Dear all,
TL;DR: Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a press release[1] about
the “Wikimedia Enterprise” API project - announcing our first set of
customers, as well as a new self-signup system. This is a significant
milestone because it fulfills several promises we have made to ourselves
and to the movement. There will be a community open meeting on Thursday 23
June @ 1700 UTC as documented on our Meta page.[2] The text of this email
is also published on the talkpage - please centralise any comments/feedback
there.[3]
Details
I am writing today with details of the latest developments in the
“Wikimedia Enterprise” API project. This follows the project’s
community-discussion phase, which began approximately one year ago, focused
on Meta [and also this wikimedia-l thread]. Then, this past October, we
issued a press release announcing that we were “open for business” on the
project’s new site.[4] This wikimedia-l email thread contains the details
of those previous phases.
Now is the third and final major announcement in this journey from “idea”
to “reality”. Today’s press release,[1] and associated story on the
project’s new “news” page,[5] states that:
-
Two well known organisations will be announced as the first customers of
the project. One is a major social/search corporation [Google], as our
first official paying customer. This also means that the project is now
covering its current operating costs. The other is a movement partner and
nonprofit organization [The Internet Archive] that will receive access at
no cost.
-
Anyone will be able to sign up for an account and use/access the service
[but not at a commercial scale] for free. Furthermore, payments for
usage above that threshold will be calculated simply and publicly based on
the number of API requests and gigabytes of data used. (Other free access
methods for the dataset continue to exist, as documented on our Meta FAQ)[6]
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The API’s metadata has been expanded to include the beta version of what
we are calling “credibility signals”. This is already public information
(such as pageviews, edit-rates, and page-protection status changes)
packaged within the single data feed to help users make more informed
decisions about when they should refresh their copy of the dataset.
(Emphasis on ‘beta’, as this is not available on all versions of the
product yet.)
This announcement is a significant milestone because it fulfills several
promises we have made to ourselves and to the movement, namely that:
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We have built something that commercial organisations who are already
heavy users of Wikimedia content and Wikimedia Foundation services are
willing to invest in. The pricing is based on estimated usage, resulting in
a more manageable and transparent cost structure. The project is now
covering its current operating expenses. In addition, we requested and
received a public affirmation/support letter from the Board for the
project’s financial operating principles, ensuring that commercial revenue
will only ever be a minority of the total and their oversight for any
future high value contracts.[7]
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The nonprofit partner will receive access at no cost, demonstrating a
first practical example of how this project supports the mission of
knowledge access while also providing a new revenue stream.
-
The ‘trial’ tier of the service is primarily designed to allow potential
customers to determine whether they want to use it in commercial production
environments, but it also allows anyone to see what is ‘in’ the API.
Moreover, it will allow volunteers or researchers to access the service for
free at a non-commercial scale. If those people have a mission-relevant
use-case that requires them to continue to use the Enterprise API above
that scale (i.e. that isn’t viable using other APIs/dumps), we will
continue to provide them with free access.
-
The ‘credibility signals’ concept means that vandalism and errors should
appear less often and/or be removed more quickly in downstream services
such as search engines. [Note, how and when customers incorporate features
is their own decision].
While we are proud to announce these customers, it is important to note
that our market research has identified a significant gap in our movement’s
ability to have Wikimedia knowledge used. The world’s largest companies are
already using Wikimedia; we’re just providing a better way for them to do
so. But for everyone else, it is often too hard and they do not have the
resources (financial, technical, and human) to incorporate Wikimedia
information – even though they want to. In short: simply providing
legally-reusable knowledge is insufficient to enable reuse for a very large
portion of society.
And so, we are focusing a lot of our future product development on
this Knowledge
as a Service model - consistent with the Movement Strategy’s “strategic
direction”.[8] This is what OpenFuture.eu’s interview with the Enterprise
team referred to as our attempt at “lowering the playing field” – a term we
quite like.[9]
We are increasingly realising that the future of Wikimedia Enterprise is
much more nuanced than merely “making big tech pay”, but is about enabling
access to the many companies who want to use Wikimedia knowledge in their
own products but currently can’t. These organisations are willing to pay us
to find ways to better support their specific use of Wikimedia content,
both through more accessible technology, contractual guarantees of service
availability, and professional services to help them make the best use of
our content in their systems. As per our enumerated Principles,[10] all
customers get the same product - there are no exclusive or bespoke features
- they only pay for the volume of usage. This will allow smaller companies
to compete and will ensure that Wikimedia knowledge is more widely
available. Our goal is for the future business model of Enterprise to
resemble “many paying a little” rather than “few paying a lot” – an
approach similar to our movement’s “many small donors” fundraising
methodology.
