Wikimania 2021/Scholarships/San Diego Wikimedians User Group

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Wikimania 2021

San Diego Wikimedians User Group

Host in-person events in relation to Wikimania 2021, to include in-person viewing of events at partner facilities and mixers for Wikimedians.

start dateAugust 7

start year2021

end date31 December

end year2021

budget (local currency)1,320USD

budget (USD)1,320USD for US-SAN Affiliate

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grantee• RightCowLeftCoast

contact(s)• LipumanoUdangmail.com• DrMel

Wikimedia Affiliate• San Diego Wikimedians User Group

website (if applicable)• sdwiki.org

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Note: Wikimania 2021 scholarhship applicants must be Wikimedia movement affiliates. Individuals and other organizations are not eligible.

Project Plan

Activities

What Wikimedia movement affiliate do you represent?

• San Diego Wikimedians User Group

What needs are you requesting funding for to support your community’s participation at Wikimania?
Please review following eligible activities and expenses below, and write below any that will be included in your activities.

• Childcare services (or similar family services) to support Wikimania participation
• Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
• Administrative or operational costs for to distribute funds to community members, such as transfer fees
• Small hardware expenses to support access (such as webcams, microphones, head/earphones)

  Note: Requests for computers, laptops, tablets, and other personal devices are not eligible.

• Translation services for a Wikimania session
• Video production support for pre-recorded Wikimania sessions (such as equipment or space)
• In-person meetups that coincide with Wikimania activities (food, beverage, meeting space)
• Post-Wikimania meetups resulting from having attended Wikimania (food, beverage, meeting space)

• In-person meetup at an American Legion post for Wikimedians
• Post-Wikimania meetups

If you are requesting more than 1000 USD to distribute to your community, please provide additional detail on how you will distribute these funds.
Please provide a summary explaining the following:

• how you will invite community members to apply for funding,
• the criteria you will use to determine eligibility, and
• the processes or services you will use to distribute funds.

This description does not need to be comprehensive, but should generally explain the process for how community members will receive funds or support to participate in Wikimania. For support on eligibility criteria, feel free to review this reviewer's guide for previous Wikimania scholarship programs.
If you are not distributing funds to community members, please write N/A below.

• At this time, we do not envision distributing funds in excess of 1000USD to affiliate members. Funds will be spent on events, meetups, and affiliate costs.

Outcomes

Please provide a range or estimate for the number of participants the funding will support.
It is OK if this is estimate is based on limited information, but we want to have an idea of how your activities will support community participation in Wikimania. Some examples:

• 3-5 participants will receive childcare support to support their participation at Wikimania.
• 10 participants will receive hardware support
• 1-2 post-Wikimania meetups will be funded
• 10-20 participants will receive data packages to support their participation at Wikimania

• 1 in-person meetup for Wikimedians during Wikimania
• 4 post-Wikimania meetups, to occur monthly until the end of the year

Budget

How you will use the funds you are requesting? Please use the following categories for your expenses. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too!

• Childcare services (or similar family services)
• Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants

  In addition to a total budget, please indicate the average data cost per person who will receive funds for this need.

• Administrative or operational costs for distributing funds
• Small hardware expenses to support access
• Translation services for a Wikimania session
• Video production support
• Meetups during or after Wikimania activities (food, beverage, meeting space)

• $1,320
  • $300 In-person meetup during Wikimania
  • $400 post Wikimania meetups (100/meetup x 4)
  • $300 souvenirs
  • $200 Miscellaneous costs (funds to cover unforeseen and miscellaneous costs)
  • $120 Administration cost for distributing funds

Completing your application

Once you have completed the application, please do the following:

• Change the application status from status=draft to status=proposed in the {{Probox}} template.
• Contact communityevents@wikimedia.org and rapidgrants@wikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.