Thank you for doing that, Tanveer and the rest of the team. I was just thinking that it would be good to centralize the discussion.
Risker/Anne On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 13:12, Tanveer Hasan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Florence, > > I wanted to bring to your attention that the CR team has responded to your > questions on the discussion page of the Community Resources/Grants > Strategy Relaunch 2020-2021 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021>. > We are doing this (responding on discussion page) because of the importance > of the questions that you have raised and hope that the questions and > responses would be of help to other community members as well. We request > community members to post their questions directly on the discussion page. > > Regards, > > P.S: CR team is going to be copy pasting all the questions raised here on > the mailing list on the discussion page of the Grants Strategy Relaunch for > the sake of continuity and having the option to translate questions and > responses in multiple languages for the benefit of other community members. > Please allow us a little time to respond to the questions that have > already been raised in this email thread. > > ಶುಕ್ರ, ಮೇ 21, 2021 ರಂದು 06:03 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ ಸಮಯಕ್ಕೆ ರಂದು Florence Devouard < > [email protected]> ಅವರು ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ: > >> 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 -- [email protected], guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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