Dear Janice,
Thank you so much.
Best,
Bobby Shabangu
On Thu, 5 May 2022 at 03:08, WMF Grants Administrator <
grantsadmin(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Rwanda UG is in good standing. They do have about 4
grant reports that
will be due within the next 5-8 weeks so they'll need to submit those on
time to remain in good standing.
- Janice
On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 4:16 PM Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear Morgan and Janice,
>
> A gentle nudge on the eligibility review for the Wikimedia usergroup
> Rwanda.
>
> Best regards,
> Bobby Shabangu
>
> On Mon, 2 May 2022 at 13:56, <calmog(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bobby,
>>
>> Great hearing from you and congrats to Wikimedia Usergroup Rwanda!
>>
>> I’m cc’ing our grants admin - Morgan/ Janice can you please do an
>> eligibility review for Wikimedia user group Rwanda to see if there are any
>> issues with their ability to receive funds?
>>
>> Bobby - will they have a fiscal sponsor, or would they be the grantee?
>>
>> Also - are you planning to host in 2022? Because the proposal deadline
>> has already passed and we are still unsure if we’ll be able to run another
>> funding round this year.
>>
>> Chen
>>
>> נשלח מה-iPhone שלי
>>
>> ב-2 במאי 2022, בשעה 13:30, Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com>
>> כתב/ה:
>>
>>
>> Dear Chen,
>>
>> I trust this email finds you well and safe.
>>
>> I'm reaching out to you on behalf of the WikiIndaba Steering Committee
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba_Steering_Committee>
>> (WISCom) regarding the next WikiIndaba Conference
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba> host country for this year
>> - 2022.
>>
>> We have just completed the bid selection process to choose the next host
>> for the conference and Wikimedia Usergroup Rwanda emerged as the winner.
>> Our process involved sending out invitations
>>
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_StfCSJkPBOP8mw3ocUGGQWRHcgR4DRDRW2BT-3_uEo/edit>
>> to all African affiliates to bid to host the conference. This was followed
>> by a selection criterion which looked at several factors including the
>> capacity to host the conference, regional rotation, if there were elections
>> this year in their country, status of finance and reporting as well as
>> their reason why they wanted to host.
>>
>> Despite all of these measures, we still want to find out from you if
>> they are cleared or fit to receive funds from the Wikimedia Foundation?
>>
>> I need to indicate that we've already informed them that they will be
>> hosting the conference. However, we still can reverse that decision should
>> you give us a response contrary to our findings, especially regarding their
>> reporting standing and grants since the official public announcement has
>> not been made and the other applicants have not been informed as yet.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Bobby Shabangu
>>
>> WISCom
>>
>>