Hello, everyone.
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Jessie Wild jwild@wikimedia.org wrote:
Also, the Chapter's involvement need not necessarily be on a volunteer
basis should we wish to help with training and outreach, as I know that WMF have funds available and we could always put a small proposal together to help with this, should this be our focus.
Yes: if there are costs associated, this is definitely the type of project
a grant could help cover.
As Jessie says, the Wikimedia Foundation would be eager to remove obstacles standing in the path of a large school outreach program. If funds (e.g. to reimburse volunteers for travel) are an obstacle, by all means please consider making a grant request at the Wikimedia Grants Program page on Meta[1]. I manage the grants program, and I encourage you to consider me your first point of contact about grants and funding.
I also second Jessie's recommendation to review the materials recorded by our colleagues in Kenya[2], and in particular their field reports, as I think those can give prospective outreach volunteers much useful advice in advance.
Looking forward,
Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Index [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Kenya/Project_for_Kenyan_Schools