Hi everyone, I wanted to forward the below message about the Grant Advisory Committee. I'm not sure the gender of all participants, but, I'm sure it's primarily a male based group of candidates at this time. I encourage you to sign up if you seek to support Wikimedians seeking grant support from chapters and the Wikimedia Foundation. A more balanced gender of participants can lead to not only a more balanced viewpoint on funding, but also may encourage more women to apply for grants.
Great to also see our own Cindy up for the running :) Thanks Cindy for volunteering!
-Sarah
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Grant Advisory Committee is expanding! Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:55:18 -0700 From: Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org Reply-To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Reminder: The Grant Advisory Committee is expanding. If you'd like to help grantees and the Foundation in its grantmaking, consider submitting your candidacy here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee/Candidates
Cheers,
Asaf
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Asaf Bartovabartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
Dear colleagues,
The Wikimedia Foundation would like to expand its Grant Advisory Committee[1], and we would like you to consider whether you might be interested in volunteering in that capacity.
The GAC (as it is affectionately known) is an advisory body performing a double function in relation to the Wikimedia Foundation's Grants Program[3] --
- The GAC advises grant applicants on how to improve and clarify their
proposals and their plans. This often extends to advice not just about how to secure the funds, but how to improve the planning of the project/event or what precedents to look at, for positive or negative examples. 2. The GAC advises the Foundation on the mission fit, frugality, and expected impact of grant proposals, expressing support or concerns about open grant proposals.
If this sounds like something you might want to help with, please review the description of the GAC[1] and the membership criteria[2]. If you think you meet the criteria, add your name to the candidates page[4] with a brief statement demonstrating your meeting the criteria. This is to be an open process, and the number of seats on the GAC is not predetermined; we expect all qualifying candidates to be admitted into the GAC.
Please help us reach potential volunteers by sharing/forwarding this announcement in appropriate community mailing lists.
Finally, I'd like to thank the incumbent members of the GAC (founded exactly one year ago), who are putting in their time and experience and have been making a real difference in our grantmaking this past year.
Thank you,
Asaf[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee/Membership_criteria [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Index [4] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee/Candidates -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundationhttp://www.wikimediafoundation.org