Wikipedia:Wikipedia Connection/Officer Guide

Weekly workshops
A weekly workshop is a weekly meeting of all club members, as well as outsiders. They should always have food and beverage, along with guidebooks, stickers, and badges for attendees.

The workshop serves as a way to keep members engaged, up-to-date, and interested in both the organization and the club. A workshop usually begins with club updates and news from the wiki world.

Wikimedia resources
The Wikimedia Foundation, as well as the community itself, has all sorts of resources available for the club's use.

Grants
Quick links: The primary income of Wikipedia Connection is from Wikimedia Foundation grants, which are given to individuals or groups for projects and initiatives.
 * Wikimedia Foundation grants
 * Rapid Grants

There are several types of grants available, but the one that Wikipedia Connection uses are Rapid Grants. Rapid Grants are quick, lightweight grant requests that have a maximum budget of $2,000 and take 1-2 weeks to be approved.

Previous grants:
 * Rapid/Wikipedia Connection/Semester Funding for Workshops and Events in Spring 2017, for $1,170
 * Rapid/US OH/2016 Projects, for $1,910 (filed by the Ohio Wikimedians User Group, with Wikipedia Connection being on aspect of the grant)
 * PEG/Wikipedia Connection/Semester Funding for Workshops and Events, for $1,529. This was a PEG (Project and Event Grants), which supported projects and events prior to the start of Rapid Grants. As you can see, the grant and report were a bit more involved.

Merchandise
Quick links: Wikimedia-branded merchandise from the Wikimedia Store can be requested as part of the grant (or on the talk page of the grant, if it has already been filed).
 * Wikimedia Store

Stickers and Wikipedia buttons can be requested at any time for general use. Other merchandise is reserved for specific use; for example, you can request swag to give to the winners of a photography contest, or to raffle out at an edit-a-thon. Merchandise cannot be requested to give away to all members.

Educational material
Quick links: The Wiki Education Foundation (Wiki Edu) supports teaching with Wikipedia in the classroom. While they don't officially support student organizations, we do have similar goals and the Wiki Edu is happy to help.
 * Wiki Education Foundation
 * Guidebooks
 * Wiki Edu staff

Wiki Edu has created a series of quality guidebooks that can be useful for students at Wikipedia Connection events, as well as on their own. Wiki Edu has sent us hardcopies of these guides in the past; if more are needed, you may try to request them. Note that these books are costly and come out of Wiki Edu's pocket, so try to share them at Wikipedia Connection events and give them away wisely.

Samantha Weald, Outreach Manager, is our primary contact at the Wiki Education Foundation.