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 <fdevou...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 strongly encourage > current and former committee members to apply to be part of the regional > committees." > > So... is it to understand that absolutely ALL grants provided by the > Wikimedia Foundation will go through those yet uncreated committees ? > > Does that mean all current recipients of APG grants will have to address > their annual request to those yet unknown teams in the future ? (september > in some cases) > > To whom will grants requests have to be addressed to for those groups who > are not related to a specific region ? Do they have to pick up a region of > their choice and consider themselves attached to it, or will they be > appointed a region by default ? > > Sorry if the questions seem to be unrelated to your call but... > 1) I am trying to understand and measure how much unstable our current > situation is as grantees so that we can anticipate... > 2) I am trying to evaluate the responsibilities that will be on the > shoulders of those new regional committee members > > > Best > > > Florence > > > Le 21/05/2021 à 08:06, Julia Brungs a écrit : > > 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 > more work to anyone's plate. > > We do want to draw your attention to our new Regional Committees for > Grants though as they are an opportunity for you to have an active say in > the future of our Movement! > > 📣 So today, we invite you to join our new Regional Committees for Grants! > 📣 > > We encourage Wikimedians and Free Knowledge advocates to be part of the > new Regional Committees that the WMF Community Resources team is setting up > as part of the grants strategy relaunch [1]. You will be a key strategic > thought partner to help understand the complexities of any region, provide > knowledge and expertise to applicants, to support successful movement > activities, and make funding decisions for grant applications in the region. > > 👉Find out more on meta [2]. > > Regional Committees will be established for the following regions: > > - Middle East and Africa > - SAARC [3] region (Includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, > the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) > - East, Southeast Asia, and Pacific (ESEAP) region > - Latin America (LATAM) and The Caribbean > - United States and Canada > - Northern and Western Europe > - Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) > > 👉All details about the Committees and how to apply can be found on meta > [4]. Applications have to be submitted by *June 4, 2021*! > > If you have any questions or comments, please use the meta discussion page > [5]. > > Please do share this announcement widely with your Network. > Best wishes, > Julia on behalf of the Community Resources Team > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021 > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021/Regional_Committees > [3] https://www.saarc-sec.org/index.php/about-saarc/about-saarc > [4] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021/Regional_Committees#How_to_apply > [5] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021 > > -- > *Julia Brungs* > Senior Community Relations Specialist > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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