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
>
>