Still to come later this year will be:
-
Exploring options to integrate Wikidata in the dataset, which is a
common customer request. We are working closely with Wikimedia-Deutschland
to discuss how to best do this.
-
Small, and non-U.S. based customers. This is crucial to demonstrating
the Knowledge as a Service value of the project. We already work with
relevant Chapters when we have a potential ‘local’ customer who has
expressed strong interest.
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Publishing aggregate revenue/expense data, but only after there’s enough
aggregate financial data collected, over a sufficient period of time, and
with enough customers to be informative.
-
The “news” page on the Enterprise website itself will be where future
software updates, customer case-studies, etc. will be published. This
ensures that the information is available, while not detracting from
community-focused places like the Diff blog. The first post on that news
page is available today.[5]
In order to not distract from community-focused discussions, and of course
unless there’s something important for the community to know, in the future
we will announce new customers product updates etc. on the project
website’s news page and on Meta rather than on this mailing list etc. - but
we felt it was important to do it this time.
Finally, I would also like to ask you to keep your eyes and ears open for
anyone in your corner of the Wikimedia community who has questions or
concerns about the project. Please ask them to read and comment on our Meta
FAQ,[6] to contact me directly, or to attend the public community open
meeting on Thursday, which is already announced on Meta on the project’s
page & the mainpage calendar.
Sincerely, and on behalf of the Wikimedia Enterprise team,[11]
* Liam Wyatt [Wittylama]*
Program Manager
for *Enterprise,* *Newcomer Experience, & WikiCite*
Wikimedia Foundation
[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2022/06/21/wikimedia-enterprise-announ…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Enterprise#Update:_First_cus…
[4] https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/
[5] https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/news/hello-world/
[6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/FAQ#Will_the_community…
[7]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Wiki…
[8]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017#Our_strate…
[9] https://openfuture.eu/blog/wikimedia-enterprise/
[10] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Principles
[11] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise#Team
On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 at 19:01, Liam Wyatt <lwyatt(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Dear all, A lot has happened since March when we Introduced the Wikimedia
> Enterprise API
> <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/03/16/introducing-the-wikimedia-enterprise-…>
> and began community conversations about the project’s development. Now is
> an important milestone to give everyone:
> 1) an update responding to community advice we’ve received; and
> 2) to describe what is happening next.
>
>
> The idea of an API for the specific needs of the commercial sector had
> been discussed for more than a decade
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/FAQ#Where_has_this_pre…>
> (both for the purposes of improving user experience, and also to diversify
> revenue). The announcement in March introducing the Wikimedia Enterprise
> API generated a lot of Wikimedia-community and mainstream-media attention -
> most notably in WIRED
> <https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-finally-asking-big-tech-to-pay-up/>.
> Since then, the team has been hard at work building the actual product and
> hosting many conversations (regular public meetings and participation in
> events including SWAN, Wikimania, EMWCon, Clinic) - as well as a
> considerable volume of discussions on our meta talkpage
> <https://xtools.wmflabs.org/articleinfo/meta.wikimedia.org/Talk:Wikimedia%20…>.
> All of this has generated lots of suggestions, which we have endeavoured to
> incorporate and respond to before the actual commercial launch. On behalf
> of the whole team, I thank the many many people who have been willing and
> able to share constructive feedback with us over these months. Links to
> recordings from those meetings/presentations can be found on our meta
> homepage:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise
>
>
> 1. To that end, here are some updates in response to community advice:
>
>
> WMF Board statement.
>
> Subsequent to the most recent WMF Board of Trustees meeting, a statement
> reaffirming their support of the project, and in particular its operating
> principles relating to its future revenue, has been published. You can find the
> board Statement here
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Wiki…>,
> and the Enterprise operating principles on Meta here
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Pri…>.
> Consistent community feedback was that our published principles were good
> and sensible, but for such a new and unusual thing in our movement, an
> overt statement from the Board of Trustees was requested. This statement
> affirms that:
>
> - Revenues of the WMF obtained from commercial activities shall not
> surpass 30% of the total planned revenue via all sources (including
> donations) in that fiscal year, and no further revenue would be sought
> beyond that limit;
> - The Board of Trustees will be notified in advance of any large
> commercial agreements, giving them time for review - exactly mirroring the
> procedure for large gifts;
> - Revenue obtained from Wikimedia Enterprise services is under the
> oversight and control of procedures for revenue raised by the Wikimedia
> Foundation and the revenue will not be earmarked for a specific program.
