Dear Chen, 

I trust this email finds you well and safe. 

I'm reaching out to you on behalf of the WikiIndaba Steering Committee (WISCom) regarding the next WikiIndaba Conference 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 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