Hello organizers!

Exciting times!

While the international jury is finishing up their final round in Montage, and the international team is preparing the communications and award ceremony ahead, I wanted to let you know that we will be sending our Grant Request for WLM 2023 to the WMF next week. I have pulled together a summary of the request https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2023/2023-24_Intl_Team_Funding_Proposal for you to read (and respond to, if you'd like) that highlights the key focus areas in our proposal, the priorities for 2023-2024 and the budget requested. Different from previous years, the budget will span for 1,5 years as proposed in February https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2022-23_International_Coordination_and_Prizes/Midpoint_Report, to align with WM Austria's fiscal year to ease workflows and lessen workload for the international volunteers

Please let us know what you think, and if there are any questions: the deadline for responses is Tuesday March 21st.

Best, Ciell