Dear all, the WikiCite 2019-20 annual report is now published!
It features our 'Satellite event' grant recipients, description of the
necessary adaptations due to COVID-19, and summary of WikiCite-related news
from across the movement:
*https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/WikiCite_2019-2020.pdf
<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/WikiCite_2019-2020.pdf>*
Obviously, nearly all of the approved grants for the first half of 2020 had
to be cancelled, postponed, or radically altered from their original design
due to the impact of restrictions on in-person events. You can learn all
about the diverse and interesting projects which were *intended *to happen
all around the world, and what they are going to be doing instead, in this
report.
More details about the WikiCite 'satellite events' grant program and its
administration at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite/administration.
I'd like to thank the volunteering steering committee, all the grant
applicants, my colleagues, and our funding partner the *Sloan Foundation*,
for the incredible flexibility and understanding that everyone has shown
during this period of rapidly changing information. It has not been easy
for our grant recipients to be receiving updates with new rules about what
is and isn't allowed, in the midst of trying to plan their events. Equally,
for the committee to have worked so hard to conscientiously prepare the
call for proposals and then review all the applications, only to have
circumstances overtake us. I appreciate the understanding and collegiate
way everyone involved in this process has worked together.
Sincerely,
– Liam Wyatt
p.s. The steering committee, myself, and colleagues, are now – just like
many organisations around the world – in the midst of discussing how to
best continue the program through the 2020-21 WMF-financial year in the
light of the ongoing disruptions to in-person events caused by COVID-19. We
will be sharing more news about this when we can.
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Program Manager for WikiCite <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite>
Wikimedia Foundation