Hi Jeffrey,
This is good to bring up. I'd not been following it. If you're able to make it to the open meeting on the 7th of Dec, would you be able to lead a short discussion & information about it?
- *Meeting information https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group/Meetings/2020-12-07 - *1pm UTC on 7 Dec 2020 https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Combined+WikiJournal+Public+Meeting&iso=20201207T13 - *Draft simple Annual Planning Grant application https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Applications/WikiJournal_User_Group/2021*
Where is the best on-wiki location to state our areas of need and interest? All the bets, Thomas
On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 04:03, Jeffrey Keefer FULBERT@fulbert.org wrote:
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_Strateg... 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/Transiti... 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@fulbert.org
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