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We are planning initiatives to share our best practice with other chapters and support them in our joint aims. We have allocated a budget specifically to helping with this work. As hosts of Wikimania 2014, and one of the bigger chapters, we are unusually placed to offer support to the other chapters, particularly those which are developing.


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::We will need to discuss with others how best we can achieve our aim but ideas currently being discussed are
*Run 2-3 events for on average 10 international delegates to share and increase dialogue, e.g. Train the Trainers course, a chapter-led training workshop (on wiki event page)
:A Train the Trainers course held before Wikimania 2014 for international delegates
*Host at least one large scale international event per year, such as GLAM-Wiki or EduWiki (on wiki)
:Supporting a chapter-led training workshop.
*Deliver an ambassador programme where we send at least two members of the Wikimedia UK community to visit other chapters to share materials, increase dialogue between organisations, strengthen relationships and encourage international participation on the UK wiki
:An ambassador programme where we send members of the Wikimedia UK community to other chapters to share and increase dialogue between organisations.
*Fund at least five Wikimedia UK volunteers to attend international events such as the Chapters Conference or Hackathons
:We will work with those in the UK community for whom English is not their mother tongue to develop work on other wikis.
*Provide funding for at least two Wikimedians from economically less developed countries to attend an important international event such as Wikimania or the Chapters’ Conference
:To be involved in the European chapter’s initiative to influence EU policy, particularly relating to copyright.
*Work with those in the UK community for whom English or Welsh is not their mother tongue to develop two projects on other language wikis such as Bengali or Gujurati
*Offer other chapters access to Wikimedia UK staff where this may be useful for their development, such as communications and fundraising
*Support any reasonable request from any chapter or Wikimedian who is seeking access to the UK’s cultural material
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[[Category:2014 Activity Plan]]
[[Category:2014 Activity Plan]]

Revision as of 12:12, 18 December 2013

Lead member of staff

Jon Davies

Indicative budget amount

£10,000

Description and overall rationale

We are planning initiatives to share our best practice with other chapters and support them in our joint aims. We have allocated a budget specifically to helping with this work. As hosts of Wikimania 2014, and one of the bigger chapters, we are unusually placed to offer support to the other chapters, particularly those which are developing.

Timelines - i.e. what happens quarter by quarter


Success criteria and Metrics - overall and quarter by quarter breakdown if relevant
Risks