Hi Pine, There is a new committee proposed for these grants (see the second point of the summary). FDC members are not eligible for the new committee, but I guess GAC members could join and volunteer some more of their time :)
Best regards, Bence 2015-09-30 21:48 GMT+02:00 Pine W <[email protected]>: > Hi Winifred, > > Thanks for the info. > > Which grants committee is reviewing these applications? My understanding > from CR is that the grants committees have more work than capacity, so I'm > curious as to who is involved in reviewing the simplified APGs and what the > impacts will be on the capacities of the FDC and GAC to review proposals in > their domains other than the new simplified APG proposals. > > Thanks, > Pine > On Sep 30, 2015 11:52 AM, "Winifred Olliff" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Summary: * > > *1. Groups and organizations, a > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple>**pply > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple> by 1 November for > > funding by 1 January! * > > *2. Volunteers, join the committee > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/Committee> today!* > > *4. Help us out with translation, please (see list of pages below).* > > > > Dear Wikimedia colleagues: > > > > We are piloting the *Simple Annual Plan Grants option, for groups and > > organizations* that choose to include program and operating expenses as > > part of one application each year. We are excited to move forward with > this > > new option after making some changes to this idea based on what we > learned > > from the recent consultation about Reimagining WMF Grants > > < > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Outcomes > > > > > . > > > > *Amazing benefits!* > > 1. *One application*. Funding for programs, operating expenses, and staff > > all in one application for the year, to enable organizations to plan with > > better, and to show how their programs are leading to impact. > > 2. *Simple process.* Simpler and speedier application, review, and > > reporting processes than grants through the FDC, with more flexible > > eligibility requirements, and open to informal groups as well as > > organizations. > > 3. *Targeted support*. WMF will be developing more guidelines and online > > resources specifically for groups and organizations, this option will > > include more support from WMF program staff during the application > process > > and during each grant, and participants will be part of a learning > > community with other groups and organizations doing similar work. > > > > *Join us, in creating something new together!* > > > > 1. *Applications from groups and organizations that need funding by 1 > > January will be due 1 November. *More applications will also be > accepted > > throughout the year. You can learn more about the program and how to > > apply > > here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple. If you are > > interested, but have questions about the timing of your application, > > please > > contact us. > > 2. If you want to review annual plan grants, we need you to join the > > committee! Add your name here if you want to help: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/Committee. > > 3. We need your help translating the pages about the pilot, > especially: > > - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple > > - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/About > > - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/Eligibility > > (top) > > > > Groups and organizations with annual plans will still have the option to > > request funding through the Project and Event Grants program during the > > pilot. The pilot phase will be a time to learn together, and will be > > evaluated in several stages (at least one in early 2016, and one in early > > 2017), to discover if this program benefits applicants and grantees. > > Questions, comments, and suggestions are welcome on Meta! We've already > > received some helpful suggestions, and we hope to make improvements as we > > learn. > > > > Please contact me at [email protected] with questions specific to > your > > group or organization. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Winifred > > > > -- > > Winifred Olliff > > Program Officer > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > > community. 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