Hi Monika,
If you and Amanda would like to manage this event independently of CWUG,
which is 100% ok, then I think you might do best to request funding in a
way that isn't dependent on Cascadia Wikimedians User Group having our
budget approved and funded. While I hope that we can get at least an
initial budget approved and funded by the end of January, there are no
guarantees, and I would want this event to happen regardless of whether
CWUG's budget has been funded yet. CWUG members can still individually
provide in-kind support for the event, such as volunteering to help
organize the event or to help run it, and I personally would be happy to
advertise the existence of the event through SeaFOSS. CWUG might also like
to do some outreach to expand CWUG membership at the event, if you would
let us do that. My suggestion for getting funding in a relatively quick
manner is that you contact Wikimedia DC, because they have indicated that
they are looking for projects to fund, and because unlike WMF's GAC program
which has a $500 minimum for grant requests, DC has no minimum listed in
their grants policy:
. The place
to request a grant application from DC is
.
I hope that in the future CWUG will have an internal grantmaking capacity
so that we can easily fund small grant requests like you proposed for this
edit-a-thon. We are likely to have this capacity sometime in 2015, probably
after we get our program-oriented budget approved and funded.
Other CWUG board members may have their own thoughts to share.
Thanks for working on this, and happy holidays,
Pine
*This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/>
*One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of
our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we
must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not
know.*
*—Catherine Munro*
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 7:56 AM, Monika Sengul-Jones <
jones.monika(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Amanda,
I crafted an email to the Cascadia listserv with a few details and
responses to talk about the editing event. I also wanted to introduce you
and reaffirm autonomy about the event motivation as a Feminism+Wikipedia
edit-a-thon. I'd like to send this out to Cascadia listserv and hoped I
could run it by you first regarding the introduction and tone. Thanks for
your quick read through!
All the best, Monika.
--
Dear Cascadians --
We probably should coordinate with Portland / Another Believer. He has
proposed a March: ArtAndFeminism
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism>,
Portland
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cascadia_Wikimedians#Possible_calendar
A Portland event on ArtAndFeminism in March sounds great.
The Feminism+Wikipedia Edit-a-thon could be understood as a complementary
event to ArtAndFeminism. If there is a desire among this group to have the
UW edit-a-thon folded into a more established initiative, I would propose
GLAM, but with the focus as Feminism+WIkipedia GLAM edit-a-thon. The UW
Commons librarians have been incredibly eager to collaborate as a part of
their outreach effort. A Special Collections librarian is likely to speak
at the opening, highlighting what's unique to their collections as is
relevant for feminist research for a public knowledge project. Three
members of Commons team have also volunteered to staff the event. This
could give the event some visibility/traction as a part of bigger campaign.
The event will be in February, either Feb. 14or the 21, as this is when
the UW Commons team is available. If there is not significant opposition by
this group, I suggest the 14th for symbolic purposes ~ <3 ~ (and have
preliminarily penciled this in):
You can find more details on the Cascadia Meta page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cascadia_Wikimedians#Drafting_programs…
I'm also very pleased to share that Amanda Menking will be a part of the
organizing team. For those of you who haven't met her, Amanda (mssemantics)
is a doctoral student at the UW Information School researching gender and
social computing. She is also a Wikimedia Individual Engagement Project
grant recipient.
Thanks again all so far for your continued enthusiasm. Please let me know
if you have further questions or concerns. I look forward to being in touch
in the coming weeks via email/wikipedia pages as plans solidify.
On a personal note, I will be away during the 2nd & possibly the 4th
weekend in March. I would love to help with either edit-a-thon if they fall
in February, the 1st or 3rd weekends in March, or April (pending my
oncall schedule).
Would be glad to have you be a part of Feminism+Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in
February, Peaceray. :)
All the best for the holiday season, Cascadia!
Best,
Monika
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Monika Sengul-Jones <
jones.monika(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The art+feminism campaign is fantastic and this could understood as
related project, absolutely.
Monika
Sent from my mobile phone
On Dec 15, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
FYI, one possible option is to align it with the ArtAndFeminism
wiki-campaign, which is running in March (though February woild work as
well):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism
Thanks,
Pharos
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Monika Sengul-Jones <
jones.monika(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Cascadia Wikipedians,
>
> Earlier this fall we discussed a feminism and Wikipedia editathon at
> UW. I'd like to nail down a date for this so I've created a doodle with a
> few time and two different Saturday options that work for the UW commons
> team. If you could take a minute to respond here, it would be great to have
> your participation as seasoned editors.
>
>
http://doodle.com/34s744ufnkawfa2z
>
> See you soon,
> Thanks!
> Monika
>
> Sent from my mobile phone
>
> On Dec 13, 2014, at 11:52 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Cascadians (especially Board members):
>
> The only person who has commented on the initial draft budget request
> on Meta is Bluerasberry. Based on his comments, I have made a few
> modifications. If I hear no objections within the next several days, I'll
> proceed with making a budget request to GAC.
>
> Peaceray and I made progress today on bylaws. Hopefully we will have a
> draft set of bylaws ready soon for public comment.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pine
>
> *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock
> of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water
> we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
> which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
> fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not
> know.*
>
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On Dec 15, 2014, at 5:13 PM, Raymond Leonard <
raymond.f.leonard.jr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We probably should coordinate with Portland / Another Believer. He has
proposed a March: ArtAndFeminism
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism>, Portland
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cascadia_Wikimedians#Possible_calendar
On a personal note, I will be away during the 2nd & possibly the 4th
weekend in March. I would love to help with either edit-a-thon if they fall
in February, the 1st or 3rd weekends in March, or April (pending my oncall
schedule).
Yours,
Peaceray
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Monika Sengul-Jones <
jones.monika(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The art+feminism campaign is fantastic and this could understood as
related project, absolutely.
Monika
Sent from my mobile phone
On Dec 15, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
FYI, one possible option is to align it with the ArtAndFeminism
wiki-campaign, which is running in March (though February woild work as
well):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism
Thanks,
Pharos
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Monika Sengul-Jones <
jones.monika(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Cascadia Wikipedians,
Earlier this fall we discussed a feminism and Wikipedia editathon at
UW. I'd like to nail down a date for this so I've created a doodle with a
few time and two different Saturday options that work for the UW commons
team. If you could take a minute to respond here, it would be great to have
your participation as seasoned editors.
http://doodle.com/34s744ufnkawfa2z
See you soon,
Thanks!
Monika
Sent from my mobile phone
On Dec 13, 2014, at 11:52 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Cascadians (especially Board members):
The only person who has commented on the initial draft budget request
on Meta is Bluerasberry. Based on his comments, I have made a few
modifications. If I hear no objections within the next several days, I'll
proceed with making a budget request to GAC.
Peaceray and I made progress today on bylaws. Hopefully we will have a
draft set of bylaws ready soon for public comment.
Thanks,
Pine
*This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/>
*One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock
of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water
we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not
know.*
*—Catherine Munro*
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