To Wikimedia affiliates and organizations,

The Community Resources team is *seeking up new members for the US & Canada Regional Fund Committee*, which supports funding needs in the General Support Fund program https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/General_Support_Fund. The committee maintains responsibilities to review and make final funding decisions for proposals received for this program, as well as working together with applicants on preparing robust proposals that benefit Wikimedia projects and communities.

The Regional Fund Committees' work is guided by the principles of participatory decision-making https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Movement_Strategy_Principles#Inclusivity_&_Participatory_Decision-Making and subsidiarity, and aims to support the needs of many communities in the movement, including those based on gender, ethnicity, age, and geography, amongst other characteristics.

To *learn more about Regional Fund Committees*, eligibility criteria for joining, roles and responsibilities, training information, and procedure for review and selection, please *review our general open call information on Meta-wiki https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Committees/Committee_Open_Call,*

To *apply as a candidate* for the US & Canada Regional Fund Committee, *please review our candidates page on Meta-wiki* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Committees/Committee_Open_Call/US_%26_Canada_Candidates for more information. Applications may be submitted on Meta-wiki or sent directly to me (cschilling@wikimedia.org). No deadline is set for applications for this open call, and will remain open until otherwise notified.

Please feel free to share this invitation and open call with any interested Wikimedians and other professionals who may be interested in committee participation.

With thanks,

Chris Schilling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi *Chris "Jethro" Schilling* (him//they) User:I JethroBT (WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF) Senior Program Officer (US & Canada, CEE & Central Asia) Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/ Image: *Kintsugi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi *for Wikipedia20 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Resources