Wikipedia:Education Board/Transition needs
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This page outlines a list of knowledge, functions, and materials that the Working Group has identified as needing to transfer from the current program to the new organization in order to have a successful transition by May 2013:
- methods to evaluate classes and hold them accountable
- methods for incentivizing volunteers
- information about past problems and resolutions with classes, Ambassadors, professors, etc.
- suggestions for engaging key Wikipedians—both those who support and those who oppose the program
- history of the Wikipedia Education Program
- promising practices for organizing conferences, Ambassador trainings, summits, etc.
- contact lists of professors, Ambassadors, trainers, and other volunteers
- list of available and relevant online resources
- list of past classes and participating universities
- list of key supporters in Academia, Wikipedia, etc.
- list of funders and potential funders
- information about ties to academic organizations
- information about past presentations and conferences
- building WikiEd Groups, which includes organizing existing participants into the new model
- needed campus visits
- outreach to new Ambassadors and professors
- reconceptualizing online support
- fundraising
- legal support for the program and administrative functions
- liaise with program members and participants
- continued communication with Wikimedia Foundation