Have there been any discussions within the WikiJournal UG about the Movement Strategy funding opportunities? Mehrdad posted this on our Discussion page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group#Movement_Strate… <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group#Movement_Strate…> though I have am not sure there has been discussion about it, as nobody replied there (nor through this list, I believe). This is separate from the SAPG or Rapid Grant discussions.
One of my user groups met this past week and had a discussion about what we need, and Mehrdad in the Strategy Team was able to join us. One thing became very clear — there is a short timeframe remaining for affiliates to identify areas of need and interest https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transit… <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transit…> and submit requests for funding next year. There are various regional efforts in process to help move this along, but we are thematic and non-regional, so may otherwise fall through the cracks so to speak if we do not somehow identify 2 or 3 needs we have, aligned with the Movement Strategy, that could benefit from funding over the next 12-18 months.
It seems if affiliates do not use this time to actively identify needs and request funds, we will miss out on them through this process.
Thoughts?
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With Incredulity toward Metanarratives,
Jeffrey
User:FULBERT
FULBERT(a)fulbert.org
Hello all WikiJournal participants,
As per the email below (previously sent to the boards), we need to give an
activity report for January 1 to May 31 this year. I have made a draft at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/WikiJournal_2020/Report
I'd appreciate it if you also had a look to see if there is something else
relevant to add to it, before we submit it.
Best regards,
Mikael
On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 9:26 PM Mikael Häggström <
editor.in.chief(a)wikijmed.org> wrote:
> Hello WikiJournal boards,
>
> We need to add an activity report for what WikiJournal has been up to
> between January 1 and May 31 this year (as per this entry
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group#Notification_of…>
> ):
>
> Our activities from June 2019 to Dec 31 are covered in the annual report
> for 2019 (here
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/WikiJournal_2019/Report>),
> and I think the most convenient way to report January 1 and May 31 is to
> add it as a separate section in the report for 2020 (so that we don't have
> to write it all again twice when reporting the rest of the year), so I've
> made a separate header there. So please join in filling it out with what
> we've achieved this year.
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/WikiJournal_2020/Report
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mikael
>
