Hi Lisa,
Thanks, I didn't spot that page (I was looking on diff and meta). These are big grants (>$150k/ea - total is $1.36 million), so I think it's really important that a decent amount of information about their application and plans is posted on meta, as per the internal Wikimedia movement grants processes. Ideally that would also involve some level of public commenting process by the community.
Thanks, Mike
On 8/9/21 16:41:38, Lisa Gruwell wrote:
Hi Mike-
Thanks for the questions. The amounts of the grants and descriptions of them are in the press release: https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/09/08/wikimedia-foundation-announc... https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/09/08/wikimedia-foundation-announces-first-grant-recipients-of-new-4-5-million-equity-fund/
We will be sure to add that information to Meta as well.
Best, Lisa
On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 8:06 AM Mike Peel <email@mikepeel.net mailto:email@mikepeel.net> wrote:
Hi Lisa, Thanks for the info, and congratulations to the grantees! I'm trying to find out more information about the grants (US$ amount, details of what the money will be spent on, and expected impact), but I can't see the applications or further information on meta - could you point towards it please? Thanks, Mike On 8/9/21 15:09:15, Lisa Gruwell wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > We are excited to share that we have chosen the first round of grantees > for the Knowledge Equity Fund pilot. The Equity Fund Committee selected > six grantees across the Middle East, Africa, and North and South America > who focus on issues of access, education and equity within the regions > they support. You can read an overview of the six grantees and their > work on Diff[1]. We’ve also added information about the grantees and > what’s next for this pilot program to our Meta page[2]. > > > We are happy to welcome these new grantees, and look forward to their > work as movement partners to support the free knowledge ecosystem. Let > us know if you have questions on the Talk Page[3]. > > > Thank you, > > Lisa Gruwell and the Equity Fund Committee > > > [1] > https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/08/welcome-to-the-first-grantees-of-the-knowledge-equity-fund/ <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/08/welcome-to-the-first-grantees-of-the-knowledge-equity-fund/> > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/08/welcome-to-the-first-grantees-of-the-knowledge-equity-fund/ <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/08/welcome-to-the-first-grantees-of-the-knowledge-equity-fund/>> > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Equity_Fund <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Equity_Fund> > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Equity_Fund <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Equity_Fund>> > > [3] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Knowledge_Equity_Fund&action=edit&redlink=1 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Knowledge_Equity_Fund&action=edit&redlink=1> > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Knowledge_Equity_Fund&action=edit&redlink=1 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Knowledge_Equity_Fund&action=edit&redlink=1>> > > -- > > > > Lisa Seitz Gruwell > > Chief Advancement Officer > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/ <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> > Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/IQOLEVBEAE65IM6TSK3MLYRTMFUSANZE/ <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/IQOLEVBEAE65IM6TSK3MLYRTMFUSANZE/> > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org> >
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