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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > -- > Etiamsi omnes, ego non > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
