Dear Wikimedians,
The Community Resources team is excited to announce on Diff https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-funding-strategy/ 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
1.
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-fund... 2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch... 3.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start 4.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch...
Dear Kassia,
thank you for sharing this on the list. I hope that the implementation phase will help us remove some of the artificial boundaries that we have created over the years, and rethink them, rather than just inherit from existing programs.
Recently, we have been talking on this list in a very different context about holding the WMF to the same standards as affiliates. In the past, the Wikimedia Foundation has submitted her budget to the same community scrutiny processes as major chapters had to.
This just makes me wonder: Where will the WMF budget fit into this new structure?
Thanks,
Lodewijk
On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 2:17 PM Kassia Echavarri-Queen < kechavarriqueen@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
The Community Resources team is excited to announce on Diff https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-funding-strategy/ 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
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-fund... 2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch... 3.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start 4.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch...
--
Kassia Echavarri-Queen (She/Her)
Director, Community Investment
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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/1tRSolGdZ0k9CcTQgfUSCHk1Ypp1iPTTDFnn5...
Could 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 https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-funding-strategy/ 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
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-fund... 2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch... 3.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start 4.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch...
--
Kassia Echavarri-Queen (She/Her)
Director, Community Investment
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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/1tRSolGdZ0k9CcTQgfUSCHk1Ypp1iPTTDFnn5...
Could 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 https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-funding-strategy/ 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
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-fund... 2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch... 3.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start 4.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch...
--
Kassia Echavarri-Queen (She/Her)
Director, Community Investment
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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The call links were listed in the "Get involved" page (4th link in the original post). Here it is again:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch...
A.
Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org
On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 11:15 AM 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/1tRSolGdZ0k9CcTQgfUSCHk1Ypp1iPTTDFnn5...
Could 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 https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-funding-strategy/ 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
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-fund... 2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch... 3.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start 4.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch...
--
Kassia Echavarri-Queen (She/Her)
Director, Community Investment
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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Thanks asaf Mardetanha
On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 9:31 PM Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
The call links were listed in the "Get involved" page (4th link in the original post). Here it is again:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch...
A.
Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org
On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 11:15 AM 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/1tRSolGdZ0k9CcTQgfUSCHk1Ypp1iPTTDFnn5...
Could 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 https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-funding-strategy/ 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
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-fund... 2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch... 3.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start 4.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch...
--
Kassia Echavarri-Queen (She/Her)
Director, Community Investment
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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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, Bodhisattwa On 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/1tRSolGdZ0k9CcTQgfUSCHk1Ypp1iPTTDFnn5...
Could 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 https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-funding-strategy/ 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
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-fund... 2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch... 3.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start 4.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch...
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Director, Community Investment
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Hello all,
This is so amazing to see, Kassia. Especially as someone who was a part of the Resource Allocation Working Group of the Movement Strategy, this is definitely a big leap in the right direction for Knowledge Equity. I am especially excited to see a separate fund for mission-aligned organizations, which traditionally had to compete with seasoned Wikimedians or Affiliates.
I would also like to add my 50 cents here regarding the Rapid grants, though. I completely echo with what Bodhi has said. With the Rapid Fund having being increased to a limit of 5000 USD, I believe in some regions, such as South Asia, some intermediate projects can also be executed using them. As the entire year's plan of certain group was being executed in 2000 USD, with a bigger amount, there is an opportunity for them to potentially start hiring some paid positions (one or two) along with buying equipment or renting office spaces, which has traditionally been discouraged under the previous Rapid Grants, and perhaps that will help prepare them for even larger grants in the future. So, as Bodhi has already said making the Rapid Fund as flexible as possible will really help the smaller affiliates to test and innovate and grow!
Best Satdeep
On Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 11:20 PM Bodhisattwa Mandal < bodhisattwa.rgkmc@gmail.com> wrote:
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, Bodhisattwa On 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/1tRSolGdZ0k9CcTQgfUSCHk1Ypp1iPTTDFnn5...
Could 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 https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-funding-strategy/ 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
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-fund... 2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch... 3.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start 4.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch...
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Director, Community Investment
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Thank you Asaf for posting the link.
Yes here it is and the links for the meeting are now also live. All are welcome! We will focus the majority of time on answering your questions.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch...
Looking forward to the discussions.
All the best, Kassia
On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 10:03 AM Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
The call links were listed in the "Get involved" page (4th link in the original post). Here it is again:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch...
A.
Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
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On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 11:15 AM 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/1tRSolGdZ0k9CcTQgfUSCHk1Ypp1iPTTDFnn5...
Could 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 https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-funding-strategy/ 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
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-fund... 2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch... 3.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start 4.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch...
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Director, Community Investment
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