Hello,
I don't want people to be discouraged from applying for a Rapid Grant - I
wouldn't say it's too late for this, and I encourage folks to apply for
Rapid Grants if it interests them. Rapid grants I've submitted this year
have been processed within a month, though it's true that some can take
several months. Grant requesting can be YMMV ("your mileage may vary"), and
it comes down to the nature of the project, how much is requested, the
urgency of the funding, etc. Funding for this sort of event (Wikipedia Day)
is pretty par for the course, so I don't think there should be any delays.
Worth noting that Rapid Grant requests must now be for between $500 and
$2000 dollars. Unfortunately any requests for under $500 won't be accepted,
which may or may not be a problem depending on the size of your event. If
you wouldn't need $500 to host a Wikipedia Day, one suggestion I have is to
turn the grant into a more long-term project (e.g. request funding for
multiple Q1 2019 activities for your community, such as Wikipedia Day + two
edit-a-thons).
Happy to help anyone with setting up a grant request if needed.
Thanks,
Kevin Payravi
SuperHamster on en.wiki
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 5:12 PM Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Unfortunately, I would say that this is a bit
late to request a "Rapid"
Grant for January. WMF has been taking months to process requests for these
grants. Someone who requests funding today might or might not get it in
time for a January event.
Pine
(
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
-------- Original message --------
From: Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com>
Date: 11/7/18 2:46 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: Wikimedia US Mailing List <wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Wikimediaus-l] host Wikipedia Day + Public Domain party in Jan
2019, request funds NOW!...
Hello!
Summary -
- Anyone can host a Wikipedia party in their local university,
library, or community center
- You should host a Wikipedia party in January 2019
- The Wikimedia Foundation offers event funding support up to $2000
with a simple form that you fill out by 15 November
- January 2019 is unusual for a change in public domain legal
status, and your local uni / library is probably keen to co-host with you
if you bring cake
-------------------
On January 15, 2001, Wikipedia was established and also
creativecommons.org was registered. The organizations came to be good
collaborators, with content in Wikipedia being available through Creative
Commons licenses. There is a tradition in January of celebrating
Wikipedia's birthday, Wikipedia Day!, and anyone can host a birthday party.
Celebrate Creative Commons also! See previous events and documentation at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Day
If you think you might host an event, please request funding NOW and by
15 November for response in December. Expenses which the Wikimedia
Foundation has sponsored in the past include the cost of snacks for
attendees, fees associated with renting a meeting space in a community
center, and costs associated with promoting accessibility and diversity
among participants.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
Something unusual about this year is that 2019 in the United States is
the first time since the late 1990s when there will be copyright expiration
of published works. See context:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/04/copywritten-so-dot.
ont-copy-me/557420/
<https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/04/copywritten-so-dont-copy-me/557420/>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_in_public_domain#Entering_the_public_dom…
In practical terms, for as long as Wikipedia has existed we have given
the general copyright advice that works published after 1923 are under
copyright. In January 2019, our advice changes for the first time in nearly
20 years to be 1924, and we will count forward every year from this point
with all the media from those years entering the public domain. Many
librarians know about this shift in public domain, and your local
university library might be hosting an event already to which you can add a
Wikipedia talk or workshop + cake. If you show up with cake and wiki then
they will love you and wiki forever.
Public Domain Day + Wikipedia Day + <3 Creative Commons in January 2019!
Thanks everyone and speak up here or on the Wikipedia Day talk page if
you have questions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Day
--
Lane Rasberry
user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia
206.801.0814
lane(a)bluerasberry.com
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