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 ‏&lt;bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com&gt; 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

Dear Chen, Our aim is to make sure that the conference takes place every year. Your kind response will be appreciated on the avenues we can explore to assist the Rwandans make this conference possible. Seeing that we are pressed against time, let us know if you'd need to have a quick meeting to talk further around this. Best, Bobby Shabangu On Mon, 2 May 2022 at 17:13, Bobby Shabangu &lt;bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Dear Chen, > > Thank you for your prompt response. > > For now we want to establish if they would need to have a fiscal sponsor > or be a grantee. > > And yes, we are planning to host the conference in the first week of > November 2022. The conference will run for 3 days and dates we are looking > at are 4 to 6 November 2022. > > Best, > Bobby Shabangu > > On Mon, 2 May 2022 at 13:56, &lt;calmog(a)wikimedia.org&gt; 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 ‏&lt;bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com&gt; >> 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 >> >>

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, &lt;calmog(a)wikimedia.org&gt; 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 ‏&lt;bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com&gt; > 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 > >