User talk:Nkansahrexford/grant

Some feedback
Good start !

Probably a bit unfortunate that the draft is on the English Wikipedia rather than meta where it should be in my opinion :)

Theme The theme is a bit unclear and I think that could be an issue (for the organisation, for the communication, for the grant request...). I am not sure whether it is because the final theme has not been decided yet OR if it is because of an unclear description. But it seems to mention "cuisine" but also perhaps dance, music etc. That's vague ! I have not been part of the discussions on the matter in SA, so I can give you the feeling of an "newbie" on the question. And feedback is "these guys need to make up their mind !"

I am quoting the current description ''The theme for this year's photo contest will probably be Wiki Loves African Cuisines. Various themes available for use are Marketplaces, Cuisines, Music, Dance and Festivals This year's contest will seek to document in form of images the diverse types of cuisines across the continent of Africa.''

So, is the theme... cuisines (as sentence 1 and 3 seem to imply) or is that larger (as sentence 2 seems to imply)

I wonder if an option might not be to say "the theme is cuisine". And then, you may go into more details about what it could entail. For example: pictures of "dishes", "food", "crops", "any in-between event" (harvesting, grinding, cooking), "pans, pots, forks etc", "marketplaces", "table set up", "special festive events" and so on.

Measures of success

A few questions, directions of thoughts, notes
 * how are we going to set up a survey amongst participants ? Granted... they have to create an account to upload media. But not necessarily to provide a valid email and we can not use the email for the survey. So, we will have to post a link to a survey on the discussion page of all participants. First challenge... (well, that assume they will be very numerous :))
 * Second challenge is to actually identify those participating to the challenge...
 * it is unclear who are the "continental team members" versus "local organizers". For example, Erina, Abel... are presented above as "local organizers". "Continental team" is not presented (I'd love to be part of it by the way ;)). Who belongs to which group ? This needs clarification. I think you need to introduce better the notion of local organisers versus continental team quite early on in the description. Then you may very well start giving names for both groups and also say "tbd" for part of the membership. Pretty obviously, our WiC and WiR will be members of organising team. And we may envision that some of them will be also part of the continental team. And we may also envision that still unknown people will be part of CT and LO.

A survey is executed among organizers (before the end of 2014):
 * Indicating that they are satisfied with the continental team
 * Indicating that they are satisfied with the tools and technical framework provided
 * Indicating that they are satisfied with the documentation available
 * Indicating that they are satisfied with the volunteer involvement on an continental level
 * Which figures ? More than 50% happy ? More than 75% happy ? All of them happy ?

All of the participating countries submitted nominees to the finale

How do we identify a "participating country" ? Is that one where there is a local organizing team ? If so, what happens to African participants living in countries where there is no official organising committee ? That sentence is actually unclear to me. Are candidates pictures pre-selected by country organizers (such as WLM is doing) ? This would imply the need for an organising committee in every country. That's a lot of overhead (because we will badly need to look for organising committees and this will cost money).

Another option would be that the selection is done at the global level only (by the jury selected by the continental committee) (with local prizes proposed when there is a local committee). I am not sure which option is being followed here.

I am not sure I am clear here... The alternative is between
 * every african may participate (or any non-african, as long as content is about Africa...). A global jury decides on the winners. At the local level, WHEN there is an organising committee, a local selection and local prizes.
 * or... local organising committees pre-select nominees. Provide them to the global jury who make the final selection.

3.2.2 Set up & run the international contest

I do not understand the "Set up wikilovesmonuments.org with the necessary information". What's the relationship with WLA ?

Also, whilst the role of the continental team has been described into much details, it is much less the case of local organizing teams. It also seem to me that some roles given to the continental team... actually could be (should be) handled at the local level. Typical example would be be "connect with press".

Fit to strategy

is still a work in progress I think

Benefits

The goal of the project is clearly outreach. Rather than saying it is not Glam, and perhaps not an editor retention, just say it is outreach... This section needs improvement.

Anthere (talk) 09:20, 11 March 2014 (UTC)