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Yeleman has already been contracted a couple of times by Wikimedia CH to work in related areas. | Yeleman has already been contracted a couple of times by Wikimedia CH to work in related areas. | ||
== Why a Wikimedia Center == | |||
From all the Wikimedia-related activities we conducted, we learned the following: | |||
* There are tons of educated idle youth due to the very high unemployment rate. | |||
* They are starting to own computers (netbooks mostly). | |||
* They are starting to use Internet through mobile dongles. | |||
* They are using Internet only for Entertainment (Facebook, Youtube). | |||
* They don't know Wikimedia. At best, they recall using it accidentally. | |||
* From Afripedia: | |||
** They love Wikimedia and are eager to get more content (Wikisource for instance). | |||
** They are interested in contributing. | |||
** They lack contributing skills: Wikipedia-grade writing skills, source-finding, knowledge of the rules. | |||
** Most of them are ''using'' those tools (Computer, Browser, etc) instead of ''mastering'' them. | |||
** They love to contribute to Commons. | |||
* They love contributing to OpenStreetMap (interestingly, they prefer to contribute to it than to use it). They would generally map their neighborhood immediately but going further requires transport and motivation which they lack. Solution to this is to enroll more people. | |||
* Wikimedia's values are disruptive. | |||
* They don't do much volunteering (it's very uncommon here). | |||
* Contributing at home is a real challenge: | |||
** Have a computer. | |||
** Computer must be in condition (not dead-slow due to viruses), with appropriate softwares, etc. Note that computers are usually shared with family & friends. | |||
** Be allowed to use electricity (electricity is really expensive and head of household might prevent youth from wasting it). | |||
** Find a moment of quietude. Bedrooms if any are shared with siblings and TV is usually on & loud at all time. Also, mosquitoes harass the ones willings to work outside when it's dark. | |||
** Have a Internet equipment (dongle) | |||
** Have units for the Internet connection. Those offers are paid-by-bytes ones. | |||
** There's no direct outcome to contributing to Wikimedia. | |||
All those reasons combined makes the need for a Wikimedia Center imperious: a place where they could go, get informed then trained and supported ; have access to a free and decent Internet and feel part of a community. | |||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
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We did provide all this but it always collapsed due to the '''lack of Money & Human resources'''. | We did provide all this but it always collapsed due to the '''lack of Money & Human resources'''. | ||
# '''Money'''.<br />Money is needed to pay for Computers, furnitures, Internet connection, the rent of the place, the electricity bill, accessories and to fix equipments. Because we wanted this to be 100% free for users, we had to pay for everything ourselves. A couple of motivated volunteers can't handle that for long. | |||
Money is needed to pay for Computers, furnitures, Internet connection, the rent of the place, the electricity bill, accessories and to fix equipments. | # '''Human resources'''.<br />We wanted to rely only on volunteers also. Because there was no volunteers at first, we were needed a lot but we hadn't enough time for it. | ||
Because we wanted this to be 100% free for users, we had to pay for everything ourselves. A couple of motivated volunteers can't handle that for long. | |||
Because there was no volunteers at first, we were needed a lot but we hadn't enough time for it. | |||
== The Solution == | == The Solution == | ||
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We thus expect sustainability to take some time as we turn protective entrepreneurs into social change actors. | We thus expect sustainability to take some time as we turn protective entrepreneurs into social change actors. | ||
Here's a list of | Here's a list of costs we are seeking support for: | ||
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| OSM Equipment (HOT to provide a list) | |||
| XXX | |||
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| XXX | |||
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| Communication | |||
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| Cameras | |||
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== Outcomes == | |||
We believe in the success of this project, which we will monitor and evaluate using the following indicators: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! Indicator | |||
! Expected | |||
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| Number of outreach presentations given | |||
| XXX | |||
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| Number of attendees to presentations | |||
| XXX | |||
|----- | |||
| Number of training sessions given | |||
| XXX | |||
|----- | |||
| Number of attendees to trainings | |||
| XXX | |||
|----- | |||
| Number of Wiki/OSM User accounts created | |||
| XXX | |||
|----- | |||
| Number of substantial edits made (or created articles) by them | |||
| XXX | |||
|----- | |||
| Area mapped in OSM | |||
| XXX | |||
|----- | |||
| Number of users-started events hosted | |||
| XXX | |||
|----- | |||
| Did it lead to community? | |||
| XXX | |||
|----- | |||
| Did it lead to (the premises of) a chapter? '''***''' | |||
| XXX | |||
|} | |||
'''*** Note:''' We '''do not want to encourage the creation of a chapter'''. We believe that a chapter is the very last evolution step of a community and we don't want to influence people in going that direction. A chapter means money which might pervert the goals of a nascent community. We are ready to assist any genuine community in getting more organize and recognized. Hopefully, it will result in a chapter some day. | |||