Thanks for setting up the page, Mike. Perhaps I should reword: > > Unfortunately, the Board is pretty busy at the moment organising the > > AGM and related matters, so we don't really have the time to organise > > anything on this by the deadline. However, if any--- _group of people_ in > > the community > > is interested and able to put together a proposal for a project, we > > have some time set aside next Tuesday to consider it.
On Mar 6, 10:09 pm, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> wrote: > Can I disagree with Andrew's email? This sort of thing's best done > collaboratively, rather than coming from a single person, and that's > what a wiki's best at. > > I've just set up a proposals page > at:http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projects/Proposals > Please could people go there to submit ideas, flesh them out and > volunteer for things that look interesting? There's a rough template > on there for how a proposal should probably look, but there's no > formal process involved. If you can't think of anything, then there's > plenty of ideas athttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projects/Ideas. > > Mike > > On 3 Mar 2009, at 21:03, AndrewRT wrote: > > > > > On Feb 18, 9:33 am, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> wrote: > >> Hi all, > > >> The WMF has just announced grants for chapters: "If a chapter has > >> work it wants to get done in the furtherance of our overall mission > >> and goals during the fiscal year 2009-2010 (July 1, 2009 -June 30, > >> 2010), but it cannot do it without financial support, the Wikimedia > >> Foundation is inviting that chapter to ask the Wikimedia Foundation > >> for funding." > > >>http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/WMF_grants > > >> The deadline for this is 30 March. The value of the grant has to be > > >> 500 USD. > > >> Does anyone have any projects in mind that could benefit from such a > >> grant? > > >> Mike > > > Unfortunately, the Board is pretty busy at the moment organising the > > AGM and related matters, so we don't really have the time to organise > > anything on this by the deadline. However, if anyone in the community > > is interested and able to put together a proposal for a project, we > > have some time set aside next Tuesday to consider it. > > > All we need is a brief summary covering things like: > > > - the benefits of the project > > - the funding requirements > > - any other sources of funding > > - the workload requirements (and who will be fulfilling this!) > > - how the project will be organised > > - whether its been done in the past and experiences gained > > > Please send any proposals to secret...@wikimedia.org.uk > > > Thanks! > > > Regards, > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > >http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK:http://uk.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.orghttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK:http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
