Thank you Liam for your nice comments. Hasive
On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Micru, > > My understanding is that the thinking at WMF is that, if this campaign is > successful, they may repeat Inspire with a different focus, perhaps global > south, underrepresented languages, public health, or education programs. > > It could be very beneficial to involve affiliates in some of these > programs. Affiliates might also be interested in running some of the > projects in IdeaLab that have not yet been sponsored by WMF. > > Cheers, > > Pine > > Pine > > *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> > > > > > > > *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of > our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we > must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in > which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad > fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not > know.* > > *—Catherine Munro* > > On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 1:52 AM, David Cuenca <dacu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Liam, that is true, originally I submitted an idea because of the > specific > > topic of the campaign, which later on evolved into a more generic project > > which could potentially address other kind of issues. BUT, without the > > original hook, perhaps I would have never submitted anything. > > > > I hope the inspire campaign doesn't mean that it is the only way to do > > things. I wish to see chapters playing a role in the grantmaking process, > > assisting specially with internationalitation which seems a long standing > > issue. > > > > Cheers, > > Micru > > > > On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 11:35 PM, Liam Wyatt <liamwy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Congratulations on bringing to the surface these 16 project ideas! > > > I'm looking forward to seeing how these specific projects go, and also > to > > > seeing if they can become replicable models for future activities and > > help > > > solve the broad gender-gap problem. > > > > > > When the "inspire campaign" was first announced I was critical - not of > > the > > > importance of the topic - but whether the method of "focusing attention > > on > > > only one topic" was a good idea. By focusing grants on one topic, would > > > that be beneficial to that topic or would it simply be detrimental to > all > > > other topics? > > > > > > It seems the answer is that SPECIFICALLY INVITING people to apply for > > > grants on a specific topic DOES draw out many and various good ideas. > > > Without that specific invitation, it is likely that only a proportion > of > > > these would ever have been submitted, and an even smaller number > actually > > > funded. > > > > > > Furthermore, it don't believe any of the grant applications that were > > > underway on other topics were delayed or negatively affected because of > > > this project. > > > > > > So, congratulations WMF grants team on trialling an innovative and > tricky > > > idea. Let's hope the 16 projects prove to be successful! > > > > > > -Liam / Wittylama > > > > > > > > > wittylama.com > > > Peace, love & metadata > > > > > > On 1 May 2015 at 23:01, Alex Wang <aw...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > Today we're pleased to announce a new group of grantees working to > > > increase > > > > gender diversity in Wikimedia projects. > > > > > > > > In early March, we announced the Inspire campaign > > > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>, an > > initiative > > > > led > > > > by WMF’s Community Resources team to generate new ideas to address > > > > Wikimedia's gender gap. From 266 ideas came 42 grant proposals > eligible > > > for > > > > consideration. After careful review by a committee of volunteer > > > Wikimedians > > > > and gender-focused experts, 16 projects have been recommended and > > > approved > > > > for funding. > > > > > > > > The projects are experimenting with a variety of strategies: > organizing > > > > events and leveraging professional communities, institutions and > > > > partnerships to create quality content, researching gaps in both > > content > > > > and contributors, and testing approaches for training and mentorship > to > > > > better support gender diversity on-wiki. Overall, we’re particularly > > > > pleased to see projects looking at gender in multiple ways as they > work > > > to > > > > improve Wikipedia’s gender diversity across various contexts, and to > be > > > > supporting some returning grantees as well as many new project > leaders > > > who > > > > identify as women or allies for increasing gender diversity. > > > > > > > > You can also read more about the campaign and each funded project on > > the > > > > Wikimedia Foundation blog > > > > <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/01/meet-the-inspire-grantees/>. > > > > > > > > The funded projects are: > > > > > > > > > > > > - Wikipedian in Residence for Gender Equity > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedian_in_Residence_for_Gender_Equity > > > > > > > > > - Gender gap admin training > > > > < > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Gender-gap_admin_training > > > > > > > > > > > > - Survey women who don't contribute > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Survey_women_who_don%27t_contribute > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Wikipedia Gender Index > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/WIGI:_Wikipedia_Gender_Index > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Wikipedia Buddy Group > > > > < > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedia_Buddy_Group > > > > > > > > - Wiki Edit-a-thon Work Parties > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wiki_Edit-a-thon_Work_Parties > > > > > > > > > - More Female Architects on Wikipedia > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/More_Female_Architects_on_Wikipedia > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Linguistics Editathon series: Improving female linguists' > > > > participation and representation on Wikipedia > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Linguistics_Editathon_series:_Improving_female_linguists%27_participation_and_representation_on_Wikipedia > > > > > > > > > - Wikipedia edit-a-thon for the Aphra Behn Society > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedia_edit-a-thon_for_the_Aphra_Behn_Society > > > > > > > > > - Wikineedsgirls > > > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikineedsgirls> > > > > - Gender in East Asia Wikipedia Editing > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Gender_in_East_Asia_Wikipedia_Editing > > > > > > > > > - Full Circle Gap Protocol: Addressing the Unknown Unknowns > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Full_Circle_Gap_Protocol:_Addressing_the_%E2%80%98Unknown_Unknowns%E2%80%99 > > > > > > > > > - Wellington Wikipedia Meet Up - With Childcare > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wellington_Wikipedia_Meet_Up_-_With_Childcare > > > > !> > > > > > > > > - Just for the record > > > > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Just_for_the_record > > > > > > > - Let's fill the gender gap Workshops > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Let%27s_fill_the_gender_gap_Workshops > > > > > > > > > - Empowering Afrodescendant women in Wikipedia > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Empowering_Afrodescendant_women_in_Wikipedia > > > > > > > > > > > > > What’s next: > > > > > > > > We hope you'll continue to engage with these projects as they begin > > work > > > in > > > > coming months and offer your experience and ideas! > > > > > > > > Meanwhile, our regularly scheduled grant programs continue :) > > > > > > > > A number of ideas and grant proposals from the campaign are still in > > > > development. Over the coming year, we'll continue to encourage people > > to > > > > make changes based on feedback and our Project and Event Grants > > > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG> and Individual > Engagement > > > > Grants <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG> programs will be > > > happy > > > > to continue to receive new or adjusted proposals aimed at increasing > > > gender > > > > diversity during regular funding cycles along with all other topics. > > > > > > > > A full analysis of the Inspire campaign is in progress, and in coming > > > weeks > > > > we'll be sharing findings from a traffic analysis and a participant > > > survey. > > > > Stay tuned for another update in mid-May on what we learned from the > > > > Inspire experiment, what worked, what didn't, and recommended steps > for > > > the > > > > future. > > > > > > > > Many thanks to all of you that contributed to this campaign with > > > proposals, > > > > ideas, feedback and suggestions! > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > The Inspire Team > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Alexandra Wang > > > > Program Officer > > > > Project & Event Grants > > > > Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> > > > > +1 415-839-6885 > > > > Skype: alexvwang > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Etiamsi omnes, ego non > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- *Hasive **Nurunnaby Chowdhury** :: **নুরুন্নবী চৌধুরী **হাছিব* Global User: Hasive <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hasive> Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia <http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Hasive> Member | GAC Committee, Wikimedia Foundation <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Grant_Advisory_Committee> Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia Foundation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People> Director | Wikimedia Bangladesh Operations Committee <http://www.wikimedia.org.bd> fb.com/Hasive <http://fb.com/itsNCH> | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
