(Apologies for cross-posting!)
The Community Resources team is inviting you to an exciting opportunity to
be a committee member as part of the grants programs' participatory
grantmaking practice.
Participatory grantmaking ensures that resourcing community efforts in the
movement is diverse, equal and inclusive. This practice aligns with
movement strategy recommendation 4. Ensure Equity in Decision-making:
Establishing shared responsibility and accountability for decision-making
and distribution of resources.
Serving committee members will have the opportunity to inform and advise
funding decisions and proactively share recommendations and mentorship to
support grantees worldwide in their development, growth, and sustainability
strategies; that contribute to a world in which every single human being
can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
You will also strengthen your capacity in participatory decision-making
processes while learning about our community's incredible work and the
different contexts that influence their work.
Here is statement by a current committee member, Thepwnco, on their
experience;
My experiences with Wikimedia Foundation grant programs have been very
rewarding, and I feel fortunate to have served as a volunteer committee
member since 2014. Grant programs contribute to equity and sustainability
in our movement through funding unmet and under-resourced needs. Under our
participatory approach to grantmaking, volunteers play a key role in
decision-making. Volunteers also help support and strengthen community-led
initiatives by reviewing grant proposals for impact and providing feedback
and other support to prospective grantees. But being a volunteer committee
member is much more than just a way to share your knowledge and insights,
it’s also an incredible opportunity to learn and be inspired by the breadth
of amazing and innovative work taking place across the movement and in
diverse communities and regions.
Here are the committees that are currently soliciting new members:
* Project Grants:* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project
** Project Grants Committee reviewing Community Organizing proposals: This
committee reviews proposals for projects that inspire and coordinate
volunteers, via campaigns, training, contests and other forms of community
organizing. You can learn more about Project Grants here:
** Project Grants Committee reviewing Research and Software proposals: This
committee reviews proposals for projects that create or maintain software
that supports the Wikimedia movement, or that conduct research to answer
questions important for Wikimedia communities and projects. *Simple Annual
Plan Grants: *https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/About
** Simple APG Committee: This committee reviews proposals to fund a group
or organization's programs and operating expenses for 12 months. The groups
and organizations need to have experience managing programs and grant
funding already.
Orientation and training is provided for new members, and you don’t have to
have previous experience to sign up.
Committee responsibilities include:
- Providing review and constructive feedback to help support applicants
and strengthen grant proposals
- Evaluating and recommending promising proposals for funding
- Helping recruit and spread the word about grants
- Optional: Becoming a project advisor for proposals that interest you
Eligibility requirements for committee members can be found here:
* Project Grants:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Committee/Eligibility#commit…
* Simple APG: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Committee
You can sign up as a candidate for a committee here:
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Committee/Candidates
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Committee/Candidates
Deadlines for submitting committee candidacy:
- Project Grants Committee reviewing Community Organizing proposals
--February 5, 2020
- Project Grants Committee reviewing Research and Software proposals --
March 5, 2020
- Simple APG Committee -- February 5, 2020
Please reach out to projectgrants(a)wikimedia.org for questions on the
Project Grants Committee and simple(a)wikimedia.org for questions on the
Simple APG Committee.
Warm regards,
Veronica Thamaini, Program Officer for Simple APG
Marti Johnson, Program Officer for Project Grants
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<https://wikimediafoundation.org/> *Veronica Thamaini *(She/Her)
Senior Program Officer, Community Resources
Wikim <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>edia Foundation
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Dear All,
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees wants to improve its capacity,
performance, and representation of the movement’s diversity. With regards
to this, a call for feedback was announced last week, which will begin on
Monday Feb 1 and will run until March 14.
With the help of a team of community facilitators, we are organizing
multiple conversations with multiple groups in multiple languages. We are
also offering multiple channels for questions and feedback. On Tuesday Feb
2, we will be organising three office hours to introduce this call for
feedback and we will be available for any questions and comments.
Your participation in this call for feedback will mean so much, so we
encourage you to get involved.
You can watch this page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…>
or
join this telegram group <https://t.me/wmboardgovernanceannounce> for
upcoming updates.
