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 centerYou should host a
Wikipedia party in January 2019The Wikimedia Foundation offers event funding support up to
$2000 with a simple form that you fill out by 15 NovemberJanuary 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
athttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_DayIf 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/RapidSomething 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-….
ont-copy-me/557420/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_in_public_domain#Ente…
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
Rasberryuser:bluerasberry on Wikipedia206.801.0814lane(a)bluerasberry.com