Hello everyone!
I wanted to share with you the new events we recently approved for the
second half of 2021:
-
WikiConference North America 2021
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WCNA/WikiConference_North_America_2021>
which will be hosted remotely on October 8-10, 2021.
-
WikiConference Seoul 2021
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Wikimedia_Korea/WikiConference_Seoul_2021>
- in-person local event organized by Wikimedia Korea - October 9, 2021
-
WikiIndaba 2021
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Uganda/_WikiIndaba_Conference_2020>
- which will be hosted remotely and being organized by User Group Uganda -
November 6-8, 2021
-
Hack4OpenGLAM
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Creative_Commons_Finland/Hack4OpenGLAM>
- to be hosted remotely by Creative Commons Finland / Open Knowledge
Finland on September 20-24, 2021.
-
WikiArabia 2021
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Algeria_Wikimedians_User_Group/WikiArabia_2021_Remote_Conference>
- organized by Algeria Wikimedians User Group. Date - TBD (probably early
November 2021).
If you want to take part, contribute, or support any of these upcoming
events, please follow the links and get in touch with the organizers as
instructed. *Good luck and Thank you to all the organizing teams! *
We are extremely happy to see more convenings happening around the world,
both online, and in-person (on a more local scale). If you or your
community has an idea for a community event, we strongly encourage you to
not be discouraged by the current situation. We see such great interactions
and gatherings even in the remote format we are getting used to, which
actually offers so much flexibility, creativity and the ability to be more
inclusive than ever.
If you have any questions, concerns, or just want to talk through your idea
- please reach out to us and we'll be happy to help. We have created
some remote
event guidelines here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Remote_Event_Guidelines>.
You can also read about some community efforts at Wikiproject: remote event
participation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_remote_event_participation>
and in the Community Events Portal
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Conference_management_resources#Remote_event_organization>
.
In the meantime, the next funding round for the Conference Grants program
will begin soon, so if you would like to apply
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Apply> for funding to
hold an event between January - June 2022 your application deadline is:
September 27, 2021
Please note that the majority of events in 2021 will likely be mostly or
fully remote events unless there are major changes in our COVID-19 risk
assessment protocol
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Risk_assessment_during_COVID-19>.
Following this protocol, some local in-person events are possible in
regions with low COVID risk.
Thank you,
Chen Almog
--
Chen Almog (she/her)
Senior Program Officer
Conference & Events Grants
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>