Hi All,
Yes, you can ask to reallocate the remaining grant funds for prizes and
the award events, since they have not happened yet. Please let me know if
you'd like to move forward with this idea. If yes, you can follow the
directions here:
Cheers,
Alex
On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Saroj Dhakal <lotusnagarkot(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Exactly, we can not ask for the grant to conduct
WLM-14 and WLE-14
which is already done , from each contributors contributing from their
pocket for all photo walks and outreach .
But what I guess is that we should be able to ask for the grant to
provide the prize amounts to the winners which is yet to be done in future .
We'd be grateful if Alex could suggest !
Thanks,
Saroj
2014-12-27 6:12 GMT+05:45 Ganesh Paudel <gpaudel(a)gmail.com>om>:
> Dear Nabin Ji,
> Thanks for the suggestions. This is good proposal but I don't know
> whether we can use the amount for the past events. As to my knowledge we
> can't spend grant for past events. We have to make request prior to conduct
> any event. Let's ask to the grant team.
>
> Dear Alex,
> Can you suggest in this regard please?
>
> Best,
> Ganesh
>
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Nabin Sapkota <
> nboycreationnepal(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> As we all know that Wikimedia Community Nepal successfully
>> participated in two biggest events named Wiki Loves Earth
>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014>
>> and Wiki Loves Monuments
>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2014>,
>> 3600+
>>
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014_in_Nepal>
>> photos were uploaded by the 137 users in Wiki Loves Earth and about
>> 1100
>>
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2014_in_Nepal>
>> photos were uploaded by the 85
>> <http://stats.wikilovesmonuments.cl/?pais=nepal#summary> users in
>> Wiki Loves Monuments.
>>
>> Results of both WLE
>>
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014/Winners#Winners>
>> and WLM
>>
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2014_winners#Winners>are
>> announced few days back by the international team, where two of our
>> photographs were selected in short list of Top 28
>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wle-jury-report-2014-hires.pdf>
>> photographs ,ranked as 23rd and 24th position in WLE among the 70,000
>> photographs worldwide.
>>
>> We need to organize a program and award the winners of WLE-14 and
>> WLM-14.
>>
>> So, as suggested by Hempal ji what about utilizing the funds for this
>> purpose ?
>>
>> Yours sincerely,
>>
>> Nabin Sapkota
>>
<https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE:Nabin_K._Sapkota>
>>
>> Coordinator, Wiki Loves Earth 2014, Nepal
>>
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014_in_Nepal>
>>
>>
>> On 24 December 2014 at 09:43, Ganesh Paudel <gpaudel(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>> As you know we did good number of outreaches in zero cost during our
>>> grant period. To my mind, we can have couple of outreach and outreach
>>> enabling meetings in some cities out the valley. I suggest to spend the
>>> unspent money in outreach activities.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Ganesh
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Hempal Shrestha <
>>> hempalshrestha(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Wikipedians, Wikimedians, Ganesh ji, Saroj ji and Working
>>>> committee team members!
>>>>
>>>> As you must remember from my previous emails few months back, we
>>>> had successfully completed the project grant awarded to us from the
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation in 2013-14. The final project report (
>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/User:Ganesh_Paudel_-_Wikipedia_E…)
>>>> was prepared with support from all Wikipedians and project activity
leads
>>>> from working comittee.
>>>>
>>>> Even-though, we have completed All the projected activities and
>>>> submitted all the necessary report in time, the current status of this
>>>> project report is open. It is due to unspent project grant amount sealed
in
>>>> the joint bank account of the signatories of the grantee (including
>>>> myself).
>>>>
>>>> While finalizing the report, we seek for re-allocation of the
>>>> unspent amount, as sending back the amount to the foundation, could
itself
>>>> be an challenge in our national banking context. To this request, the
>>>> grants team, partially approved the re-allocation of some amount for the
>>>> 12th Anniversary of Wikimedia in Nepal, which is now complete. As
>>>> documented in the meta page here (
>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/User:Ganesh_Paudel_-_Wikipe…
>>>> )
>>>>
>>>> Now, we have been asked by the grants team, as what we would like
>>>> to do with the remaining grant amount. Shall we seek for new grant
>>>> reallocation or return the money. Please refer to Alex email below for
>>>> detail.
