(Apologies for cross-posting!)
The Community Resources team is inviting you to an exciting opportunity to
be a committee member as part of the grants programs' participatory
grantmaking practice.
Participatory grantmaking ensures that resourcing community efforts in the
movement is diverse, equal and inclusive. This practice aligns with
movement strategy recommendation 4. Ensure Equity in Decision-making:
Establishing shared responsibility and accountability for decision-making
and distribution of resources.
Serving committee members will have the opportunity to inform and advise
funding decisions and proactively share recommendations and mentorship to
support grantees worldwide in their development, growth, and sustainability
strategies; that contribute to a world in which every single human being
can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
You will also strengthen your capacity in participatory decision-making
processes while learning about our community's incredible work and the
different contexts that influence their work.
Here is statement by a current committee member, Thepwnco, on their
experience;
My experiences with Wikimedia Foundation grant programs have been very
rewarding, and I feel fortunate to have served as a volunteer committee
member since 2014. Grant programs contribute to equity and sustainability
in our movement through funding unmet and under-resourced needs. Under our
participatory approach to grantmaking, volunteers play a key role in
decision-making. Volunteers also help support and strengthen community-led
initiatives by reviewing grant proposals for impact and providing feedback
and other support to prospective grantees. But being a volunteer committee
member is much more than just a way to share your knowledge and insights,
it’s also an incredible opportunity to learn and be inspired by the breadth
of amazing and innovative work taking place across the movement and in
diverse communities and regions.
Here are the committees that are currently soliciting new members:
* Project Grants:* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project
** Project Grants Committee reviewing Community Organizing proposals: This
committee reviews proposals for projects that inspire and coordinate
volunteers, via campaigns, training, contests and other forms of community
organizing. You can learn more about Project Grants here:
** Project Grants Committee reviewing Research and Software proposals: This
committee reviews proposals for projects that create or maintain software
that supports the Wikimedia movement, or that conduct research to answer
questions important for Wikimedia communities and projects. *Simple Annual
Plan Grants: *https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/About
** Simple APG Committee: This committee reviews proposals to fund a group
or organization's programs and operating expenses for 12 months. The groups
and organizations need to have experience managing programs and grant
funding already.
Orientation and training is provided for new members, and you don’t have to
have previous experience to sign up.
Committee responsibilities include:
- Providing review and constructive feedback to help support applicants
and strengthen grant proposals
- Evaluating and recommending promising proposals for funding
- Helping recruit and spread the word about grants
- Optional: Becoming a project advisor for proposals that interest you
Eligibility requirements for committee members can be found here:
* Project Grants:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Committee/Eligibility#commit…
* Simple APG: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Committee
You can sign up as a candidate for a committee here:
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Committee/Candidates
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Committee/Candidates
Deadlines for submitting committee candidacy:
- Project Grants Committee reviewing Community Organizing proposals
--February 5, 2020
- Project Grants Committee reviewing Research and Software proposals --
March 5, 2020
- Simple APG Committee -- February 5, 2020
Please reach out to projectgrants(a)wikimedia.org for questions on the
Project Grants Committee and simple(a)wikimedia.org for questions on the
Simple APG Committee.
Warm regards,
Veronica Thamaini, Program Officer for Simple APG
Marti Johnson, Program Officer for Project Grants
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<https://wikimediafoundation.org/> *Veronica Thamaini *(She/Her)
Senior Program Officer, Community Resources
Wikim <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>edia Foundation
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
¡Hola estimadxs!
Como se anunció la semana pasada, la Junta Directiva de la Fundación
Wikimedia está organizando una convocatoria para recibir comentarios sobre
los procesos de selección de puestos de la comunidad y de los afiliados
entre el 1 de febrero y el 14 de marzo.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Boa…
Quería comunicarme personalmente con ustedes en el grupo de usuarios de
Wikimedistas del Perú para detallarles los múltiples canales para preguntas
y comentarios que vamos a utilizar.
Quiero hacer énfasis en la importancia de dar a conocer nuestras opiniones
y el razonamiento y los sentimientos detrás de estas opiniones, ya que de
estas discusiones la junta directiva decidirá que mecanismos utilizará para
organizar la selección de seis puestos comunitarios en los próximos meses
en la junta directiva. Tres de estos asientos deben renovarse y tres son
nuevos, recientemente aprobados.
Como participar
En la página de discusión de Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees…>
[1] pueden dejar comentarios generales que tengan con respecto al proceso
(el comentario puede realizarse en castellano).
Únirse al grupo de Telegram <https://t.me/gobernanzaWM> [2] de gobernanza
creado para recibir comentarios en nuestro idioma (abierto a cualquier
persona interesada en el proceso) .
Adicionalmente, en los próximos días estaremos organizando múltiples
conversaciones con proyectos wiki, afiliados y otros grupos.
No duden en comunicarse conmigo para cualquier sugerencia que me ayude a
recopilar mejor los comentarios de nuestra comunidad.
Saludos,
Oscar
*Oscar Costero*
Facilitator, Gobernanza de la Junta
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees…
[2] https://t.me/gobernanzaWM