[Wikimedia-l] Join the new Regional Committees for Grants

Dear all, We hope this email finds you well and safe. The COVID 19 situation continues to affect many of us across the globe and our thoughts are with everyone affected. We are also aware that there are several processes currently in progress that demand volunteer time and we do not want to add

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join the new Regional Committees for Grants

Hello Julia I apology if I missed a step at some point. In this application, I read that "All the current grant committees (both active and inactive) will cease to function with the implementation of the new grants strategy of the Community Resources Team effective from 1 July 2021. We

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join the new Regional Committees for Grants

Hi Florence, I am responding on behalf of the Community Resources Team. Thank you very much for your questions. Please allow us a little time to respond to these questions. In the meanwhile, I want to assure you that the CR team would be providing all kinds of support to the grantees during this

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join the new Regional Committees for Grants

Hi, I am concerned about the exclusion of affiliate board members in the regional committees. This decision would exclude a large portion of experienced volunteers who are there in different user group decision making committees. For global south countries, that would diminish the pool of

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join the new Regional Committees for Grants

I am very concerned that you think you're going to get about 80 qualified and committed volunteers to do this work within the next few weeks. This is unrealistic. I also agree with Florence's concerns. Risker/Anne On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 08:33, Florence Devouard wrote: > Hello Julia > > > I

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join the new Regional Committees for Grants

Thank you for doing that, Tanveer and the rest of the team. I was just thinking that it would be good to centralize the discussion. Risker/Anne On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 13:12, Tanveer Hasan wrote: > Hi Florence, > > I wanted to bring to your attention that the CR team has responded to your >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join the new Regional Committees for Grants

Well, Isla and I were also discussing precisely this point this afternoon Bodhisattwa. The fact board members+staff members+beneficiaries of grants are to be non-eligible can be very well understood from a conflict of interest point of view. But practically speaking... if those are not

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join the new Regional Committees for Grants

Greetings, Thanks for announcing this. I like the decentralisation attempt. For better understanding, I have the following questions. Thanks for your attention. A. Decision Making procedure # Who will be in the decision-making position? Does the committee recommend, and the Wikimedia Foundation

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join the new Regional Committees for Grants

Is it really necessary to start all seven at the same time, and now? Would it not be better to start with two or three, where it is possible to get a strong committee? And work with these six month or a year to learn of challenges and possible improvements, before setting up the rest. Anders

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2021 - Session Submission Guidelines

Dear Wikimedia Community Members, It’s finally here! The session submission guidelines for the first ever virtual Wikimania are live! You can view them here on DIFF. The Wikimania 2021 Event Wiki will also go live next week, we’ll start to host all

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join the new Regional Committees for Grants

Hi Florence, I wanted to bring to your attention that the CR team has responded to your questions on the discussion page of the Community Resources/Grants Strategy Relaunch 2020-2021 . We are doing this