>>>>
>>>> Please do share your views or ways to reach a decision. Also if
>>>> there is any other Wikipedia Expansion activities that you might want to
>>>> seek support for, lets discuss and seek grant team's approval in due
time.
>>>>
>>>> I, as one of the signatory of the grant, would personally like to
>>>> settle this matter and close the accounts as soon as possible.
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to hear from the community!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> With kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>>> G.P.O Box: 5501
>>>> 1753 Ramshah Path, Near Nepal Share Market,
>>>> Putalisadak, Kathmandu, Nepal
>>>> +977-1-4261459 (O) / +977-9851077031(M)
>>>>
>>>> [image: --]
>>>>
>>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>>> [image: http://]about.me/hempalshrestha
>>>> <http://about.me/hempalshrestha>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Alex Wang <awang(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>> Date: Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 9:54 AM
>>>> Subject: Grant report reallocation
>>>> To: Hempal Shrestha <hempalshrestha(a)gmail.com>om>, Ganesh Paudel <
>>>> gpaudel(a)gmail.com>
>>>> Cc: PEG Grants <grants(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Ganesh and Hempal,
>>>>
>>>> I hope you are both doing well!
>>>>
>>>> As we are nearing the end of the year, it would be good to get
>>>> clarity on your open grant report. Please let us know if you are
planning
>>>> to reallocate the remaining funds to a new grant request or if you would
>>>> like to return the money.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/User:Ganesh_Paudel_-_Wikipe…
>>>>
>>>> I'd be happy to discuss any ideas or questions you may have.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Alex Wang <awang(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Hempal and Ganesh,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks so much for the update. Look forward to hearing from you
>>>>> later this month. Let me know if you'd like to discuss future
activities
>>>>> before you draft a proposal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 7:39 AM, Hempal Shrestha <
>>>>> hempalshrestha(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Alex, Ganesh ji,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Me also just under work pressure as financial year closing. Will
>>>>>> be away for a week early next week and will be back Nepal on July
21. Look
>>>>>> forward than to workout the future action activities. Lets work
out as how
>>>>>> we can keep continuing our Wiki initiatives in Nepal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With kind regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Ganesh Paudel
<gpaudel(a)gmail.com
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear Alex,
>>>>>>> We are at the end of Fiscal Year (2070/71) which is going to
end
>>>>>>> on 16th July. This is the matter which is keeping most of us
occupied in
>>>>>>> our respective works. We will try to response soon.
Hopefully, we will be
>>>>>>> applying for new grant.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Ganesh
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 12:57 AM, Alex Wang
<awang(a)wikimedia.org
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Ganesh and Hempal,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please reply to our response to your reallocation
request
>>>>>>>>
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/User:Ganesh_Paudel_-_Wikipedia_Expansion_Program_in_Nepal/Report#Reallocation_request_response>.
>>>>>>>> If you don't plan on submitting another request in
the next 10 days, you
>>>>>>>> should plan on returning the unused funds. Let me know if
you'd like to
>>>>>>>> talk regarding upcoming plans.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 7:44 AM, Alex Wang
<awang(a)wikimedia.org
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Ganesh,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Please let me know if you have any questions
regarding our
>>>>>>>>> response to the reallocation request. We also need to
know if you plan on
>>>>>>>>> submitting another grant request soon and will hold
on to the remaining
>>>>>>>>> funds or if you will be returning the funds to WMF.
Please post this
>>>>>>>>> information on the discussion page.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Alex Wang
<awang(a)wikimedia.org
>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Ganesh,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We've responded to the reallocation request
here:
>>>>>>>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/User:Ganesh_Paudel_-_Wikipe…
>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Once we have your confirmation we can approve the
report.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Alex Wang <
>>>>>>>>>> awang(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Hempal,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you for the update and the reallocation
request. I've
>>>>>>>>>>> left a note on the discussion page asking you
to provide a few more budget
>>>>>>>>>>> details regarding the anniversary line item.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 3:53 AM, Ganesh Paudel
<
>>>>>>>>>>> gpaudel(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Alex and Asaf,
>>>>>>>>>>>> As usual, we are working in the 11th hr.
and this time
>>>>>>>>>>>> about our 12th Anniversary.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Please have a look on this re-allocation
request to spend
>>>>>>>>>>>> the remaining funds.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/User:Ganesh_Paudel_-_Wikipe…
>>>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Since the Anniversary is approaching
(Tuesday, 3rd June)
>>>>>>>>>>>> and we want to spend some amount in the
event of editathon, talks and cake
>>>>>>>>>>>> party. Please approve the amount Nrs.
