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First goal is to prepare this for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot_Camp GLAM Boot Camp Program]
   
 
== What's the Wikimedia Foundation? ==
  
== What's the Wikimedia Foundation? ==
 
* '''WMF''' = the Wikimedia Foundation, the institution of which Wikimedia-DC is a chapter
  
* '''WMF''' = the Wikimedia Foundation, the institution of which Wikimedia-DC is a chapter
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* Runs the servers; staff in SF etc.
   
 
== What's a chapter? ==
  
== What's a chapter? ==
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* Fill this in by copying from: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Local_chapter_FAQ ; http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Local_chapter_FAQ ; http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters
  
* Fill this in by copying from: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Local_chapter_FAQ ; http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Local_chapter_FAQ ; http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters
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* what do chapters do?
 
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* where do chapters get money from?
  
   
 
== What chapters exist? ==
  
== What chapters exist? ==
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* There are 39 chapters now. They're listed here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters
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* There are 39 chapters now, most of which are national like Wikimedia-UK. The chapters are listed here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters.
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* The first national/regional chapter was in Germany, 2004. Most were founded in 2008-2010. The Wiki-NYC chapter started in 2009 and the Wiki-DC chapter in 2011. Those are the only US chapters for now. A Pacific Northwest chapter, to be called Wikimedia-Cascadia, is planned.<ref>http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Local_chapters, section on Wikimedia Deutschland</ref>
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* These are regional; there will be or are thematic chapters
  
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:* Thematic chapters -- prospectively, non-geographic chapters like Wikimedia Education, Wikimedia Catalan, Wikimedia LGBT, Wikimedia Medicine; like meta-WikiProjects
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* There are likely to be thematic/topical chapters too -- non-geographic chapters like Wikimedia Education, Wikimedia Catalan, Wikimedia LGBT, Wikimedia Medicine; like meta-WikiProjects
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* Chapters give out grants. They get their money from grants from the WMF and from individual donations. The US chapters have just a few thousands of dollars. Some of the international ones have much more.
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* The US chapters do not have paid staff, only volunteers. So it's sometimes best if administrative support for a GLAM project comes from the partner institution not the chapter.
   
 
== Getting support for a project ==
  
== Getting support for a project ==
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* '''FDC''' = '''[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC Funds Dissemination Committee]''' at Wikimedia Foundation
  
* '''FDC''' = '''[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC Funds Dissemination Committee]''' at Wikimedia Foundation
 
* '''GAC''' = '''[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee Grant Advisory Committee]''' of WMF
  
* '''GAC''' = '''[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee Grant Advisory Committee]''' of WMF
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* follow up: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Individual_Engagement_Grants
 
:* our rules at DC chapter -- an example
  
:* our rules at DC chapter -- an example
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* Individual partnership grants?
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* Example grant support from the WMF: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_US-DC/Events_2012
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* Our chapter's application form for grants is online. See wikidc.org's category Grants. The chapter's president decides whether to fund the grant application and the treasurer reimburses the grantee for costs.
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* Our chapter's simple expense claim form: http://wikimediadc.org/w/images/a/a3/Expense_Claim_Form.pdf
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* Wiki-DC and NYC fund edit-a-thons and conferences.
   
 
== Conferences ==
  
== Conferences ==
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* '''WikiSym''' -- an academic conference each fall, held so far in North America and Europe.
  
* '''WikiSym''' -- an academic conference each fall, held so far in North America and Europe.
 
* '''GLAM bootcamp''': A conference idea for Wiki-DC to sponsor ; Dominic has suggested it
  
* '''GLAM bootcamp''': A conference idea for Wiki-DC to sponsor ; Dominic has suggested it
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 18:52, 30 April 2013

First goal is to prepare this for GLAM Boot Camp Program

What's the Wikimedia Foundation?

  • WMF = the Wikimedia Foundation, the institution of which Wikimedia-DC is a chapter
  • Runs the servers; staff in SF etc.

What's a chapter?

  • It's a nonprofit affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation, usually associated with a region but maybe with a theme instead.
  • It's approved by the WMF's Affiliations committee (formerly the Chapters Committee), a Wikimedia community committee entrusted with advising the WMF Board of Trustees on the approval of new affiliates: chapters, thematic organisations and user groups.

What chapters exist?

  • There are 39 chapters now, most of which are national like Wikimedia-UK. The chapters are listed here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters.
  • The first national/regional chapter was in Germany, 2004. Most were founded in 2008-2010. The Wiki-NYC chapter started in 2009 and the Wiki-DC chapter in 2011. Those are the only US chapters for now. A Pacific Northwest chapter, to be called Wikimedia-Cascadia, is planned.[1]
  • There are likely to be thematic/topical chapters too -- non-geographic chapters like Wikimedia Education, Wikimedia Catalan, Wikimedia LGBT, Wikimedia Medicine; like meta-WikiProjects
  • Chapters give out grants. They get their money from grants from the WMF and from individual donations. The US chapters have just a few thousands of dollars. Some of the international ones have much more.
  • The US chapters do not have paid staff, only volunteers. So it's sometimes best if administrative support for a GLAM project comes from the partner institution not the chapter.

Getting support for a project

  • our rules at DC chapter -- an example

Conferences

  • Can present GLAM projects at these
  • NYC's Wikimedia day ; Wikimania ; Wikimedia conferences ; regional/theme conferences?
  • Milan conference -- a meeting of representatives of chapters, April 18-21 2013.
  • WikiSym -- an academic conference each fall, held so far in North America and Europe.
  • GLAM bootcamp: A conference idea for Wiki-DC to sponsor ; Dominic has suggested it

References

  1. ↑ http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Local_chapters, section on Wikimedia Deutschland
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