>
> Each of these things were already noted on-wiki, but they were very much
> worthwhile re-stating formally. Equally it bears repeating: the existing
> APIs and methods of accessing Wikimedia sites remain. The creation of this
> optional commercial service, designed for those with specific high
> data-volume demands, does not change the experience (legally or
> technically) for anyone else.
> Relatedy, and also in response to community suggestions, the formal
> contracts which define the legal relationship of the non-profit Wikimedia
> Foundation to this commercial activity, have now been published on the
> governance wiki and linked from the related section on the project’s
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/FAQ#Why_is_this_being_…>
> FAQ
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/FAQ#Why_is_this_being_…>.
>
>
> Free technical access for the community.
>
> You will soon be able to access a copy of the Enterprise dataset,
> refreshed each fortnight, at the Wikimedia dumps portal
> <http://dumps.wikimedia.org/>. Furthermore a ‘daily dump + hourly diff’
> version is also already available, via Wikimedia Cloud Services
> <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Cloud_Services_Introduction> to
> any users of Toolforge, Cloud VPS, or PAWS. Both of these are provided to
> anyone, for free (in both ‘gratis’ and ‘libre’ senses of the word).
> Importantly, and consistent with community feedback, neither of these
> access methods require any special request process to access them, other
> than the existing terms of service on those platforms.
>
> Software development updates are published monthly on our page on
> MediaWiki <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise#Updates>
> (as is the API documentation
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Documentation>), and
> the work is coordinated on our Phabricator board
> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/wikimedia_enterprise/>.
>
>
> Next public meeting.
> As mentioned, the team has been holding regular public calls. If you would
> like to meet with, and ask any questions of, the Enterprise team (a.k.a.
> “Office hours”):
>
> Friday October 22 @ 1500 UTC on Zoom
> <https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/88994018553>. If you would like to arrange a
> conversation about this project with a group in the community that you are
> part of (at a time, language, and meeting-software platform of your
> choice), please contact me directly.
>
>
> 2. What is happening next:
>
>
> The launch of the project’s standalone website, denoting the service as
> “open for business”, will take place early next week.
>
>
> In parallel we will also be announcing the first customers - both from the
> commercial and non-profit sectors. We expect this will generate some
> attention in the media. Despite our best efforts to be visible across the
> wikiverse, reading about the Wikimedia Enterprise API in the media will
> probably be the first time that some Wikimedians hear about it - which
> might be surprising for them. So, next week, if you see any Wikimedians
> asking about this project on community forums, please notify me by email,
> on-wiki [as user:LWyatt (WMF) ], and/or direct them to the project FAQ on
> Meta
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Enterprise/FAQ>
> (currently available in 7 languages).
>
> Once again, thank you to all who have been involved in the development of,
> or given feedback to, *Enterprise*. It’s been a long road getting from
> there to here...
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> * Liam Wyatt [Wittylama]*
>
> Program Manager for *Enterprise, WikiCite,* and *Newcomer Experience*
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 at 17:02, Liam Wyatt <lwyatt-ctr(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Over the last few months, a small team at the Wikimedia Foundation has
>> been working on a project that has been discussed by many people in our
>> movement for many years: building ‘enterprise grade’ services for the
>> high-volume commercial reusers of Wikimedia content. I am pleased to say
>> that in a remarkably short amount of time (considering the complexity of
>> the issues: technical, strategic, legal, and financial) we now have
>> something worthy of showing to the community, and we are asking for your
>> feedback. Allow me to introduce you to the Wikimedia Enterprise API project
>> – formerly codenamed “okapi”.
>>
>> While the general idea for Wikimedia Enterprise predates the current
>> movement strategy process, its recommendations identify an enterprise API
>> as one possible solution to both “Increase the sustainability of our
>> movement” and “Improve User Experience.”[0] That is, to simultaneously
>> create a new revenue stream to protect Wikimedia’s sustainability, and
>> improve the quality and quantity of Wikimedia content available to our many
>> readers who do not visit our websites directly (including more consistent
>> attribution). Moreover, it does so in a way that is true to our movement’s
>> culture: with open source software, financial transparency, non-exclusive
>> contracts or content, no restrictions on existing services, and free access
>> for Wikimedia volunteers who need it.
