The state I live in in Australia is offering $100,000 worth of grant money to improve the quality of life for local women. Details are available at http://www.dhcs.act.gov.au/women/grants_and_scholarships . The money is for one off programs, with a maximum of $25,000 available.
Should members of this list, local chapters and the WMF be looking to apply for these types of grants? Is there any opportunity to apply for grants like this which would help with goals WMF related goals, help in the development of relationships like WMF has with GLAMs, with the idea of increasing female participation or improving female related content on Wikipedia? What sort of activities could be done if this was an area that people thought was valuable and an idea worth exploring?
Laura - and I'm sorry if you did that already - but is not a good idea send that to WMAU mailing list? _____ *Béria Lima* Wikimedia Portugal http://wikimedia.pt (351) 963 953 042
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On 1 October 2011 23:27, Laura Hale laura@fanhistory.com wrote:
The state I live in in Australia is offering $100,000 worth of grant money to improve the quality of life for local women. Details are available at http://www.dhcs.act.gov.au/women/grants_and_scholarships . The money is for one off programs, with a maximum of $25,000 available.
Should members of this list, local chapters and the WMF be looking to apply for these types of grants? Is there any opportunity to apply for grants like this which would help with goals WMF related goals, help in the development of relationships like WMF has with GLAMs, with the idea of increasing female participation or improving female related content on Wikipedia? What sort of activities could be done if this was an area that people thought was valuable and an idea worth exploring?
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On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Béria Lima beria.lima@wikimedia.pt wrote:
Laura - and I'm sorry if you did that already - but is not a good idea send that to WMAU mailing list?
I have already done that, with a version that asked less "How can we engage women and should WMF be looking to try to do this sort of work? Should we be looking for grants?" with more specific questions. Hence, I didn't include them on the string.
Béria, do you think exploring grants like the one linked to is something people involved with this list should be doing? Béria, do you have ideas as to what could be proposed to try to get some of these grants?
*Béria, do you think exploring grants like the one linked to is something people involved with this list should be doing? *
Yes. I - personally - don't see a problem with that. Their idea is "improve the status of ACT women." I do think is a bit limited for us - since they mention the geography region for the actions, but I think we definitely should try it :)
*Béria, do you have ideas as to what could be proposed to try to get some of
these grants?*
I'm a complete dumb when comes to Australia culture, so I might not be the best person to ask to it :) But maybe some GLAM activities for Woman, or some conference (or mini conference) about Wikipedia, maybe an outreach action... Again, I'm not the best one to say you what to do, but if you decide what you want to do and need help you can count with me :) _____ *Béria Lima* Wikimedia Portugal http://wikimedia.pt (351) 963 953 042
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On 1 October 2011 23:47, Laura Hale laura@fanhistory.com wrote:
On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Béria Lima beria.lima@wikimedia.ptwrote:
Laura - and I'm sorry if you did that already - but is not a good idea send that to WMAU mailing list?
I have already done that, with a version that asked less "How can we engage women and should WMF be looking to try to do this sort of work? Should we be looking for grants?" with more specific questions. Hence, I didn't include them on the string.
Béria, do you think exploring grants like the one linked to is something people involved with this list should be doing? Béria, do you have ideas as to what could be proposed to try to get some of these grants?
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