Chris, thanks for following up about the Equity Fund and the question. Since you also posted it on the talk page on Meta, I’ve just answered it there [1]. Happy to continue the conversation on Meta.
Thanks, Nadee Gunsena [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Knowledge_Equity_Fund On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 3:43 AM Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm writing to inquire about the status of the Knowledge Equity Fund. > > Meta (1) suggests 6 grants were made in September 2021 and that a second > more community-focused round of grants would be made in 2022. No details of > a second round have been published that I'm aware of; is this still active? > Are there any public details of impact or progress reporting from the > September 2021 grants ? > > There is also a somewhat-viral Twitter thread which focuses, alongside > some general criticisms of Wikimedia fundraising, on two grants > specifically from this fund and the WMF making itself a participant in US > 'culture wars'. (2) I wonder if there is any response from the WMF to that? > > (For what it's worth, my perception is that the Knowledge Equity Fund was > initially a deliberate attempt led by US-based staff to have the WMF 'do > something' to align itself with a broader progressive movement in the USA. > I believe the main advocates for this have now departed, that it was never > a particularly good fit with the WMF's overall approach to grantmaking, > that the evolution of the WMF's approach to this fund was positive, but > still if the whole thing is now forgotten about that's probably no bad > thing). > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > (1) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Equity_Fund > (2) https://twitter.com/echetus/status/1579776106034757633 > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/POVYUGT4ZYFJYCBUOK6YE7PMA6BZV4VS/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Nadee Gunasena Chief of Staff Wikimedia Foundation
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