And please do not hesitate to reach out to us If you want us to organize a
conversation or a meeting for your wiki project or your affiliate.
Best,
--
Zita Ursula Zage
Facilitator, Board Governance
Wikimedia Foundation | https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Zuz_(WMF)
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Dear All,
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees wants to improve its capacity,
performance, and representation of the movement’s diversity. With regards
to this, a call for feedback was announced last week, which will begin on
Monday Feb 1 and will run until March 14.
With the help of a team of community facilitators, we are organizing
multiple conversations with multiple groups in multiple languages. We are
also offering multiple channels for questions and feedback. On Tuesday Feb
2, we will be organising three office hours to introduce this call for
feedback and we will be available for any questions and comments.
Your participation in this call for feedback will mean so much, so we
encourage you to get involved.
You can watch this page <Call for Feedback: Community Board Seats> or join this
telegram group <https://t.me/wmboardgovernanceannounce> for upcoming
updates.
And please do not hesitate to reach out to us If you want us to organize a
conversation or a meeting for your wiki project or your affiliate.
Best,
--
Zita Ursula Zage
Facilitator, Board Governance
Wikimedia Foundation | https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Zuz_(WMF)
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Dear all,
Please note that due to requests coming from affiliates & the community to
extend the nomination deadline,
the Brand Committee has unanimously resolved today to extend the deadline
to *January 31st, 2021. *
Best,
Shani.
On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 at 01:15, Shani Evenstein <shani(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has convened an ad hoc
> committee on the Movement Brand Project. Three trustees were selected to
> head its work, in close collaboration with the Brand team - Raju Narisetti,
> James Heilman and myself. Seeking to improve the Brand Project process, we
> are looking for community advisors to give input from various Wikimedia
> movement perspectives. The goal is to re-launch the brand discussions with
> a clear and transparent process in March 2021, and to conclude the
> conversations with a decision by the end of the fiscal year (July 2021).
>
> We are writing to you today to ask that you nominate 1 member from your
> community to join us as advisors to the Brand Committee.
>
> What will advisors do?
>
> The Brand Committee is charged with developing and proposing changes to
> the Movement Brand Project process. The committee will produce a proposal
> that the full Board of Trustees will review and hopefully agree to adopt,
> if aligned. Advisors will support us in recognizing key stakeholder
> community perspectives on branding needs, processes and decision-making.
> They will provide input and comments on proposed changes to process and
> offer working solutions to challenges the committee encounters. Advisors
> will be able to share ideas and ask questions to their communities, as
> needed. The full process will be vetted and endorsed by advisors before the
> Board of Trustees makes its final decision on adopting these proposed
> changes to process and decision-making. After the proposed changes to
> process and decision-making are adopted, the new process will be launched
> in March.
>
> What kind of commitment is needed?
>
> Advisors can expect 6-9 hours of activity a month, in January and February
> 2021, though we will be aiming to launch the joint process with a first
> meeting during the second half of December. There will be opportunities to
> join committee meetings with Board members & staff, or to watch recordings
> of the meetings and provide feedback asynchronously. Documents and
> proposals will be shared among advisors for comment, review and
> suggestions.
>
> What kind of advisor is the committee seeking?
>
> The Brand Committee is looking for a small set of advisors who are able to
> engage thoughtfully on the importance of branding to the Wikimedia
> Movement’s 2030 goals. Advisors will be asked to reflect on more than
> processes: they will be asked to think about the strategic goals of the
> brand names and logos within the movement, and how to equitably structure
> decisions around them. Ideal advisors therefore have experience
> representing the movement to the public, as well as understand the internal
> needs of the movement’s work as something multidimensional and open.
>
> The number of advisors will be between 7 - 9 people, in an effort to
> support active participation within the committee, and to keep the process
> on track, to “un-pause” in March. By then we strive for a clear sense of a
> process with which the broader community will be able to engage.