50,000/- (Fifty Thousand Rupees) for
>>>>>>>>>>>> the event.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> We are satisfied to have most of the
activities although we
>>>>>>>>>>>> could not complete all of them.
>>>>>>>>>>>> As looking for the reasons, there were
too much activities
>>>>>>>>>>>> that was difficult to handle with small
number of volunteers, and other
>>>>>>>>>>>> notable thing is during the grant period,
we felt some resistance to run
>>>>>>>>>>>> the programs smoothly that made difficult
to complete the tasks and finish
>>>>>>>>>>>> the small grant amount.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> This time, we again are trying to
complete some tasks by
>>>>>>>>>>>> the remaining amount that we think will
be helpful for making comfortable
>>>>>>>>>>>> path for the future
wikipedians/wikimedians in Nepal.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> With best regards
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>>>>>>>>>>> &
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ganesh Paudel
>>>>>>>>>>>> Wikimedians of Nepal
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:10 PM, Alex
Wang <
>>>>>>>>>>>> awang(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Ganesh,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the update. We understand
that responding takes
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a bit of time - just wanted to make
sure you had seen the comments! In
>>>>>>>>>>>>> terms of the NRs 50,000 for the 12th
anniversary celebration, please make
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the request on the discussion page of
the report and provide more details
>>>>>>>>>>>>> on how the funds will be spent. We
can review that request asap and then
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the additional reallocation request
once it is submitted.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 5:04 AM,
Ganesh Paudel <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> gpaudel(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Alex,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We are working for the
re-allocation request. For this,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we are carrying on discussion in
the local community. We will immediately
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> post the re allocation request.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For now, we have given some
answers to your queries. We
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are in answering phase now so
please give us a few more time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At the time we have a good news
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nepali Wikipedia is entering to
Teenage by next week. We
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are grown up! We are celebrating
the Anniversary on 3rd
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of June. For the event we request
to allocate NRs. 50,000.00 to celebrate
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please tell us about the
procedure to have this decision
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> made quickly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ganesh
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:58 PM,
Alex Wang <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> awang(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Ganesh and Hempal,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please note that we have left
comments/questions and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> instructions on submitting a
reallocation request on the discussion page of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your report.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/User:Ganesh_Paudel_-_Wikipe…
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It would be great to have
your response so we can move
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> forward with accepting the
report.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alex Wang
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Program Officer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Project & Event Grants
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +1 415-839-6885
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Skype: alexvwang
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alex Wang
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Program Officer
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Project & Event Grants
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> +1 415-839-6885
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Skype: alexvwang
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Alex Wang
>>>>>>>>>>> Program Officer
>>>>>>>>>>> Project & Event Grants
>>>>>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>>>>>
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
>>>>>>>>>>> +1 415-839-6885
>>>>>>>>>>> Skype: alexvwang
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Alex Wang
>>>>>>>>>> Program Officer
>>>>>>>>>> Project & Event Grants
>>>>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>>>> <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
>>>>>>>>>> +1 415-839-6885
>>>>>>>>>> Skype: alexvwang
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Alex Wang
>>>>>>>>> Program Officer
>>>>>>>>> Project & Event Grants
>>>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>>> <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
>>>>>>>>> +1 415-839-6885
>>>>>>>>> Skype: alexvwang
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Alex Wang
>>>>>>>> Program Officer
>>>>>>>> Project & Event Grants
>>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
>>>>>>>> +1 415-839-6885
>>>>>>>> Skype: alexvwang
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> With kind regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>>>>> FOSS Solutions : A Knowledge Collaboration Enterprise
>>>>>> G.P.O Box: 5501
>>>>>> 1753 Ramshah Path, Near Nepal Share Market,
>>>>>> Putalisadak, Kathmandu, Nepal
>>>>>> +977-1-4261459 (O) / +977-9851077031(M)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alex Wang
>>>>> Program Officer
>>>>> Project & Event Grants
>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
>>>>> +1 415-839-6885
>>>>> Skype: alexvwang
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Alex Wang
>>>> Program Officer
>>>> Project & Event Grants
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
>>>> +1 415-839-6885
>>>> Skype: alexvwang
>>>>
>>>>
>>> --
>>> --
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