<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-75518c24-a9fd-24f8-bce2-812273908cf6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15">Dear Wikimedian friends and colleagues,</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">tl;dr We have just launched our second round of</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">voluntary reporting. </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This is</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the most epic data collection and analysis of Wikimedia programs we've done so far as a movement, and all program leaders are invited to take part. :-) You can do so here: </span><a href="https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0B3azKpdZ7ggCtD" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0B3azKpdZ7ggCtD</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (or get in touch with the L&E team for support).</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As we did in the Fall of 2013, we invite community members leading and evaluating Wikimedia programs to share their data with the rest of the movement (i.e., </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Edit-a-thons, Editing Workshops, On-wiki Writing Contests, Photo Events, etc.)</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Last year’s data was collected and analysed in a series of reports that was the beginning of telling the Wikimedia story of impact: the incredible work of over 60 program leaders implementing 119 programs or projects in 30 countries across the world. This helped us start building a set of good and best practices for effective programs across our movement.[1] This year’s data drive will be critical to help us continue to do and learn better from each other.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To best prepare, program leaders can review the reporting items [1] and start gathering that data you have filed away about your programs since the last reporting round. We are looking for data on programs completed any time from September 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014. </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You can ask questions directly on the reporting form preview [2] or on our portal talk page [3]</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are planning to report and may need support from us, do let us know so that we can help in any way needed. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When ready, you will find the reporting collector at:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0B3azKpdZ7ggCtD" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0B3azKpdZ7ggCtD</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We also welcome your data in different formats.</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> For example, if you have already reported data elsewhere, we are happy to work with you to make the process as easy as possible. Message </span><a href="mailto:eval@wikimedia.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">eval@wikimedia.org</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and we can work out the easiest way to include your data.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are expanding the number of programs covered in the reporting this year, and extend the reporting window longer for some new programs, GLAM, and Wiki Loves Monuments. See the schedule below for timelines for reporting f</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">or each program type. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Data submission deadlines by program:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Due by October 20th </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Edit-a-thons/editing parties</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Editing Workshops</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Due by November 3rd </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On-wiki Writing Contests</span></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Photo Events (Wiki Loves Earth, WikiExpeditions, WikiTakes, etc.) </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wikipedia Education Program</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Due by November 17th</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Conferences</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GLAM Content Donation</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hackathons</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wiki Loves Monuments (2013 and 2014)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wikimedian in Residence</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Remember, reporting is voluntary but the more people do it, the better representation of programs we can make. This voluntary reporting allows us to come together and generate a bird’s eye view of programs [4]. We want to understand the impact of programs across different contexts, to examine both more broadly, and more deeply, what works best to meet our shared goals for Wikimedia and to, together, grow the awesome [5] in Wikimedia programs!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On behalf of the Learning and Evaluation team, thank you for your time and support in this initiative.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Warmly,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Anasuya</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Resource links:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[1] </span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Evaluation_reports/2013" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Evaluation_reports/2013</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[2] <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CG-K8I1d9JPqyRRyHTIQ5x7fASQXcHZsEMKutdAGuEY/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CG-K8I1d9JPqyRRyHTIQ5x7fASQXcHZsEMKutdAGuEY/edit?usp=sharing</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[3] <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Evaluation">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Evaluation</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[4] </span><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evaluation_Report_(beta)_Poster_Wikimania_2014.pdf" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evaluation_Report_(beta)_Poster_Wikimania_2014.pdf</span></a></p><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[5] </span><a href="http://www.nbp.org/nbp/images/book_photos/MAG-AWESOME.jpg" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.nbp.org/nbp/images/book_photos/MAG-AWESOME.jpg</span></a></span><br clear="all"><div><br></div><br><font color="#888888"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"></span></div></div></div></font><div><br></div>-- <br><i></i><span><font color="#888888"><i>Anasuya Sengupta<br>Senior Director of Grantmaking<br>Wikimedia Foundation</i><br><div dir="ltr"><i><font size="1"><br></font></i><div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in<br>
the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!<br><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Support Wikimedia</a></span></div></div></div></font></span><br><br><br>
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