Microgrants/Imperial College Wikipedia Society

Overview

Imperial College Wikipedians are now in our second year and have recently held a highly successful Freshers’ Fair. We would like a microgrant to help maintain our momentum by providing food and refreshments at our next two events.

Budget

• £35 – Small buffet at our first Wikisocial of the year on the 16th Oct, 1830, Union Bar. Freshers’ fair mailing list members (>120) who purchase (free) Society membership from the Student Union will join us for a free pizza buffet and a chat about how to get involved with Wikipedia and the Society.

• £15 – Snacks and refreshments at our Newbies’ Wikilounge on the 23rd Oct (Venue TBC). New and old IC Wikipedians to meet for our first edit session of the new term with an emphasis on training newcomers and making Wikipedia editing a social experience.

Timeline

Members of IC Wikipedians will pay for consumables themselves over the next three weeks of Oct and seek to be refunded from the microgrant as soon as is feasible. A report on the outcomes will be available the day following each event i.e. the 17th and 24th Oct respectively.

Expected outcomes

We have two measures of success with regards to IC Wikipedians:

• The number of students who obtain official society membership through Imperial College Union. “”The Union requires each club to obtain a minimum of 20 official memberships each year to prevent dormancy status. Society mailing list members do not automatically have society membership and memberships from a previous academic year do not roll over to subsequent years.””

• The number of students who subsequently attend edit sessions or events held at three weakly intervals.

Who I am

Edward Harding, President of Imperial College Wikipedians and Imperial College PhD student and avid WikiGnome.

Discussion