Thank you, Liam, for the supportive positive comments. Sydney On May 1, 2015 5:36 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
