The news about being allowed to use a banner is,
from my perspective,
very welcome, although we would want to discuss what the banner will say,
to whom the money will go, etc. I would like to discuss these issues at
tonight's meeting.
Pine
(
)
On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 4:46 AM Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Thanks Kevin, I agree it is not too late to apply
for a Rapid Grant,
and I will volunteer to help as well as any usergroup / locality that is
interested.
LA has gotten a grant of $1K for their Wikipedia Day for the last two
years, and you could do something similar..
And also, we will have the ability in January to have a
fundraising-style centralnotice banner for select US states that could
reach a lot more people!
(This is a much more powerful tool than the watchlist geonotice, and is
appropriate for something like an annual meetup. I have been hoping to have
that tool for 10 years.)
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 2:57 AM Kevin Payravi <kevinpayravi(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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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