>>
>> The team believes we are on target to achieve those goals and so we have
>> written a lot of documentation to get your feedback about our progress and
>> where it could be further improved before the actual product is ‘launched’
>> in the next few months. We have been helped in this process over the last
>> several months by approximately 100 individual volunteers (from many
>> corners of the wikiverse) and representatives of affiliate organisations
>> who have reviewed our plans and provided invaluable direction, pointing out
>> weaknesses and opportunities, or areas lacking clarity and documentation in
>> our drafts. Thank you to everyone who has shared your time and expertise to
>> help prepare this new initiative.
>>
>> A essay describing the “why?” and the “how?” of this project is now on
>> Meta:
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Essay
>>
>> Also now published on Meta are an extensive FAQ, operating principles,
>> and technical documentation on MediaWiki.org. You can read these at [1] [2]
>> and [3] respectively. Much of this documentation is already available in
>> French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
>>
>> The Wikimedia Enterprise team is particularly interested in your feedback
>> on how we have designed the checks and balances to this project - to ensure
>> it is as successful as possible at achieving those two goals described
>> above while staying true to the movement’s values and culture. For example:
>> Is everything covered appropriately in the “Principles” list? Is the
>> technical documentation on MediaWiki.org clear? Are the explanations in the
>> “FAQ” about free-access for community, or project’s legal structure, or the
>> financial transparency (etc.) sufficiently detailed?
>>
>> Meet the team and Ask Us Anything:
>>
>> The central place to provide written feedback about the project in
>> general is on the talkpage of the documentation on Meta at:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Enterprise
>>
>> On this Friday (March 19) we will be hosting two “Office hours”
>> conversations where anyone can come and give feedback or ask questions:
>>
>> -
>>
>> 13:00 UTC via Zoom at https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/95580273732
>> -
>>
>> 22:00 UTC via Zoom at https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/92565175760 (note:
>> this is Saturday in Asia/Oceania)
>>
>> Other “office hours” meetings can be arranged on-request on a technical
>> platform of your choosing; and we will organise more calls in the future.
>>
>> We will also be attending the next SWAN meetings (on March 21)
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network,
>> and also the next of the Wikimedia Clinics
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
>>
>> Moreover, we would be very happy to accept any invitation to attend an
>> existing group call that would like to discuss this topic (e.g. an
>> affiliate’s members’ meeting).
>>
>>
>> On behalf of the Wikimedia Enterprise team,
>>
>> Peace, Love & Metadata
>> -- Liam Wyatt [Wittylama], Wikimedia Enterprise project community liaison.
>>
>> [0]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
>>
>> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/FAQ
>>
>> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise/Principles
>>
>> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise
>>
>> *Liam Wyatt [Wittylama]*
>> WikiCite <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite> Program Manager & Wikimedia
>> Enterprise <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Okapi> Community Liaison
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>
>>
Versão em português abaixo ↓
Version française ci-dessous ↓
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Convocatoria abierta para Comité regional Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LAC)
El equipo de Recursos comunitarios de la Fundación Wikimedia y el Comité
regional de financiación de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LAC)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/LATAM_and_The_Caribbean/es#C…>
invitan a enviar sus candidaturas para formar parte del comité en la
región de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LAC). Los Comités regionales de
financiación <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Committees/es-419>
apoyan la práctica participativa de los programas de financiación
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start/es> de la Fundación
Wikimedia. La fecha límite para aplicar es el 7 de septiembre de 2022.
¿Cuáles son las funciones y responsabilidades del comité?
El Comité LAC revisa las propuestas de financiación de los afiliados y
otros miembros de la comunidad dentro de la región de Latinoamérica y el
Caribe que buscan fondos de la Fundación Wikimedia. Las responsabilidades
del Comité incluyen:
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Contribuir como aliados del pensamiento estratégico para ayudar a los
candidatos y fortalecer sus estrategias y propuestas.
-
Evaluar y recomendar propuestas de financiación prometedoras.
-
Ayudar difundir y captar solicitantes para obtener financiación.
¿Por qué te puede interesar formar parte del comité LAC?
Todos los nuevos miembros recibirán orientación y formación y serán parte
de una comunidad regional de activistas por la cultura libre y el
conocimiento abierto. Estas personas tendrán la oportunidad de asesorar en
las decisiones de financiación y compartir proactivamente recomendaciones y
tutorías para apoyar a los socios beneficiarios de la región de
Latinoamérica y el Caribe en sus estrategias de desarrollo, crecimiento y
sostenibilidad; que contribuyan a un mundo en el que todos los seres
humanos puedan compartir libremente la suma de todos los conocimientos.
