Hello, I begin with my greetings. I hope this email finds everyone reading this email safe and healthy. I have some questions and observations. I have spent quite some time trying to understand the changes and newly (re)opened-up avenues. However, I feel there is a lack of information, and inconsistency. I'd be sincerely grateful for your kind attention.
a(i). Conference scale: What is the accepted conference scale? Is it national-conference, global conference, small regional conference? The example conferences mentioned at the grant page are mostly large-scale and gives the impression https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/EventCategories#Thematic_E... The conference/event date of round 2 is between January and June 2021 (we are just four months away from January). a(ii) What are the guidelines related to the maximum number of participants in such a conference?
b. Effective region: Is this effective globally? There are several countries where COVID-19 is in very serious and damaging condition, and yet to reach its highest damaging time/peak. My question is, is this globally applicable for all countries and all regions?
c. The last date of application for round 2 conferences is 28 September. As far as I know, a large-scale (or any) conference requires a lot of brainstorming, community consultation etc. This time other than these steps to be completed in less than a month, one needs to attempt her/his best to foresee the future (country's COVID-condition/national-health/restrictions/status of transports etc in Jan–June).
d) There are some inconsistencies in the grants page: i) Opening paragraph (Template:Conference banner https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Conference_banner&... ) mentions: "Now, we are extending these cancellations. We are suspending the application process for all in-person Wikimedia conferences until further notice. When the WHO declares that the pandemic is over, and it is once again safe to gather in-person, we will commit to offering support for smaller community events through a rapid grants process." then right after a couple of sections all restrictions are lifted. ii) There are a few minor typos which I'll ignore such as 1) "The new deadline for submissions will be 7 September 2020", however it is 28 September 2020, 2) Please note that starting September 9, 2019 all recent temporary restrictions for Conference & Events grants have been lifted, and all grant proposals will be welcomed and considered. (it is September 9. 2020, not 2019) etc.
User:Titodutta (Volunteer editor, Wikipedia)
শনি, ২৯ আগস্ট, ২০২০ তারিখে ২:০৭ AM টায় এ Chen Almog calmog@wikimedia.org লিখেছেন:
Hello everyone!
Following our last update <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2020-August/095404.html
regarding in-person gatherings, we wanted to share another update on the new dates for the upcoming Conference Grants program funding round.
As we want to allow more time for potential grantees to review and utilize the forthcoming September release of guidance for in-person gatherings, we have extended the upcoming deadline for new Conference Grants proposals until September 28, 2020. Please see all the specific dates on the conference grants meta page < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference#Event_categories_and_dates
.
We will be accepting applications in September for events occurring between January - June 2021.
For this round we will also include Growth events < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/EventCategories#Growth_Eve...
and innovative ideas that will welcome more contributors to our movements and projects; and on gatherings that will support the implementation of the Wikimedia 2030 strategy recommendations.
We also wanted to take the opportunity to officially welcome the new member of our team, Rachel Farrand https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rfarrand_%28WMF%29, who probably many of you already know from managing our past Technical Events Ecosystem and who has been working at the Wikimedia Foundation on community events since 2011. She is now a Senior Program Officer and will be joining me in managing our Conference grants program.Rachel will be overseeing our Thematic < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/EventCategories#Thematic_E...
and
Growth < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/EventCategories#Growth_Eve...
events,
and I will continue focusing on our Regional < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/EventCategories#Regional_E...
events.
We will also continue to support other projects related to Community Events.
If you have any questions as for the upcoming funding round, potential proposals or need feedback on draft proposals - please reach out to us at conferencegrants@wikimedia.org .
All the best,
Chen
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Chen Almog (she/her)
Senior Program Officer, Conference Grants
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