Dear Wikimedia research community,
If you ever thought of organizing a small event, print some stickers, or any other activity for the good of Wikimedia that costed money, now Rapid Grants might be the simple solution you were looking for. Details below.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, May 18, 2016 at 12:39 AM Subject: [Wmfall] Fwd: [CE] Announcing Rapid Grants To: "Staff (All)" wmfall@lists.wikimedia.org
(I actually think this is news worth sharing with the entire org.)
Folks, many of you will have a chance to direct volunteers to this program. Please consider taking a minute to get to know it.
Cheers,
A. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, May 17, 2016 at 9:01 PM Subject: [CE] Announcing Rapid Grants To: Community Engagement communityengagement@wikimedia.org
Hi Team!
Today the Community Resources team launched a new grants program -- Rapid Grants!
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
Rapid Grants fund Wikimedia community members -- individuals, groups, or organizations contributing to Wikimedia projects -- to organize projects throughout the year for up to USD 2,000. Projects can include experiments or standard needs that don't need broad review to get started. Applications are reviewed weekly by Marti, Kacie, and myself.
Please help spread the word about the program!
Cheers,
Alex