>
> We have identified 3 main groups we would like advisors from:
>
> -
>
> 2 advisors from affiliate leadership (Chairpersons or EDs)
> -
>
> 2 advisors from the community, specifically, people who participated
> in authoring the Community Open Letter on Renaming (COLOR)
> -
>
> 2 additional advisors from the global south / emerging and
> underrepresented communities*
> -
>
> 1 advisor from AffCom
>
> Please note:
>
> * As the global south / emerging and underrepresented communities include
> a variety of different groups, we are actively approaching Wiki Indaba,
> ESEAP, IberoCoop, the India lists and the Brazilian community, asking each
> to nominate one advisor (if I have missed a group you believe to qualify,
> please let me know privately and I’ll be sure to approach them as well).
> Out of all applications from these groups, 2 will be chosen to complement
> the other 5 representatives (2 from affiliates, 2 from COLOR, 1 from
> AffCom). Our goal would be to choose from groups that are not already
> represented by other chosen advisors, with a special effort to be as
> diverse and inclusive as possible.
>
> * The committee might also directly invite up to 2 additional advisors, as
> it sees fit.
>
> How should advisors be nominated and added to the committee?
>
> The committee is requesting all advisor nominations to be sent no later
> than *December 12th* (2 weeks from today), as we would like to commence
> work immediately, with a first joint meeting in mid-late December (before
> the Xmas and New Year holidays). The committee will review applications and
> make its final decision on advisors by December 15th.
>
> We are asking your group to determine who will be the person to best
> represent your perspective. Please email shani(a)wikimedia.org with your
> nominations and include the following details:
>
> -
>
> Subject line: Nomination for the Brand Committee Advisors Task Force
> -
>
> Full name
>
>
> -
>
> Wiki Username
> -
>
> Affiliation
> -
>
> A short (!) paragraph on why you would like to be part of the process
> and how you believe you can contribute.
>
>
> Thank you all for your participation and contribution to this process!
>
> Shani Evenstein Sigalov,
>
> On Behalf of the Brand Committee,
>
> Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation.
>
Dear African Wikimedians,
The Board has discussed and approved some governance improvements in two
recent meetings, on December 9 and January 8.
As the governing body for the Wikimedia Foundation, we want to improve our
capacity, performance, and representation of the movement’s diversity. We
have amended the Bylaws in support of that goal.
Please check the details in the announcement published on Meta-Wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Janu…>
and on the Diff blog
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/01/21/approval-of-bylaws-amendments-and-upc…>
.
If you have any questions relating to this, please feel free to ask, I'll
be here to answer.
Warmly,
--
Zita Ursula Zage
Board Governance Facilitator- Sub-Saharan Africa
Wikimedia Foundation | https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Zuz_(WMF)
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Hi African Affiliates,
Like you are aware we are having a Wikipedia 20 Africa Virtual Event. Like
we discuss the other time Bobby Shabangu, Winnie Kabintie and myself have
taken lead in making sure this happens.
We are happy to also get the folks at Wikipedia Weekly to livestream this
event for us on January 23 at 14pm UTC. Find more details on this page on
the Meta page attached below.[1] We would update it as much as possible,
and also put in your affiliates name if you want to participate.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown/Africa>
Also, African Affiliates can submit short pre-recorded videos of 2 minutes
or less of what Wikipedia at 20 means to them. We are still planning which
means to use to collect the videos so if yours is ready send them over to
us. There would be a panel discussion too so all potential affiliates who
would want to be on the panel can add their name and ping us.
You can also support this CentralNotice banner here.[2]
Looking forward to hearing from you all soon.
Happy 20th Birthday to Wikipedia.
Asante.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown/Africa
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CentralNotice/Request/WP20_Africa
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Hi African Wikimedians,
We're hoping to do a series of Wikipedia Weekly livestream in shows in the
week or so after Wikipedia's 20th anniversary in January, calling it "Wiki
Week".
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown#Wiki_Week,_Jan_2021
This is an example event we are planning for the Asia-Pacific region:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown/Asia-Pacific
Are some African affiliates interested in participating in something
similar? What dates in this timeframe might work for you?
We could potentially share this with a wide global audience across the
continent via a CentralNotice banner for African countries, which could get
a lot of viewers to introduce the affiliates to many new people..
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)