Hello, I begin with my greetings. I hope this email finds everyone reading this email safe and healthy. I have some questions and observations. I have spent quite some time trying to understand the changes and newly (re)opened-up avenues. However, I feel there is a lack of information, and inconsistency. I'd be sincerely grateful for your kind attention.
a(i). Conference scale: What is the accepted conference scale? Is it national-conference, global conference, small regional conference? The example conferences mentioned at the grant page are mostly large-scale and gives the impression https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/EventCategories#Thematic_Events The conference/event date of round 2 is between January and June 2021 (we are just four months away from January). a(ii) What are the guidelines related to the maximum number of participants in such a conference? b. Effective region: Is this effective globally? There are several countries where COVID-19 is in very serious and damaging condition, and yet to reach its highest damaging time/peak. My question is, is this globally applicable for all countries and all regions? c. The last date of application for round 2 conferences is 28 September. As far as I know, a large-scale (or any) conference requires a lot of brainstorming, community consultation etc. This time other than these steps to be completed in less than a month, one needs to attempt her/his best to foresee the future (country's COVID-condition/national-health/restrictions/status of transports etc in Jan–June). d) There are some inconsistencies in the grants page: i) Opening paragraph (Template:Conference banner https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Conference_banner&oldid=20395803 ) mentions: "Now, we are extending these cancellations. We are suspending the application process for all in-person Wikimedia conferences until further notice. When the WHO declares that the pandemic is over, and it is once again safe to gather in-person, we will commit to offering support for smaller community events through a rapid grants process." then right after a couple of sections all restrictions are lifted. ii) There are a few minor typos which I'll ignore such as 1) "The new deadline for submissions will be 7 September 2020", however it is 28 September 2020, 2) Please note that starting September 9, 2019 all recent temporary restrictions for Conference & Events grants have been lifted, and all grant proposals will be welcomed and considered. (it is September 9. 2020, not 2019) etc. User:Titodutta (Volunteer editor, Wikipedia) শনি, ২৯ আগস্ট, ২০২০ তারিখে ২:০৭ AM টায় এ Chen Almog <cal...@wikimedia.org> লিখেছেন: > Hello everyone! > > Following our last update > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2020-August/095404.html > > > regarding in-person gatherings, we wanted to share another update on the > new dates for the upcoming Conference Grants program funding round. > > > As we want to allow more time for potential grantees to review and utilize > the forthcoming September release of guidance for in-person gatherings, we > have extended the upcoming deadline for new Conference Grants proposals > until September 28, 2020. Please see all the specific dates on the > conference grants meta page > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference#Event_categories_and_dates > >. > We will be accepting applications in September for events occurring between > January - June 2021. > > For this round we will also include Growth events > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/EventCategories#Growth_Events > > > and innovative ideas that will welcome more contributors to our movements > and projects; and on gatherings that will support the implementation of the > Wikimedia 2030 strategy recommendations. > > We also wanted to take the opportunity to officially welcome the new member > of our team, Rachel Farrand > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rfarrand_%28WMF%29>, who probably > many of you already know from managing our past Technical Events Ecosystem > and who has been working at the Wikimedia Foundation on community events > since 2011. She is now a Senior Program Officer and will be joining me in > managing our Conference grants program.Rachel will be overseeing our > Thematic > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/EventCategories#Thematic_Events > >and > Growth > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/EventCategories#Growth_Events > >events, > and I will continue focusing on our Regional > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/EventCategories#Regional_Events > >events. > We will also continue to support other projects related to Community > Events. > > > If you have any questions as for the upcoming funding round, potential > proposals or need feedback on draft proposals - please reach out to us at > conferencegra...@wikimedia.org . > > > All the best, > > Chen > > -- > > Chen Almog (she/her) > > Senior Program Officer, Conference Grants > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
