Forwarding this here for anyone interested to join us.
Best,
Olatunde Isaac.
Hi all,
Two reminders
- *Still looking for new committee members*: This would be a good time
to nudge anyone you've asked to sign up as a candidate for the IEG
committee. I'd love to get a few more names added to this list
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee#ieg-candidates> of
prospective candidates by the weekend. Is there someone you know who you
think would be a good fit for the committee? Please send them a note now
(see Helen's email below for possible languaging)--or if you don't have
time to send a note but are willing to have me reach out, you can also just
pass along names and contact information to me directly and I'll send a
note.
- *Still need confirmation from some of you about your continued
committee participation:* If you haven't already done so, please reply
now and let me know if you will continue to serve on the IEG committee this
round.
Thanks a bunch!
Marti
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On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Thepwnco <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Sharing some sample messaging for getting the word out about the IEG
> committee and our call for new members. Feel free to copy and forward to
> other communities and lists you are a part of.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Thepwnco <[email protected]>
> Date: 12 March 2016 at 09:07
> Subject: Individual Engagement Grants Committee seeking new members
> To: [email protected], [email protected],
> [email protected], [email protected]
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> The Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) Committee is seeking new members
> for its final round (before IEG transitions into the Project Grants
> program
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Implementation#Outcomes_summary>
> ).
>
> We are aiming to finalize committee membership by April 1st, and ask
> interested candidates to submit their names by March 25th here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee#ieg-candidates. More
> details below!
>
> *About the committee*
>
> We are a consensus-based volunteer committee with members who come from
> over 15 different wikis and collectively speak over 10 languages. We
> review grant applications in four categories: Research, Tools, Online
> Community
> Organizing, and Offline Outreach and Partnerships.
>
> This round will also follow directly on the heels of the second Inspire
> Campaign <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>,
> currently underway and focused on 'Content Curation and Review
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire/FAQ>' so we
> expect that to be a prominent theme in the proposals this round.
>
> For more info about IEG, the committee, timelines, and tasks, visit
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG.
>
> *Committee membership criteria*
>
> We look for the following qualities and qualifications in committee
> members:
>
> Mandatory
>
> - Experience with the Wikimedia movement and at least one Wikimedia
> project <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_projects>.
> - Experience with some aspect of Wikimedia programmatic or
> project-based work, e.g. editor engagement, WikiProjects or other on-wiki
> organizing processes, outreach, events, partnerships, research, education,
> gadget or bot-building, etc.
> - Ability to edit basic wiki-markup (grant proposal discussions are
> largely conducted on meta-wiki).
> - Reasonable facility with English, for reviewing and discussing grant
> proposals.
> - In good community- and legal- standing (not currently blocked or
> banned, involved in allegations of unethical financial behavior, etc).
> - Availability to actively engage in the selection process during the
> published schedule for that round (time commitment is about 3 hours per
> week, plus 1 extra day for scoring).
>
> Preferable
>
> - Experience leading, coordinating, or managing projects with an
> intended on-wiki or online impact.
> - Experience handling externally provided money and working within
> budgets, preferably in a non-profit context.
> - Experience applying for grants or working in grants programs (in the
> Wikimedia, academic, or wider non-profit world).
> - Ability to read and write in multiple languages.
>
> Acceptable
>
>
> - Members may apply for an Individual Engagement Grant themselves, but
> they will recuse themselves from reviewing proposals in the same category
> as their own during that round.
> - Membership does not conflict with membership in other Wikimedia
> committees, including the Grant Advisory Committee
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Grant_Advisory_Committee> or
> the Wikimania Scholarships Committee.
>
>
>
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>
>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Marti Johnson <[email protected]>
Sender: "IEGCom" <[email protected]>Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016
14:19:23
To: Individual Engagement Grants Committee<[email protected]>
Reply-To: Individual Engagement Grants Committee <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [IEGCom] Fwd: Individual Engagement Grants Committee seeking
new members
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