Grants/Wikipedia Workshop Pune 2014


 * Grant contact name: Yohann Varun Thomas
 * Grant contact username or email:User- Yohann Thomas Email-yohannvt@gmail.com
 * Grant contact title (position): Volunteer at en Wikipedia & meta
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 * Full project name: Wikipedia Workshop Pune 2014
 * Amount requested (in INR): 21,100
 * Provisional target start date:18th January,2014
 * Provisional completion date:18th January,2014

Budget breakdown
General/Basic Expenses Printing Stationary Hospitality & Felicitations Offline Wikipedia DVDs Refreshments for Participants
 * Budget Sheet
 * Digital Cake with Wiki logo             : INR 3,100
 * 30 posters for outreach @ INR 25 each   : INR 750
 * 300 Handsets @ INR 20 each               : INR 6,000
 * Flex                                    : INR 1,000
 * Scissors,tapes,pens,markers etc          : INR 500
 * Water bottles, Momentos & Bouquets      : INR 1,000
 * 50 CDs at INR 25 each                   : INR 1,250
 * Sandwiches & wafers INR 40/Participant  : INR 6,000
 * Tea/Coffee & Biscuits INR 10/Participant : INR 1,500
 * Total                                     : INR 21,100


 * Fee Waived
 * Auditorium                               : INR 12,000
 * Mike, Lighting,Podium                    : INR 1,600
 * Stage Decoration                         : INR 500
 * Total Waived Fee                        : INR 14,100

Project scope
This is a Wikipedia Workshop celebrating the 13th Anniversary of Wikipedia. Its goal is to use the opportunity of the anniversary to increase awareness about Wikipedia & equip its participants with the rudiments of contributing to Wikipedia, and a concept to them. The participants will be encouraged to edit Wikipedia in their regional language .Also part of the workshop will be a session on women empowerment.New women editors will also be able to interact with existing women editors. The workshop is free and open to everyone.

Project goal

 * Primary goals
 * 1) To Celebrate Wikipedia's 13th Anniversary.
 * 2) To introduce Wikipedia as an encyclopaedia and a concept to new editors.
 * 3) To Promote Marathi Wikipedia Community & promote the use of regional languages in Wikipedia.
 * 4) To promote more Women editors to join the community & to tackle the problems faced by current Women editors.
 * 5) To have an open interaction within the editors, existing as well as new.


 * Secondary goals
 * 1) To spread the awareness of Wikipedia as a powerful tool.
 * 2) To encourage community building among the many contributors of Wikimedia & its sister projects.
 * 3) Use the occasion for a massive outreach programme.
 * 4) Increase communication and collaboration between Wikimedia supporters in Pune & India

Non-financial requirements

 * 100 Wikipedia/Wikimedia T-shirts
 * 200 Wikipedia/Wikimedia Badges/Stickers

Programme Flow
Session 1

1. Introduction of Wikipedia to new members.

2. Promotion of Marathi Wikipedia & community building.

3. Brainstorming session-Inspiring new editors& encouraging new ones.

Refreshment Break

4.WIkiWomen- Empowerment of Women. Making them editors.

5. Interaction between existing & new members.

6. Felicitation of major contributors from Pune Community.

7. Chapter Membership Drive

High Tea

Other benefits

 * More Visibility to Local Wikipedia
 * Enthusiasm among people to contribute in regional languages.
 * Retention of Active editors.
 * Massive outreach especially among the Women to bridge the Gender Gap.
 * Higher Enrollment to the India Chapter.

Measures of success

 * Increase in level of Activity of Pune Community
 * Increase of edit counts in Indic Languages.
 * Increase in Women editors.

Team members

 * 1)  Yohann Thomas
 * 2)  Tahera Bharmal
 * 3)  Nikhil Kawale
 * 4)  Niraj Suryawanshi