User:Humetheresa/sandbox/Wiki Loves Wildlife


 * Legal name of organization or individual requesting this grant: Wikimedia ZA
 * For organizations: Are you a for-profit entity? No
 * For organizations: If non-profit (US) or equivalent (outside the US) status is available in your country, do you have or are you pursuing such status (please be specific): Yes


 * Grant contact name: Douglas Scott
 * Grant contact username or email: User:Discott and douglas.i.scott@gmail.com
 * Grant contact title (position): Project lead
 * Project lead name: Douglas Scott (User:Discott)
 * Project lead username or email: User:Discott and douglas.i.scott@gmail.com
 * Full project name: Wiki Loves Wildlife South Africa - 2014
 * Amount requested in USD and local currency: ZAR 100,890.00 or US$ 9,507.50 calculated on 30/06/2014 using latest exchange rates
 * Provisional target start date: 1 September 2014
 * Provisional completion date: 30 November 2014

Project goal
The aim of this project is to encourage and facilitate the capturing and upload of African Wildlife photographs under free licensing. This is our first effort to introduce this competition to South Africa.

We believe that the introduction of a Wildlife specific competition will prove very successful as South Africa has a large variety of wildlife, including snakes, birds, plains animals, and predators. The country has 299 species of mammals and 858 species of birds.

Measures of Success
We will consider this project a success if we can:
 * Introduce this competition to South African with a minimum of 100 entries for the first year.
 * Increase the diversity of Wildlife photographs on Commons
 * Encourage the same level of participation and enthusiasm as we enjoy with the Wiki Loves Monuments Competition
 * Expand on the existing number of 132 photographs on Commons under the category 'South African Wildlife'

Project scope and activities
It is envisaged that this competition will start on 1 September 2014 and will run for a period of 3 months to end on 30 November 2014. The competition will be held at National Level and we will encourage entries from all 9 provinces.

Participants will be requested to upload and categorise photographs of South African wildlife in their natural habitat under the category 'South African Wildlife'.

Prize-giving event
This event will be used to highlight the achievements of this competition and will include a prize-giving gala dinner to name the winning photographs in the following categories :

National Level
 * - First Prize
 * - Second Prize
 * - Third Prize

Summary

 * Above dollar totals were calculated at an exchange rate of R10.61. Recent exchange rate to be applied on total value in Rands of this budget.


 * Total project budget:
 * $ 9,507.50


 * Total amount requested:
 * $ 9,507.50


 * Are there additional sources of revenue that will fund any part of this project? List them here.
 * None

Non-financial requirements
None

Resources
None

Partners
None

Increasing reach
Increasing Wikimedia's reach in the Global South is one of the salient points of Vision 2015. South Africa is crucial to this objective, as a key African hub. This competition aims to introduce more people to contributing to Creative Commons and introduces a second category along with Wiki Loves Monuments for people to participate.

We aim to introduce this competition to various photographic clubs (including student organisations).

Participation
The potential of this project to increase contribution to Creative Commons is untapped and we would like to explore it. African wildlife is popular throughout the world and we believe that this project will encourage people to share their media with the larger community. As mentioned previously, this competition is based on our success with the Wiki Loves Monuments competition and we believe that the introduction of this specific category of photography will attract lovers of wildlife to participate. The exposure of these wildlife lovers to Wikipedia could encourage contributions to articles related to Wikipedia articles.

Quality
We would like to increase both the quality and quantity of African wildlife media on Commons.

Credibility
We would like to introduce this competition with the aim of attracting new contributors and editors. We also see this as a way of promoting the Chapter's presence in South Africa.

Benefits
We envisage that this project will benefit the Commons community but will also open the door for the introduction of new editors and contributors to Wikipedia.


 * Provide a brief statement (about 1 paragraph) about how your project is related to other work in the Wikimedia movement.


 * This project will be introduced for the first time in South Africa.


 * If successful, does your project have the potential to be replicated successfully by other individuals, groups, or organizations?


 * This project has the capacity to be replicated around the world with themes specific to any country. If successful, we would also like to introduce an international award as a high number of tourists visit South Africa annually.


 * Please list any other benefits that this project will produce.


 * For us as a small chapter this project is crucial to sustaining our presence and relevance in South Africa and we seek to establish lasting ties with wildlife enthusiasts who show an interest in editing or contributing Wikipedia.