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Congratulations on your success founding the society! What are your more long-term plans for funding? Is there any funding available from your student union? Have you considered membership fees (particularly for funding refreshments at internal society gatherings - it's not unreasonable to ask members to pay for what they eat)? I think it's great for WMUK to support university Wikipedia societies, but as more universities follow the example set by Imperial and Cambridge it may not be sustainable for the chapter to provide annual budgets long-term for every society. --[[User:Tango|Tango]] ([[User talk:Tango|talk]]) 13:10, 14 November 2012 (UTC) | Congratulations on your success founding the society! What are your more long-term plans for funding? Is there any funding available from your student union? Have you considered membership fees (particularly for funding refreshments at internal society gatherings - it's not unreasonable to ask members to pay for what they eat)? I think it's great for WMUK to support university Wikipedia societies, but as more universities follow the example set by Imperial and Cambridge it may not be sustainable for the chapter to provide annual budgets long-term for every society. --[[User:Tango|Tango]] ([[User talk:Tango|talk]]) 13:10, 14 November 2012 (UTC) | ||
:Until involvement in the society scales up (5+ regularly active members from within the university, of whom 3+ need to be on the committee), the current model of relying on WMUK grants is the only sensible option. This is because, for the society to be fiscally independent (a prerequisite for charging membership fees), it must be registered with the [http://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/societies/information/registered.html societies syndicate]. At the minimum this would involve a bank account, a capable treasurer to keep the books and provide annual accounts, and a university fellow who will endorse the society long-term by providing independent auditing. This is not feasible at the moment, with only two active volunteers from within the university, both of which are finalists. [[User:Deryck Chan|Deryck Chan]] ([[User talk:Deryck Chan|talk]]) 17:39, 14 November 2012 (UTC) | |||
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Revision as of 17:39, 14 November 2012
- Overview
Thanks to our previous microgrant, we now have a Cambridge University Wikipedia Society, and it now needs a working budget for this academic year.
- Budget
This is slightly unusual because I'm not asking for a known, fixed amount. I'm giving it an arbitrary cap of £250 because that's the microgrant cap, but the actual spending is likely to be below £100. I'm hoping the grant will be given on a spend-and-reimburse basis.
There are two components to this microgrant:
- Refreshments for events. Expected spending: up to £20 for a gathering; perhaps more (~£50) for a lecture.
- Booking of rooms. This can range from free to something like £100 per event, depending on occasion and attendance.
- Timeline
Now to July 2013. See w:en:WP:Cambridge University Wikipedia Society for a list of what we're trying to do.
- Expected outcomes
Happy Wikimedians in Cambridge University :)
- Who I am
Deryck Chan, now officially President of Cambridge University Wikipedia Society
- Discussion
Congratulations on your success founding the society! What are your more long-term plans for funding? Is there any funding available from your student union? Have you considered membership fees (particularly for funding refreshments at internal society gatherings - it's not unreasonable to ask members to pay for what they eat)? I think it's great for WMUK to support university Wikipedia societies, but as more universities follow the example set by Imperial and Cambridge it may not be sustainable for the chapter to provide annual budgets long-term for every society. --Tango (talk) 13:10, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
- Until involvement in the society scales up (5+ regularly active members from within the university, of whom 3+ need to be on the committee), the current model of relying on WMUK grants is the only sensible option. This is because, for the society to be fiscally independent (a prerequisite for charging membership fees), it must be registered with the societies syndicate. At the minimum this would involve a bank account, a capable treasurer to keep the books and provide annual accounts, and a university fellow who will endorse the society long-term by providing independent auditing. This is not feasible at the moment, with only two active volunteers from within the university, both of which are finalists. Deryck Chan (talk) 17:39, 14 November 2012 (UTC)