Hoi, I have written a proposal on grants.wikimedia.org In it you find a proposal for spending as much as we can get from UNESCO under their IFAP program. To ask for this grant we HAVE to apply before the 20th of Februari.
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/ifapprojects/manuals/instructions.pdf is the PDF with the instructions that we have to comply with.
One issue is that we have to involve the national IFAP committees .. :( I do not see how this can be done practically) This will have to be discussed how this is to be done practically.. One answer that can be given is, that we are already working towards our goals.
The money we ask for will give our efforts a shot in the arm. There are two considerations: When we apply for this grant, we will have to spend the money according to how we apply for the grant. This means that we have to do this, criticism from any and all not withstanding. Another thing is that by asking for grants, we let big donors decide how we spend money and we will have admin because of it. It makes sense to allow our smaller donors also to have this spending power. Please read "Donations: putting your money where your mouth is" on Meta..
Thanks, Gerard
For more information about this grant (which you can actually read and edit), see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants/IFAP.
Another proposal for the UNESCO grant, suggested to me by some librarian friends of mine, is also listed on that Meta: page. Please discuss the relative merits of the two proposals on the discussion page. I worry that the wiktionary proposal is not closely-enough aligned with the current grant goals... though of course it is in line with the much vaguer and more general IFAP goals. The primary goals for the current grant are more about educating professionals than about producing content :
[ ] Promoting information literacy, through capacity building particularly for information professionals [ ] Strengthening awareness about the importance of preservation of information of all kinds [ ] Promoting a better understanding of the ethical, legal and societal implications of ICTs
( ICTs : Information and Communication Technologies )
--SJ
PS -- please develop basic grant proposals on meta, since not everyone has access to the grants wiki (and it is mainly for the rare bits of information which for whatever reason shouldn't be public and googlable).
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:39:04 +0100, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, I have written a proposal on grants.wikimedia.org In it you find a proposal for spending as much as we can get from UNESCO under their IFAP program. To ask for this grant we HAVE to apply before the 20th of Februari.
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/ifapprojects/manuals/instructions.pdf is the PDF with the instructions that we have to comply with.
One issue is that we have to involve the national IFAP committees .. :( I do not see how this can be done practically) This will have to be discussed how this is to be done practically.. One answer that can be given is, that we are already working towards our goals.
Hello
Just in case some people wonder where this comes from... We had a grant meeting today on irc (as announced a couple of days ago on this list). It lasted nearly three hours, and was extremely fruitful.
Some of the grants we are thinking of will be worked on meta, while others will be worked on the grant wiki. Please contact Danny if you are interested in giving some of your time and energy to these topics.
Meanwhile, any feedback is welcome on meta.
Thanks
Anthere
Gerard Meijssen a écrit:
Hoi, I have written a proposal on grants.wikimedia.org In it you find a proposal for spending as much as we can get from UNESCO under their IFAP program. To ask for this grant we HAVE to apply before the 20th of Februari.
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/ifapprojects/manuals/instructions.pdf is the PDF with the instructions that we have to comply with.
One issue is that we have to involve the national IFAP committees .. :( I do not see how this can be done practically) This will have to be discussed how this is to be done practically.. One answer that can be given is, that we are already working towards our goals.
The money we ask for will give our efforts a shot in the arm. There are two considerations: When we apply for this grant, we will have to spend the money according to how we apply for the grant. This means that we have to do this, criticism from any and all not withstanding. Another thing is that by asking for grants, we let big donors decide how we spend money and we will have admin because of it. It makes sense to allow our smaller donors also to have this spending power. Please read "Donations: putting your money where your mouth is" on Meta..
Thanks, Gerard
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:31:34 +0100, Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Hello
Just in case some people wonder where this comes from... We had a grant meeting today on irc (as announced a couple of days ago on this list). It lasted nearly three hours, and was extremely fruitful.
Speaking of meetings, will there be another meeting to discuss NEH grants and searching for further applicable grants?
Meanwhile, any feedback is welcome on meta.
Where on meta should people give general feedback on Grants? Is there a place to suggest new grants, or to suggest project proposals for which we should find a suitable grant?
Cheers, +sj+
Sj a écrit:
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:31:34 +0100, Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Hello
Just in case some people wonder where this comes from... We had a grant meeting today on irc (as announced a couple of days ago on this list). It lasted nearly three hours, and was extremely fruitful.
Speaking of meetings, will there be another meeting to discuss NEH grants and searching for further applicable grants?
Most probably since we did not have the time to discuss it yesterday. This would be best done when we have first covered the ones discussed yesterday but sufficiently in time before the next ones deadlines.
Meanwhile, any feedback is welcome on meta.
Where on meta should people give general feedback on Grants? Is there a place to suggest new grants, or to suggest project proposals for which we should find a suitable grant?
Cheers, +sj+
On http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/grants (which would benefit from a clean up), its related pages and talk pages :-)
Ant
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