Hi Brian,

Sorry for not replying to your email sooner. This sounds like a great idea to me, and well worth running. I would expect the major potential stumbling block to be finding a sufficient number of interested people to attend - particularly if you're holding the sessions in Edinburgh, which is rather out of the way for most of the UK populace (sadly).

Depending on the amount of funds you're after from Wikimedia UK to support the event, you might want to put in a request for a microgrant (up to £100; quick approval process): http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants or if larger, post it as an initiative (over £100; slower approval process; more details needed): http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Initiatives

Basically: let us know what you need from Wikimedia UK, and we'll see what we can do to help.

Thanks, Mike

On 16 Dec 2010, at 21:10, brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:

I have been 'cultivating' good contacts with my local library staff (as all on-list should know, this is a smart move).

Based on that, I would like to move on to developing a Wikinews reporters' workshop programme. The UK is fairly well represented in WN's small contributor base, and I believe I can tease some free sessions in one of Edinburgh's libraries to run a 3-4 x 3 hour workshop session to turn interested parties into effective citizen journalists.

There would be a need to fund printed material; fliers, workbooks, reading lists &c. I'd like to know I'd some backing to do this. Then, approach the library, see about bloc booking their computer facilities, and doing the whole thing as cheaply as possible.

Thoughts? Constructive criticism? What, such as editing tips, can I reuse?

-- Brian McNeil http://www.wikinewsie.org | http://en.wikinewsie.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil

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