I've been trying to change things about the Komi WP (kv), sending letters to the local university, etc. The activity had now respond, though. :)
From my experience with both the Limburgish and the Bambara Wikipedia
nearly all existing institutes won't really bother as long as there's not a basic amount of articles.
I _did_ attend to a UNESCO multilingualism conference, and 3 different speakers mentioned the Bambara Wikipedia, on the second day only. However, none of these people added something themselves, or incited others to add something. And unfortunately I was feeling too sick to partake in serious active networking.
bye!