Dear Collab members,
Happy Friday!
I have created an Outreach page regarding the education campaign that we
are currently structuring. On this page, we can discuss ongoing questions
about the campaign, such as the campaign name and the number of assignments
we will have. You can find the page here
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Wikipedia_Education_Collabora…>.
On the Discussion page, I have created topics where you can share your
opinion on any of the questions outlined on the general page.
I look forward to hearing your opinions. Please let me know if you have any
questions.
Sincerely,
Loreen
Dear Collab members,
This is a friendly reminder to share your story to the Education Newsletter
by Monday, August 22. If you would like to have your story published,
please follow this link to the Newsroom. In the Newsroom, you will find a
template with guidelines that will help you create your story. We hope to
see many of your programs there!
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom
It would be much appreciated if you could also send out a few tweets about
this opportunity, including the deadline of August 22.
Thank you all for your help, and I look forward to reading your stories in
the Newsletter!
All best,
Loreen Ruíz
Relevant for people running (or planning to run) education
programs/activities seeking funding from WMF.
Passing along a recent announcement from my colleagues who run the new
Project Grants program. Please see their office hours or reach out to them
with any questions!
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Hi everyone,
The Wikimedia Foundation Project Grants program will launch its first open
call on July 1. We will be accepting proposals through August 2nd for new
ideas to improve Wikimedia projects. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>.
Funds are available to support individuals, groups and organizations to
implement new experiments and proven ideas, whether focused on building a
new tool or gadget, organizing a better process on your wiki, researching
an important issue, coordinating an editathon series or providing other
support for community-building.
Ideas from the current Inspire Campaign on addressing harassment are very
welcome. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>
Do you have have a good idea, but would like some feedback before applying?
Put it into the IdeaLab, where volunteers and staff can give you advice and
guidance on how to bring it to life. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab> Once your idea is ready,
it can be easily migrated into a grant request.
Marti Johnson and I will also be hosting weekly proposals clinics via
Hangouts and IRC for real-time discussions about the Project Grants Open
Call. We’ll answer questions and help you make your proposal better. Dates
and times are as follows:
* Tuesday, July 5 - 16:00 UTC
* Thursday, July 14 - 02:00 UTC
* Wednesday, July 20 - 15:00 UTC
* Friday, July 29 - 02:00 UTC
* Tuesday, August 2 - 01:30 UTC
* Tuesday, August 2 - 16:00 UTC
Links for Hangouts and the IRC channel are available here: <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events>
We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and
make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into
motion, and submit your proposal between July 1 and August 2! <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Apply>
Please feel free to get in touch with me (awang(a)wikimedia.org) or Marti
Johnson (mjohnson(a)wikimedia.org) with questions about getting started with
your project!
Warm regards,
Alex & Marti
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Alexandra Wang
Program Officer
Community Resources
Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
+1 415-839-6885
Skype: alexvwang