Hello Srishti
Thank you for this update. I will just like to join the event online and learn some new things, then take the experience to my community members. I believe it will help to strengthen our activities, by empowering new and existing contributors, and facilitate our capacity building. Festus On Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 10:56 PM Srishti Sethi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, and thanks for your interest in organizing a meetup. For > Hackathon-specific events - only the ones with a technical focus will be > eligible for funding via the Rapid Grants and for getting listed and > promoted as a satellite event. Your idea seems great and you could still > still explore Rapid Grants for organizing your event outside of the > Hackathon: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid> [1]. > > Cheers, > Srishti > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid > > *Srishti Sethi* > Senior Developer Advocate > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 9:43 PM IBRAHIM YAKUBU < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I am writing to make and enquiries? >> >> 1. I will like to organized a meets up for the Females teachers in Kaduna >> so as to increase the chances of gender equality in education in Nigeria >> which in return will increase the number of females contributors in the >> Hausa communities. Is this possible? >> >> On Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 2:44 AM Srishti Sethi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> If you are interested in organizing or joining a hackathon event, but >>> cannot attend the in-person Hackathon event in May in Athens, Greece, this >>> email is for you! >>> >>> We encourage communities, user groups or chapters to organize satellite >>> events connected to the in-person Hackathon. These events are to be >>> organized autonomously and share the hackathon's purpose: bringing the >>> global technical community together to connect, hack, run technical >>> discussions, and explore new ideas. >>> >>> You can work with your wiki community to organize these events before, >>> during, or after the main event to onboard newcomers to the technical >>> aspects of the Wikimedia movement, hosting watch parties or meetups in your >>> region to offer an alternative to people who cannot join the in-person >>> event in Athens. >>> >>> To obtain help with organizing an event, you can apply for funds via the >>> *Rapid >>> Grants* maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation. The deadline to apply >>> for funding is *March 20*. When preparing for your event, you can reach >>> out to the Hackathon organizing team for support with resources, designing >>> the program, and guidance on getting involved in the global event. >>> >>> Learn more about the satellite events, funding process, and a checklist >>> for organizing on the wiki page: < >>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023/Satellite_events> >>> [1] >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Srishti >>> >>> On behalf of the Hackathon organizing team >>> >>> [1] >>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023/Satellite_events >>> >>> *Srishti Sethi* >>> Senior Developer Advocate >>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata mailing list -- [email protected] >>> Public archives at >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/6A2KX75ECOITZFTVYAAAQCPNAWDSTHO7/ >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list -- [email protected] >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/GW5IBQHPCRMJ2UEZJ3X4SRYGOZPKNFYJ/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list -- [email protected] > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/NPXDA2OLRUZBW7QXDXGXDFUQIXIIOBCC/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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