Grants/Requests/2020/WikiClub Hamilton Health and Science Editing Initiative

Description

Describe here the activity including your goal, your detailed plan and the planned impact. The recently founded WikiClub Hamilton (Canada) planned a series of events to introduce students, faculty and researchers at McMaster University to the practice of editing Wikipedia’s science and medical content. The first event was held on February 24, 2020 with two goals:

Recruit new editors
Add or improve content

List of participants

Indicate here the list of participants that will incur expenses for this activity; you do not need to list all participants that will take part in the activity. Make sure to indicate who is in charge of the activity.

Denise Smith (Mcbrarian (talk • email))

Activity Report

Describe here the results of the activity. Unfortunately the event had poor turnout. I presented a short talk to introduce basic editing skills. All attendees had already edited some articles so I used the time to respond to questions or provide support for concerns about specific articles.

Final Budget

Indicate here your detailed final budget.

Item	Amount	Name of the participant that made this expense
Catering (sandwiches, cookies, and drinks for 15-25 guests)	$304.22	Denise Smith
Room rental	$0.00 (in-kind contribution from Health Sciences Library, McMaster University)	Denise Smith
Total	304,22 $

Decision of the Programs Committee

This section will be filled by the Programs Committee. This grant request is approved for a total amount of $304.22 by the signature of two Board members:

Technical Information

This section will be filled by the Programs Committee.

Request Number : 2020-012
Type of activity in the Annual Budget : WikiClub Hamilton Health and Science Editing Initiative Rapid Grant
Total Approved Amount : 304,22 $