Grants/Requests/2023/International Day of Women and Girls in Science Edit-A-Thon

Description

On February 11, 2023, in collaboration with Women's College Hospital, I plan on running an Edit-A-Thon event at the Toronto Reference Library Branch of the Toronto Public Library system. This event aims to increase female scientists' presence on Wikipedia and encourage others to edit and learn. We are estimating between five to eight attendees plus the three organizers.

I plan on presenting a short slideshow to introduce basic editing skills and explain the importance of Women in Red. I expect the attendees to bring their own laptops but the library has some to borrow in case they cannot. I expect the event to last between 2-4 hours.

List of participants

Hannah (HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk • email))

Pre-Approval (before expenses)

Planned budget

Item	Amount	Name of the participant that made this expense
Booking a room	$97.44	Hannah Feldbloom
Catering (sandwiches, cookies, and drinks for up to 10 guests)	$200	Hannah Feldbloom
Total	$297.44

Decision of the Programs Committee

Pre-approved for a total amount of $297.44 by the signature of WMCA Executive director :

Louis Germain (WMCA) (talk) 11:57, 17 january 2023 (UTC)

Approval (after expenses)

Activity Report

During the event, participants were shown a slide show and personally walked through how to research and edit Wikipedia articles. Together, we edited and published two articles: Brenda Gallie and Janet Smylie. Participants were also encouraged to add photos to Wikipedia and walked through the Wikimedia Commons process. Overall, this took two hours with the final portion of the event open to questions about general Wikipedia rules and customs (ie. how does one become an admin?). As a result of the successfulness of the event, members from Women's College Hospital have asked me to conduct this again during the summer months.

Final Budget

Indicate here your detailed final budget. The final budget of the event:

Item	Amount	Name of the participant that made this expense
Booking a room	$82.58	Hannah Feldbloom
Catering (sandwiches, cookies, and drinks for up to 10 guests)	$70.90	Hannah Feldbloom
Total	$153.48

Decision of the Programs Committee

Approved for a total amount of $153.48 by the signature of WMCA Executive director :

Louis Germain (WMCA) (talk) 15:28, 09 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Technical Information

This section will be filled by the Programs Committee.

Request Number : 2023-002
Type of activity in the Annual Budget : Workshops and contributing campaigns about diversity and high impact topics
Total Approved Amount : $153.48