Hello,Thanks for introducing the new grants design.Coming from a small Indian affiliate trying to sustain ourselves and delivering considerable impact even with a very limited capacity for the last couple of years, I have some anxiety to share.
- The new Rapid Fund (<5000 USD) says it is meant for short term projects. Till now our user group had planned year long projects and applied for Rapid Grants to fund them. So, through this new fund strategy, we have to apply for multiple Rapid Fund throughout the year, which would be over-burden for our volunteer group. I would request to make Rapid Funds as flexible as before to accommodate affiliates like us.
- General Support Fund, which will happen twice a year for a region, will be the only option for us to apply for our bigger or ambitious projects, which is fine. But then I need to know, if we have to compete with large affiliates/partners in the movement as APG, Simple APG and Project Grants are all merged here. I just hope, that it will be not the case but if that is so, then I see little chance for smaller affiliates.
- I would also like to understand the thinking about how the movement strategy recommendations will be implemented through this new grants design to sustain small (un)registered affiliates or help run their projects, which do not have the permission to receive foreign money as an organization. What kind of support will be given to them? All Indian affiliates fall in this category, so this needs to be clearly answered.
- Money fundraised in India is not considered as foreign money. Will that be a procedure to distribute that to the Indian affiliates?
- Will CIS-A2K, the non-Wikimedia partner organization of WMF and the only entity in Indian Wikimedia movement to receive foreign money, be asked to implement movement strategy recommendations, so that Indian affiliates can sustain themselves?
Regards,BodhisattwaOn behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group_______________________________________________On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 13:45, Mardetanha <mardetanha.wiki@gmail.com> wrote:Can you let us know where the office hours will be held? I don't see any zoom or google meet links provided.Mardetanha_______________________________________________On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 1:00 AM Tito Dutta <trulytito@gmail.com> wrote:_______________________________________________Greetings,Thank you for the update. Currently, I am trying to understand all the information provided in the pages.I have started preparing a mapping-table for personal understanding, might be of some help: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tRSolGdZ0k9CcTQgfUSCHk1Ypp1iPTTDFnn5WrINp4E/edit?usp=sharingCould you kindly point out what is changing or what's new in each category?It would also be good to see more details on the Research and Tech grant and Alliance Grant?Thanks for the update once again.ইতি,/With regards,টিটো দত্ত/User:Titodutta(মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে)শুক্র, ১৬ জুলাই, ২০২১ তারিখে ২:৪৭ AM টায় এ Kassia Echavarri-Queen <kechavarriqueen@wikimedia.org> লিখেছেন:_______________________________________________Dear Wikimedians,
The Community Resources team is excited to announce on Diff the launch of the new Wikimedia funding strategy focused on decentralized decision-making, regional committees and reaching underrepresented communities [1]. Over the last 10 months we have worked together with communities to discuss, understand and develop an approach that addresses their needs and moves us towards the realization of the 2030 strategic direction [2]. Thank you for all of your participation to make this a reality.
The three new funding programs:
The Wikimedia Community Fund
The Community Fund is a unified program with flexible support and funding for Wikimedians working on knowledge equity aligned with the movement’s strategic direction.
The Wikimedia Alliances Fund
The Alliances Fund, for mission-aligned organizations in underrepresented communities who want to collaborate and amplify our work.
The Wikimedia Research and Technology Fund
The Research and Technology Fund for improving technology, tools, and research to nurture a more responsive and accessible environment for contributions.
This people-centred approach is built on the principles of equity & empowerment, collaboration & cooperation, and the promotion of innovation and learning.
Our team has also adapted to provide consistent regional support and the establishment of a learning mindset for the funding approach. We know this is just the beginning and it will be an iterative process. As we implement and learn we will adapt. We also understand the worldwide impact of the continuing COVID pandemic and our first priority is to be in solidarity and have flexibility with communities around the world.
The three programs will be introduced in a phased approach throughout the year. We will first launch with the Wikimedia Community Fund now in July. We invite you to learn more about the programs on our meta page [3].
We have hosted a series of office hours throughout June and July [4] and will continue in the coming weeks to discuss the new programs. Each program officer is also reaching out and answering questions with individual grantees as part of the transition process.
Office Hours:
03:00 UTC – 2021-07-23 (Asia-Pacific friendly time)
18:00 UTC – 2021-07-23 (Europe-Africa-Americas friendly time)
We thank you again for all of the collaboration to arrive at this new strategy and we are excited to begin this journey together.
Wishing everyone the best,
Kassia on behalf of the Community Resources team
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