Hello,
Wikimedia DC has prepared this draft grant proposal for its Cultural Partnerships Program, a one-year pilot program to scale up Wikimedia volunteers’ work with cultural institutions by improving on the organizing capacity of our volunteers. To this end, we are partnering with the GLAM-Wiki US Consortium to organize our national network of volunteers and to train new ones through the second GLAM Boot Camp. Our goal is to make it possible for people to participate in the GLAM-Wiki movement and to keep better track of the work we are doing throughout the country.
The proposal is located here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_US-DC/Cultural_Partnerships_2… – comments and on-wiki endorsements are welcome.
Please contact me if you have any questions about the proposal.
Cheers,
James
—
James Hare
President, Wikimedia DC
http://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc
Hi all,
Many schools in the United States encourage or require students to perform
community service hours, such as by cleaning up parks, caring for the
disabled, or tutoring younger students. Sometimes more specialized
requirements apply, such as university schools of education or health which
may require experience that is applicable to a student's desired
coursework. Contributing to Wikimedia is one form of accepted community
service in a multi-campus Mexican university, and the practice seems to be
gaining momentum (see
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/13/wiki-learning-edit-a-thon-mexico/).
These community service programs are different from in-class assignments
that require Wikipedia editing. Wikipedia can benefit from both kinds of
activities.
I am wondering, have other Wikimedia affiliates had success with
encouraging students to complete community service requirements by
contributing to Wikimedia? I am thinking that here in Cascadia, we might
encourage schools to allow this option, and other affiliates also might
want to explore this possibility.
Thanks,
Pine
Excellent, thanks Katherine. I'll check the 60 Minutes segment to see if
they have ideas that I can reuse for the video productions that some of us
are working on this year. It sounds like their intended audience is
different, more aimed at educating readers than educating potential editors
or researchers, so it remains to be seen how much overlap there will be. I
look forward to watching the episode.
Pine
On Apr 5, 2015 4:17 AM, "Katherine Maher" <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> For the past year, the US television program* 60 Minutes*[1] has been
> working on a segment on Wikimedia. We learned that it will air today
> Sunday, April 5, at 7 p.m. EST/PST, and will be available for streaming on
> the* 60** Minutes* website (http://www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/),
> reportedly
> without any geo IP restrictions, shortly after it airs.
>
> We wanted to let you know in case you are interested in watching. *60
> Minutes *doesn't allow subjects to preview their scripts, but here's what
> we expect:
>
> *BASICS*
>
> Title: "Wikimania"
> Host: Morley Safer
> Length: 13-17 minutes
> Audience: ~12 million, US, general interest, mature audience.
> Time: Sunday, April 5, at 7 p.m. EST/PST
> Availability: Streaming at the* 60** Minutes*/site shortly after airdate;
> no geo IP restrictions
>
> *THEMES*
>
> *60** Minutes* prides itself in making complicated realities easily
> understandable. It will be a high-level introduction for a general
> audience, and may even seem simplistic for a community member.
>
> We expect the segment to be positive, focusing on how Wikipedia is created
> by volunteers from all over the world, and emphasizing how unusual the
> projects are. In terms of negatives, the feature may include some stale
> stereotypes about Wikimedians as socially awkward, the gender gap, and
> inaccuracies.
>
> The segment will feature:
>
>
> - Interviews with Jimmy, Sue, and Lila
> - A short profile of Jimmy as founder.
> - Storytelling from Wikimania London.
> - Examples of people involved with Wikipedia including: Dumi Ndubane and
> Bobby Shabangu of Wikimedia ZA; Dorothy Howard leading a GLAM editathon
> at
> the Frick museum in NY; and an interview with NYC Wikipedian Amanda
> Levendowski.
> - Notable facts and figures about Wikipedia, its global popularity,
> depth, and user support.
>
> You can currently find preview clips here:
> http://www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/
>
> Thanks to everyone for your support and participation!
>
> Katherine
>
> [1] *60 Minutes* is one of the most popular television shows in the Unites
> States, reaching an audience of as many as 15 million people each week.
> Morley Safer, the journalist, is one of the best known hosts.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60_Minutes;
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morley_Safer
> --
> Katherine Maher
> Chief Communications Officer
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 149 New Montgomery Street
> San Francisco, CA 94105
>
> +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
> +1 (415) 712 4873
> kmaher(a)wikimedia.org
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