Hi all,
In 2019, Wiki Loves Monuments will be organized for the 10th time. As we
will be celebrating this achievement, we would like to use this opportunity
to reflect on the years behind us and learn how we can improve Wiki Loves
Monuments.
We have created a short survey to ask you to help us learn about the areas
that we can do better within our mission: to freely document and raise
awareness about the monuments, increase contributions to Wikimedia
projects, and bolster local Wikimedia communities.
I would like to invite you all to help us think about this by filling out
this 4 minute survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdG0Dx9CBo613D5XdQ-nCzCe7P_F2k0niS…
We still want to do all of this through an annual, federated, global,
low-barrier photo competition, please keep that in mind as the frame we'd
like to operate under. While your thoughts and recommendations about any
aspect of Wiki Loves Monuments are welcome, we will be paying extra
attention to recommendations that can help the contest become more global:
to help us empower more people from more diverse demographics to join the
project, as organizers, jurors, participants, and beyond.
Thank you for your time in advance.
On behalf of the international team,
Lodewijk
Hi all,
If you are organizing Wiki Loves Monuments in a country without existing
funding structures for Wiki Loves Monuments, you have the possibility to
request a 'Rapid Grant' at the Wikimedia Foundation. This is a low barrier
program that should make it easy to request smaller grants with minimal
effort. You can find more information about the program here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
The requirements and documentation may seem a little overwhelming, but it's
really not that impossible if you have a clear idea what you need the money
for. Writing a proposal hopefully takes between 30 and 60 minutes, and the
report about the same amount of time. You can use these funds for example
to fund prizes for your national winners, to organize a prize ceremony, to
organize a photo workshop and/or photo walk, etc. This is all optional, but
a great opportunity to get more people involved in your group!
However, there is a deadline here. To maximize the chance that you actually
get your funds before the start of the competition on 1 September, you must
make your application *BEFORE 1 AUGUST*. That still leaves you plenty of
time, but it does mean you should ideally start now. Please note that we
did reach an agreement with the grants team that Wiki Loves Monuments
grants can, by exception, also submit between 16 and 31 July. If you submit
earlier, it can also be approved earlier.
If you need any help writing a grant request, you can ask me or someone
from the grants team for support. If you want to meet at Wikimania to
discuss or draft together, that is totally possible!
Best,
Lodewijk