Hi, next week I will have a casual chat with Siko about the new Wikimedia Individual Engagement Grants and how MediaWiki contributors could theoretically benefit from them.
If you have specific questions or feedback there is nothing stopping you from contact her directly, but maybe it's more useful to start sharing here. This way I can go with more consolidated questions and feedback.
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing the Individual Engagement Grants program Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:03:42 -0800 From: Siko Bouterse sbouterse@wikimedia.org Reply-To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To: wikimediaannounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org
*Hi all, Im pleased to announce the launch of a new grantmaking program at the Wikimedia Foundation: Individual Engagement Grants. These grants will support Wikimedians as individuals or small teams to complete projects that benefit the Wikimedia movement, lead to online impact, and serve the mission, community, and strategic priorities. This new program is intended to complement WMFs other grantmaking programs as well as the grants that chapters and affiliate organizations provide.
The first round of proposals will be accepted from now until 15 February 2013. Were also seeking committee members to help select the first round of grantees. Please help spread the word to other lists!
To get involved, share your thoughts, submit a proposal, or join the committee: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG
For more information on all of WMFs grantmaking programs: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start
Best wishes,* Siko