También se fortalecerá tu capacidad en los procesos de toma de decisiones
participativas mientras aprendes sobre el increíble trabajo de nuestra
comunidad y los diferentes contextos que influyen en su trabajo.
-
Haz clic aquí para leer más sobre la convocatoria abierta de miembros
del Comité LAC
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/LATAM_and_The_Caribbean/LAC_…>incluídos
los requisitos de elegibilidad, las funciones y responsabilidades, nuestro
enfoque para el otorgamiento de financiaciones y más.
-
Haz clic aquí para leer más sobre todos los Comités Regionales de
Financiación. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Committees/es-419>
-
Haz clic para leer sobre el actual Comité LAC específicamente.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/LATAM_and_The_Caribbean/es>
-
Haz clic aquí para presentar su candidatura al comité LAC.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/LATAM_and_The_Caribbean/LAC_…>
Fecha límite para presentar la candidatura al comité:
-
7 de septiembre de 2022
Por favor, contacta con lac_fund(a)wikimedia.org si tienes preguntas sobre
las candidaturas al Comité LAC.
Saludos cordiales,
El Comité regional de financiación de LAC y Mercedes Caso, Oficial de
Programa para fondos de la Fundación Wikimedia en la región de América
Latina y el Caribe
------------------------------
(Português)
Chamada aberta ao Comitê Regional para a América Latina e o Caribe (LAC)
A equipe de Recursos Comunitários da Wikimedia Foundation e o Comitê
Regional de Financiamento da América Latina e Caribe (LAC)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/LATAM_and_The_Caribbean/es%2…>
convidam os candidatos a membros do comitê na região da América Latina e
Caribe (LAC). Os Comitês Regionais de Financiamento
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Committees/es-419> apóiam a prática
participativa dos programas de financiamento
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start/es> da Wikimedia Foundation.
A data limite para a aplicação é 7 de setembro de 2022.
Quais são as funções e responsabilidades do comitê?
O Comitê LAC analisa propostas de financiamento de afiliados e outros
membros da comunidade dentro da região da América Latina e Caribe em busca
de fundos da Wikimedia Foundation. As responsabilidades do Comitê incluem:
-
Contribuir como aliados do pensamento estratégico para ajudar os
candidatos e fortalecer suas estratégias e propostas.
-
Avaliar e recomendar propostas de financiamento promissoras.
-
Ajudar a divulgar e atrair candidatos para financiamento.
Por que você estaria interessado em fazer parte do comitê da ALC?
Todos os novos membros receberão orientação e treinamento e farão parte de
uma comunidade regional de cultura livre e ativistas do conhecimento
aberto. Estes indivíduos terão a oportunidade de aconselhar sobre decisões
de financiamento e compartilhar proativamente recomendações e tutoria para
apoiar os parceiros beneficiários na região da América Latina e Caribe em
suas estratégias de desenvolvimento, crescimento e sustentabilidade;
contribuindo para um mundo onde todos os seres humanos possam compartilhar
livremente a soma de todo o conhecimento. Você também fortalecerá sua
capacidade nos processos decisórios participativos enquanto aprende sobre o
incrível trabalho de nossa comunidade e os diferentes contextos que
influenciam seu trabalho.
-
Clique aqui para ler mais sobre a chamada aberta aos membros do Comitê
LAC,
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/LATAM_and_The_Caribbean/LAC_…>
incluindo requisitos de elegibilidade, funções e responsabilidades, nossa
abordagem para a concessão de subsídios e muito mais.
-
Clique aqui para ler mais sobre todos os Comitês Regionais de
Financiamento. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Committees/pt-br>
-
Clique para ler sobre o atual Comitê LAC especificamente.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/LATAM_and_The_Caribbean/pt-br>
-
Clique aqui para se candidatar ao comitê LAC.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/LATAM_and_The_Caribbean/LAC_…>
Data limite para apresentar a candidatura ao comitê:
-
7 de setembro de 2022
Favor contatar lac_fund(a)wikimedia.org se você tiver dúvidas sobre as
nomeações para o Comitê LAC.
Cordiais cumprimentos,
O Comitê Regional de Financiamento da ALC e Mercedes Caso, oficial do
programa da financiamento da Wikimedia Foundation na região da ALC
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Appel ouvert pour le comité régional d'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes (ALC)
L'équipe des ressources communautaires de la Wikimedia Foundation et le comité
régional de financement pour l'Amérique latine et les Caraïbes (ALC)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/LATAM_and_The_Caribbean/fr>
lancent un appel à candidatures pour devenir membre du comité pour la
région Amérique latine et Caraïbes (ALC). Les comités régionaux de
financement soutiennent la pratique participative des programmes de
financement <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start/fr>de la
Wikimedia Foundation. La date limite de dépôt des candidatures est fixée au
7 septembre 2022.
