Got it. I am hoping to see a net increase in the capacity of the grants committees as a part of this process change.
Eventually, I'd also like to see more peer review among affiliates for all sizes of affiliate grant applications. Pine On Sep 30, 2015 12:54 PM, "Bence Damokos" <bdamo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Pine, > > There is a new committee proposed for these grants (see the second point of > the summary). FDC members are not eligible for the new committee, but I > guess GAC members could join and volunteer some more of their time :) > > Best regards, > Bence > > 2015-09-30 21:48 GMT+02:00 Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com>: > > > Hi Winifred, > > > > Thanks for the info. > > > > Which grants committee is reviewing these applications? My understanding > > from CR is that the grants committees have more work than capacity, so > I'm > > curious as to who is involved in reviewing the simplified APGs and what > the > > impacts will be on the capacities of the FDC and GAC to review proposals > in > > their domains other than the new simplified APG proposals. > > > > Thanks, > > Pine > > On Sep 30, 2015 11:52 AM, "Winifred Olliff" <woll...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > > > *Summary: * > > > *1. Groups and organizations, a > > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple>**pply > > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple> by 1 November for > > > funding by 1 January! * > > > *2. Volunteers, join the committee > > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/Committee> today!* > > > *4. Help us out with translation, please (see list of pages below).* > > > > > > Dear Wikimedia colleagues: > > > > > > We are piloting the *Simple Annual Plan Grants option, for groups and > > > organizations* that choose to include program and operating expenses as > > > part of one application each year. We are excited to move forward with > > this > > > new option after making some changes to this idea based on what we > > learned > > > from the recent consultation about Reimagining WMF Grants > > > < > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Outcomes > > > > > > > . > > > > > > *Amazing benefits!* > > > 1. *One application*. Funding for programs, operating expenses, and > staff > > > all in one application for the year, to enable organizations to plan > with > > > better, and to show how their programs are leading to impact. > > > 2. *Simple process.* Simpler and speedier application, review, and > > > reporting processes than grants through the FDC, with more flexible > > > eligibility requirements, and open to informal groups as well as > > > organizations. > > > 3. *Targeted support*. WMF will be developing more guidelines and > online > > > resources specifically for groups and organizations, this option will > > > include more support from WMF program staff during the application > > process > > > and during each grant, and participants will be part of a learning > > > community with other groups and organizations doing similar work. > > > > > > *Join us, in creating something new together!* > > > > > > 1. *Applications from groups and organizations that need funding by > 1 > > > January will be due 1 November. *More applications will also be > > accepted > > > throughout the year. You can learn more about the program and how to > > > apply > > > here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple. If you are > > > interested, but have questions about the timing of your application, > > > please > > > contact us. > > > 2. If you want to review annual plan grants, we need you to join the > > > committee! Add your name here if you want to help: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/Committee. > > > 3. We need your help translating the pages about the pilot, > > especially: > > > - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple > > > - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/About > > > - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/Eligibility > > > (top) > > > > > > Groups and organizations with annual plans will still have the option > to > > > request funding through the Project and Event Grants program during the > > > pilot. The pilot phase will be a time to learn together, and will be > > > evaluated in several stages (at least one in early 2016, and one in > early > > > 2017), to discover if this program benefits applicants and grantees. > > > Questions, comments, and suggestions are welcome on Meta! We've already > > > received some helpful suggestions, and we hope to make improvements as > we > > > learn. > > > > > > Please contact me at woll...@wikimedia.org with questions specific to > > your > > > group or organization. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Winifred > > > > > > -- > > > Winifred Olliff > > > Program Officer > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > > > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > > > community. 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