Proposal: Regional WikiAcademy program
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This program | This program is limited to workshops held in areas outside the main population centres of Australia. As a rough guide, the host town should be at least 1 hour away from an urban centre of 50,000 or more people, and 2 hours away from an urban centre of 200,000 or more people, using the latest census data as a guide. (Currently this is the 2006 census, which can be found at [[w:List of cities in Australia by population#50 largest Urban Centres by population|Wikipedia]]) | ||
A cultural organisation or government body located in the host town must agree to be a partner. The partner organisation should provide the venue, if | A cultural organisation or government body located in the host town must agree to be a partner. The partner organisation should provide the venue, if it is within their reach. Each partner will have different strengths and Wikimedia Australia will evaluate each application with this in mind. | ||
=== Attendance === | === Attendance === |
Revision as of 05:51, 4 March 2012
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This proposal is to establish a WikiAcademy program for wiki workshops to be held in regional areas of Australia, and allocate funding for the first round.
Annual program
Wikimedia Australia will annually allocate a pool of funds for this program.
There will be one round per year. An expression of interest (EOI) for applications will be sent out in the first quarter of each year, and the results will be published before the end of the second quarter.
- 2012-13
The committee allocates $50,000 to this program for workshops to be held in the 2012-13 financial year.
The EOI will be sent out in the middle of March, with a closing date around mid-May.
The committee will approve between 10-15 applications and announce the results in June.
Prerequisites
Host town
This program is limited to workshops held in areas outside the main population centres of Australia. As a rough guide, the host town should be at least 1 hour away from an urban centre of 50,000 or more people, and 2 hours away from an urban centre of 200,000 or more people, using the latest census data as a guide. (Currently this is the 2006 census, which can be found at Wikipedia)
A cultural organisation or government body located in the host town must agree to be a partner. The partner organisation should provide the venue, if it is within their reach. Each partner will have different strengths and Wikimedia Australia will evaluate each application with this in mind.
Attendance
Before the committee of Wikimedia Australia will lock in resources to support the WikiAcademy, eight people must have committed to attend, including:
- five Wikimedians, of which two must be Wikimedia Australia members residing in the state the WikiAcademy is held.
- three distinct historical societies, represented by at least one person
We will not be at all concerned if only those eight people turn up.
Organisation support
With the host town and attendance prerequisites in place, Wikimedia Australia will provide organisational support, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Transport costs of taking Wikimedians from the major cities to the host town, inc. picking up people en-route as appropriate. (e.g. hire a bus; pay for petrol for cars with at least two Wikimedians in the car, etc)
- Transport costs for three Wikimedians who do not reside en-route from capital city to the host town, up to $100 to each.
- Transport costs for five historical societies, up to $200 each.
- Accommodation for up to 10 people who must be either Wikimedians or historical society members
- Catering for two meals, limited to people who have an appropriate reason to be attending.
- Attendance by a committee member
Anyone in the host town who provides overnight accommodation will receive free membership.
Any society member who turns up is eligible for half price membership. (as we did at the GLAM-WIKI conference).
Expectations
The organisation will expect that, in addition to the links forged between people and the organisations, the Wikimedians will pack their cameras and notebooks, and will invest some time into developing content about the host town and the topics of interest to the societies that attend.