Quels sont les rôles et les responsabilités du comité ?
Le comité ALC examine les propositions de financement des affiliés et
autres membres de la communauté de la région Amérique latine et Caraïbes
qui sollicitent des fonds auprès de la Wikimedia Foundation. Les
responsabilités du Comité comprennent :
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Contribuer en tant qu'alliés de la réflexion stratégique pour aider les
candidats et renforcer leurs stratégies et propositions.
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Évaluer et recommander des propositions de financement prometteuses.
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Contribuer à la diffusion et à attirer des candidats pour le financement.
Pourquoi seriez-vous intéressé à rejoindre le comité de ALC ?
Tous les nouveaux membres recevront une orientation et une formation et
feront partie d'une communauté régionale de militants de la culture libre
et de la connaissance ouverte. Ces personnes auront l'occasion de donner
des conseils sur les décisions de financement et de partager de manière
proactive des recommandations et un encadrement pour soutenir les
partenaires bénéficiaires de subventions dans la région Amérique latine et
Caraïbes dans leurs stratégies de développement, de croissance et de
durabilité ; contribuant ainsi à un monde où tous les êtres humains peuvent
partager librement la somme de toutes les connaissances. Vous renforcerez
également vos capacités en matière de processus décisionnels participatifs
tout en découvrant l'incroyable travail de notre communauté et les
différents contextes qui influencent son action.
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Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus sur l'appel ouvert aux membres du comité
de l'ALC
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/LATAM_and_The_Caribbean/LAC_…>,
y compris les conditions d'éligibilité, les rôles et les responsabilités,
notre approche de l'octroi de subventions et plus encore.
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Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus sur les comités régionaux de financement.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Committees/fr>
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Cliquez pour en savoir plus sur le comité ALC actuel, notamment.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/LATAM_and_The_Caribbean/fr>
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Cliquez ici pour poser votre candidature au comité ALC.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/LATAM_and_The_Caribbean/LAC_…>
Date limite de dépôt de la candidature auprès de la commission :
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7 septembre 2022
Veuillez contacter lac_fund(a)wikimedia.org si vous avez des questions sur
les nominations du comité LAC.
Cordialement,
Le comité de financement de la région ALC et Mercedes Caso, officier de
programme du programme de financement de la Fondation Wikimedia dans la
région ALC.
The Wikimedia Foundation’s Community Resources team and the Northern and
Western Europe (NWE) Committee invite you to apply to become a committee
member in the Northern and Western Europe (NWE) region. The NWE Committee
supports the Wikimedia Foundation Funds [1] programs' participatory
grantmaking practice. *The deadline for applying is September 4, 2022*.
The NWE Committee reviews grant proposals from affiliates and other
community members within the NWE region who are seeking grant funding from
the Wikimedia Foundation. Committee responsibilities include: providing
thought partnership to help support applicants and strengthen their
strategy and proposals; evaluating and recommending promising proposals for
funding; and helping recruit and spread the word about grants. Orientation
and training is provided for new members.
Serving committee members will have the opportunity to advise on funding
decisions and proactively share recommendations and mentorship to support
grantees in the Northern and Western Europe region 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.
You can read more about the open call for NWE Committee members, including
eligibility requirements, roles and responsibilities, our approaching to
grantmaking and more, at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/Northern_and_Western_Europe/…
You can read more about all Regional Funding Committees, at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Committees
You can read about the current NWE Committee specifically at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/Northern_and_Western_Europe
You can apply as a candidate for the NWE committee at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/Northern_and_Western_Europe/…
Deadline for submitting committee candidacy:
* September 4, 2022
Please reach out to nwe_fund(a)wikimedia.org for questions about the NWE
Committee.
Warm regards,
The NWE Regional Funding Committee and
Marti Johnson, Program Officer for Wikimedia Foundation Funds in Northern
and Western Europe region
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start
*Marti Johnson*
*Pronouns: she/her/hersLead Program Officer*
*Wikimedia Community Fund, Northern and Western Europe*
*Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>*
*1 Montgomery, Ste. 1600*
*San Francisco, CA 94104*
+1 415-839-6885
Skype: Mjohnson_WMF
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