The most impact that we could realise on a global scale would be to make
the knowledge in the English Wikipedia available to people who don't speak
English. £500,000 and Google technical support would go a long way to
realising some of that goal.
As the largest established chapter in the English-speaking world, the onus
should probably fall on us to coordinate an effort of that sort.
--
Doug
On 25 March 2013 12:20, Thomas Dalton
thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
> I agree, it is interesting and we do desperately need to diversify our
> revenue. Do we have any suitable projects we've been wanting to run
> but haven't due to lack of funds, though? Funds haven't really been
> our limiting factor.
>
> The VLE work might be suitable, but I doubt Google would consider it
> interesting enough (it's useful, but it isn't really transformative).
>
> Coming up with new projects specifically to apply for a particular
> grant is generally a bad idea.
>
> On 25 March 2013 10:21, Jon Davies
jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
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> > Interesting....
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> > Dear Jon,
> >
> > Today Google launched the Global Impact Challenge. Over the past few
> > months ACEVO has been working very closely with Google and think that
> this
> > game-changing award will celebrate the innovative work happening within
> the
> > sector. So we are inviting charities and voluntary organisations to
> showcase
> > how they would use technology to transform the lives of their
> beneficiaries.
> > The top four entries of the competition will each receive £500,000 and
> > support to help their project become a reality. A team at Google will
> > announce 10 finalists in mid-May and the public will be invited to vote
> and
> > donate to their favourite project.
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> > The prestigious panel judging the finalists will be inventor of the
> > Internet Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Mogul Sir Richard Branson and founder and
> CEO
> > of Forster Communications Jilly Forster. It’s thrilling to know how
> similar
> > Google and ACEVO’s approach is in celebrating innovation - I feel that
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> > is the start of a great corporate friendship.
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> > Applications opened today so apply here www.g.co/impactchallenge for
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> > Best wishes and good luck,
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