Talk:Project grants/The GLAM-Wiki Revolution

Thank you for the application. I will notify the Grants Committee and other possible interested parties about this application. -- Katie Chan (WMUK) (talk) 14:43, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Jonathan Cardy's view

Very happy to support this and will make time to help the bidders achieve their project. I have had the pleasure of seeing Rock drum's work on several occasions and have every confidence that this project would also be a success. I'm sure many of the trainers would welcome having a clip from this, and if I may suggest it would be great to have this on Youtube as well. Jonathan Cardy (WMUK) (talk) 15:23, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Comments from Daria

Fab idea. I'd like to see more info though about what's the plan for the video once it's produced. Are we envisaging any goals for distribution, usage? If you look at it in this way, the video becomes also a tool for raising awareness of GLAM work of Wikimedia UK, which perhaps would fit more into G3.2 There is increased awareness of the benefits of Open Knowledge. Daria Cybulska (WMUK) (talk) 12:14, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi Daria. Personally I think our options are open for using the finished video. Besides the obvious - display at Wikimania, distribution on Commons, etc - it could be used to attract potential new partner institutions, open their minds about the concept of Wikipedians-in-Residence and so on. As a promotional tool for WMUK this could be pretty powerful especially among those organisations that perhaps haven't heard of the GLAM-Wiki movement yet. Jrbsu (talk) 21:54, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi Daria. Thanks for your comments. I've added a link to G3.2 to the grant page. Thanks, Rock drum (talk) 22:12, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Theresa Knott's opinion

Looks like a great idea. I don't quite understand the "sustenance" part. either £400 in total or £450 per day? is that a typo, or is that me being stupid (completely possible). Theresa knott (talk)

Total for the whole project. Either as an estimated £400 for receipted itemised expenses, or as general per diems as per our expense procedures. -- Katie Chan (WMUK) (talk) 16:09, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, that makes much more sense. Theresa knott (talk) 08:41, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

Comments from CT Cooper

Wikimania 2014 will probably be the once in a decade opportunity to show Wikimedia UK to the global community with what one might consider to be a captive audience and projects like are a great way to get more out of the conference for the chapter. This is clearly in line with chapter goals and so I don't see any overarching reason to turn this down. That said, while I don't get the impression being claimed are unreasonable, I would like to see a further breakdown on where the money is going if possible, particularly with travel, just in case there are any savings to be found. On sustenance, I would naturally prefer to go with the cheaper option, as long as it's realistic, though again a break down would be appreciated so we can see clearly where the £400 would go. CT Cooper · talk 16:48, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi! The travel costs are harder to estimate (especially for me, a guy who rarely travels in England at all) but we came up with a reasonable breakdown of costs. I'll need to confirm them with Rock drum later today (this week has not been a good one for me in terms of time free for this). Foxj (talk) 11:15, 4 April 2014 (BST)

Hi Christopher, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you on this. Here's a breakdown of the travel budget line:

• Travel to/from London for two: £72
• Train from London to York for three: £41
• Train from York to Edinburgh for three: £81
• Train from Edinburgh to London for three: £77
• Total: £271

With regards to the "sustenance" portion, we felt it would be more efficient to spend the money from one pot rather than distribute it as per diems. This money will largely be spent on food and drink during shoot days (the first ~2 weeks of July) for Joe, Katie and myself and additional living expenses for Joe and myself during the remainder of the project. I hope this helps. Rock drum (talk) 19:36, 4 April 2014 (BST)

w.r.t the accommodation costs - did you have places in mind? £140 seems a little bit on the low side for two rooms for two nights in popular cities in July. Theresa knott (talk) 23:01, 4 April 2014 (BST)