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?
-----
With Incredulity toward Metanarratives,
Jeffrey
User:FULBERT
FULBERT(a)fulbert.org
Thank you everyone for additional feedback! I have now submitted the report
as per forwarded emails below.
To comment on some of the questions that came up in the process:
- I have not heard back yet from the US non-profit application.
- Only the section Activity_report_Jan_1_-_May_31
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/WikiJournal_2020/Repor…>
is
submitted now, and we will fill in the other sections after New Year.
Still, it is nice to have important items added already now, while they are
more fresh in mind. Also, I think we should keep separating events
occurring before and after May 31/June 1, so that we can use the latter for
next year's activity report.
Best regards,
Mikael
On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 3:17 PM Mikael Häggström <haggstrom.mikael(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello Manavpreet,
>
> I have now submitted the report at the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal,
> and sent an email to wikimediaannounce-I. I am sorry for the delay. We have
> kept a habit of reporting yearly for Jan-Dec but we have now added this
> June-Dec reporting as a recurring event.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mikael
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Mikael Häggström <editor.in.chief(a)wikijmed.org>
> Date: Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 3:14 PM
> Subject: WikiJournal 2019-2020 annual report
> To: <wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> The annual report for WikiJournal User Group
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group> is now
> available at:
>
> -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/WikiJournal_2020/Repor…
>
> I am sorry for the delay.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mikael Haggstrom
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 5:34 PM Manavpreet Kaur <mkaur-ctr(a)wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>>
>> This is a notification to bring to your attention that your organization
>> is currently past due on its required annual reporting. and has expired.
>> Wikimedia User Groups are required to submit an annual activity report
>> covering the entirety of the 12-month agreement period in order to prompt
>> review for a renewal. Reports must be written in English, posted to meta
>> via the [[Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal]
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal>].
>>
>>
>> This page is used to track how organizations and groups are meeting
>> reporting requirements described in their agreements with the Wikimedia
>> Foundation (e.g. chapter agreements, thematic organization agreements, user
>> group agreements). It is the central place where affiliates can add
>> reports about their activities, share their plans, and even news or social
>> media channels with the wider movement. When new reports are available,
>> organizations and groups should add them to this page to keep their columns
>> up to date.
>>
>>
>> As noted on the meta [[Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal/Reports|Reports
>> page]
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal/Reports>],
>> your organization’s 2019 annual reporting became past due in June.
>> Please be sure to :
>>
>>
>> # Post your 2019 annual reporting to the meta via the [[Wikimedia
>> Affiliates Data Portal]
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal>] as
>> soon as possible to return to compliance with your user group agreement.
>>
>> # Check that your group’s page is also up to date with past report links
>> for historical record-keeping, and
>>
>> # Please send an email to [[Mailing_lists/Wikimedia_Announce|Wikimedia-l]
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Wikimedia_Announce%7CWikimedi…>]
>> in order to share with a movement-wide audience.
>>
>>
>> If we do not hear from you or receive this reporting on the reports page
>> within the next 30 days, your group’s name and logo will be removed from
>> the affiliates page and your information and page link will be migrated to
>> the [[Wikimedia movement affiliates/Formerly Active Affiliates|Formerly
>> Active Affiliates page]].
>>
>>
>> If you have any questions or need any further guidance, please don’t
>> hesitate to reach out.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Manavpreet Kaur
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 2:24 AM Manavpreet Kaur <mkaur-ctr(a)wikimedia.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings Mikael and Gwinyai,
>>>
>>>
>>> As noted on the meta Reports page
>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal/Reports>,
>>> your organization’s 2019-2020 annual reporting became past due in June
>>> 2020. Please be sure to :This is a notification to bring to your attention
>>> that your organization is currently past due on its required annual
>>> reporting. Wikimedia User Groups are required to submit an annual activity
>>> report covering the entirety of the 12-month agreement period in order to
>>> prompt review for a renewal. Reports must be written in English, posted to
>>> meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal>.
>>>
>>> This page is used to track how organizations and groups are meeting
>>> reporting requirements described in their agreements with the Wikimedia
>>> Foundation (e.g. chapter agreements, thematic organization agreements, user
>>> group agreements). It is the central place where affiliates can add reports
>>> about their activities, share their plans, and even news or social media
>>> channels with the wider movement. When new reports are available,
>>> organizations and groups should add them to this page to keep their columns
>>> up to date.
>>>
>>> 1. Post your 2019-2020 annual reporting to the meta via the Wikimedia
>>> Affiliates Data Portal
>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal> as
>>> soon as possible to return to compliance with your user group agreement.
>>> 2. Check that your group’s page is also up to date with past report
>>> links for historical record-keeping, and
>>> 3. Please send an email to Wikimedia-l
>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Wikimedia_Announce> in
>>> order to share it with a movement-wide audience.
>>>
>>> If you have any questions or need any further guidance, please don’t
>>> hesitate to reach out.
>>>
>>> *Regards*,
>>> Manav
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> *Manavpreet Kaur*
>>>
>>> Affiliations Committee Support Associate
>>>
>>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> *Manavpreet Kaur*
>>
>> Affiliations Committee Support Associate
>>
>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>>
>>
On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 12:46 AM Candace Moore <makedadance(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Upon taking a look at the report, and the one before it, I notice that we
> spend less money than allotted. I am unsure of the politics of Wikipaedia
> as a relative newby, however in many organizations that would be bad for
> us. On top of that it isn't correct unless we got some kind of unstated
> grant for server space, or borrowed it from someone else.
> Are we aiming to spend as little as possible as a political statement
> about open science? If that is the case, great, but we should probably
> somewhere state something about the cost of server space we are using so
> other organizations can get a realistic picture from us.
> Personally, I would love to see us move in the direction of embracing
> executable reproducible papers (papers with reproducible code and data) as
> much as possible, and that will eat up even more server space. Obviously,
> there is some variation as to how much server and storage space costs, but
> if you need an estimate of real world cost, and know how many terabytes we
> take up, I could write some calculations if we want them.
>
> Makeda
>
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 11:38 PM Mikael Häggström <
> editor.in.chief(a)wikijmed.org> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>> --
>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
>> "WikiJMed" group.
>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
>> email to wikijmed+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com.
>> To view this discussion on the web visit
>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wikijmed/CACubOwigPzgweDaJH4PE5x0a%2BfgZS…
>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wikijmed/CACubOwigPzgweDaJH4PE5x0a%2BfgZS…>
>> .
>>
>
>
> --
> http://makedapics.wix.com/pics
>