Wikimania 2022/Scholarships/Punjabi Wikimedians

 As per community discussions, we will be proposing this under a rapid grant because we didn't have much time to discuss the participation of the community in Wikimania

statusdraft

Wikimania 2022

Punjabi Wikimedians

To organize a local event/meetup in a place decided after discussing with the community

start dateJuly 1

start year2022

end dateAugust 30

end year2022

budget (USD)4000

type

grantee• Benipal hardarshan

contact(s)• Hardarshanbenipal.hb@gmail.com• Jagseer S Sidhu (Jagseersidhu98@gmail.com)

friendly space expectations

Applications are not required to be in English. Please complete the application in your preferred language.

Project Plan

Activities

What Wikimedia movement affiliate do you represent?

• Punjabi Wikimedians User Group

How will the funding requested 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)
• Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants

• Hotel
• Food
• Travels
• Merchandise
• Miscellaneous(Internet or Small hardware)

If you are planning to distribute funds to community members, such as by running a local scholarship program, please provide additional detail on how you will organize this process.
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.

• N/A

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
• 10-20 participants will receive data packages to support their participation at Wikimania

• About 17 users from Punjabi community will join this event
• 3 users from other Indian communities will be invited

  Note: If these participant are unable to join then they will be replaced by inviting participants from Punjabi community

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
• Wikimania meetups and watch parties during the days of the event
• Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants

Item	Cost
Hotel	$2075
Food	$750
Travels	$775
Merchandise	$250
Miscellaneous(Internet or Small hardware)	$150
Total	$4,000

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 wikimanawikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.