conference 2023 virtually, hence joining the conversation with delegates from across the continent at promoting and advancing efforts towards a more inclusive and informed continent and sharing knowledge equity.

Summary

Name of contact person: Oreoluwa Ajayi
Username of contact person: ReoMartins
Affiliate (if applicable): The Afrosounds Project
Country: Nigeria
Event date and location: 4th November, 2023 - Lagos, Nigeria
Other stakeholders (if applicable):

Budget

Item	Unit price ($)	Quantity	Total ($)
Co-working Space	$100	1	$100
Internet	$50	1	$50
Victuals	$100	1	$100
SWAG Item	$50	1	$50
Total			$300

Any changes made to the budget after the application is submitted will void the application. You will then need to submit an updated application

Jury decision

Dear ReoMartins and colleagues from The Afrosounds Project,

We are sincerely grateful for the time and effort you invested in applying for a micro-grant for WikiIndaba 2023. Your interest in contributing to this event is highly appreciated.

Unfortunately, we have to inform you that your application was not selected for the micro-grant. We received an overwhelming number of quality applications (77 applications for only 7 grants), which made the decision process extremely challenging. Given the constraints, our focus has been on projects from underrepresented communities or groups that lack on-site representation at the conference. The team decided therefore to provide the grants only to countries where there are no user groups at the moment.

Though your application was not selected, we greatly value your interest in WikiIndaba 2023. To stay engaged and catch all the latest updates, we invite you to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and instagram. Additionally, we encourage you to subscribe to our YouTube channel, where we'll be sharing conference highlights and key sessions. We also suggest reaching out to your group members who will be participating in the conference, so they can share experiences and learnings with you.

Best regards,

Organizing Committee, WikiIndaba Conference 2023 -- WikiIndaba2021 (talk) 15:16, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]