Hi Ruby, Thanks for your question. Grantees receiving Simple Annual Plan Grants are not eligible for additional funding through Rapid Grants, so you do not need to apply through Rapid Grants to hold an Wikipedia20 anniversary event.
Affiliates are able to request a reallocation funding from their SAPG budget to support this kind of event. This can come from a miscellaneous budget that you mentioned, but funding can also be reallocated from any other budget where there is underspend that could be used for these activities. Please contact sim...@wikimedia.org to request a reallocation if you need to. With thanks, Chris *Chris Schilling* (him/his/they/their) User:I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)> Senior Program Officer, Wikimedia Foundation Grants Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 5:45 PM ruby damenshie-brown <rubydbrow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Samir, > > I want to make an enquiry on behalf of Open Foundation West Africa. > We will be glad to host a Wikipedia birthday event at our end but what we > want to be sure is that we have a SAPG grant do we still have to apply for > the rapid grant or we should spend from our miscellaneous budget. > > We will be glad to know your advice on this. > > Regards, > Ruby D-Brown > Administrative Executive > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 9:06 PM Samir Elsharbaty < > selsharb...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > (Apologies for cross-posting.) > > > > As part of the upcoming celebrations surrounding Wikipedia's 20th > > birthday[1], the Wikimedia Foundation is publishing a short optional > > survey[2] that will help us understand the needs of people who would like > > to host a birthday event. The survey is expected to take three to five > > minutes to fill in and will remain open until 23:59 UTC on Wednesday, 30 > > September 2020. > > > > Before taking the survey, please review the privacy statement policy[3]. > > > > We would also like to announce that the Foundation will be supporting > > Wikipedia 20 anniversary celebration events through multiple grant > > programs: > > > > * Rapid Grants[4] to support celebration events up to 2000 USD. > > > > * Additional funding for Conference & Events grantees (e.g. for a > regional > > or thematic conference) who wish to incorporate a celebration event to an > > existing conference. > > > > * Conference & Event Grants[5] to support celebration events for more > than > > 2000 USD.* > > > > *Round one applications for conference & event grants [5] is now open > until > > 28 September 2020. > > > > On behalf of the Wikipedia 20 team, Samir Elsharbaty > > > > > > [1] Wikipedia 20 meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20 > > > > [2] Survey link: > > https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4GyxYcdRSSM5M8J > > > > [3] Privacy statement: > > > > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20_Community_Feedback_Survey_Privacy_Statement > > > > [4] Rapid grants page on meta: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid > > > > [5] Conference grants page on meta: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference > > > > Samir Elsharbaty (he/him) > > > > Brand Associate > > > > 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> > _______________________________________________ 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>
