Hello,
Thanks for introducing the new grants design.
Coming from a small Indian affiliate trying to sustain ourselves and
delivering considerable impact even with a very limited capacity for the
last couple of years, I have some anxiety to share.
- The new Rapid Fund (<5000 USD) says it is meant for *short term
projects*. Till now our user group had planned year long projects and
applied for Rapid Grants to fund them. So, through this new fund strategy,
we have to apply for multiple Rapid Fund throughout the year, which would
be over-burden for our volunteer group. I would request to make Rapid Funds
as flexible as before to accommodate affiliates like us.
- General Support Fund, which will happen twice a year for a region,
will be the only option for us to apply for our bigger or ambitious
projects, which is fine. But then I need to know, if we have to compete
with large affiliates/partners in the movement as APG, Simple APG and
Project Grants are all merged here. I just hope, that it will be not the
case but if that is so, then I see little chance for smaller affiliates.
- I would also like to understand the thinking about how the movement
strategy recommendations will be implemented through this new grants design
to sustain small (un)registered affiliates or help run their projects,
which do not have the permission to receive foreign money as an
organization. What kind of support will be given to them? All Indian
affiliates fall in this category, so this needs to be clearly answered.
- Money fundraised in India is not considered as foreign money. Will
that be a procedure to distribute that to the Indian affiliates?
- Will CIS-A2K, the non-Wikimedia partner organization of WMF and the
only entity in Indian Wikimedia movement to receive foreign
money, be asked
to implement movement strategy recommendations, so that Indian affiliates
can sustain themselves?
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 13:45, Mardetanha <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can you let us know where the office hours will be held? I don't see any
> zoom or google meet links provided.
>
>
> Mardetanha
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 1:00 AM Tito Dutta <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>> Thank you for the update. Currently, I am trying to understand all the
>> information provided in the pages.
>> I have started preparing a mapping-table for personal understanding,
>> might be of some help:
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tRSolGdZ0k9CcTQgfUSCHk1Ypp1iPTTDFnn5WrINp4E/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> Could you kindly point out what is changing or what's new in each
>> category?
>> It would also be good to see more details on the Research and Tech grant
>> and Alliance Grant?
>>
>> Thanks for the update once again.
>> ইতি,/With regards,
>> টিটো দত্ত/User:Titodutta
>> (মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে)
>>
>>
>> শুক্র, ১৬ জুলাই, ২০২১ তারিখে ২:৪৭ AM টায় এ Kassia Echavarri-Queen <
>> [email protected]> লিখেছেন:
>>
>>> Dear Wikimedians,
>>>
>>> The Community Resources team is excited to announce on Diff
>>> <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-funding-strategy/>
>>> the launch of the new Wikimedia funding strategy focused on decentralized
>>> decision-making, regional committees and reaching underrepresented
>>> communities [1]. Over the last 10 months we have worked together with
>>> communities to discuss, understand and develop an approach that addresses
>>> their needs and moves us towards the realization of the 2030 strategic
>>> direction [2]. Thank you for all of your participation to make this a
>>> reality.
>>>
>>> The three new funding programs:
>>>
>>> The Wikimedia Community Fund
>>>
>>> -
>>>
>>> The Community Fund is a unified program with flexible support and
>>> funding for Wikimedians working on knowledge equity aligned with the
>>> movement’s strategic direction.
>>>
>>>
>>> The Wikimedia Alliances Fund
>>>
>>> -
>>>
>>> The Alliances Fund, for mission-aligned organizations in
>>> underrepresented communities who want to collaborate and amplify our
>>> work.
>>>
>>>
>>> The Wikimedia Research and Technology Fund
>>>
>>> -
>>>
>>> The Research and Technology Fund for improving technology, tools,
>>> and research to nurture a more responsive and accessible environment for
>>> contributions.
>>>
>>>
>>> This people-centred approach is built on the principles of equity &
>>> empowerment, collaboration & cooperation, and the promotion of innovation
>>> and learning.
>>>
>>> Our team has also adapted to provide consistent regional support and the
>>> establishment of a learning mindset for the funding approach. We know this
>>> is just the beginning and it will be an iterative process. As we implement
>>> and learn we will adapt. We also understand the worldwide impact of the
>>> continuing COVID pandemic and our first priority is to be in solidarity and
>>> have flexibility with communities around the world.
>>>
>>> The three programs will be introduced in a phased approach throughout
>>> the year. We will first launch with the Wikimedia Community Fund now in
>>> July. We invite you to learn more about the programs on our meta page [3].
>>>
>>> We have hosted a series of office hours throughout June and July [4] and
>>> will continue in the coming weeks to discuss the new programs. Each program
>>> officer is also reaching out and answering questions with individual
>>> grantees as part of the transition process.
>>>
>>> Office Hours:
>>>
>>> -
>>>
>>> 03:00 UTC – 2021-07-23 (Asia-Pacific friendly time)
>>> -
>>>
>>> 18:00 UTC – 2021-07-23 (Europe-Africa-Americas friendly time)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We thank you again for all of the collaboration to arrive at this new
>>> strategy and we are excited to begin this journey together.
>>>
>>> Wishing everyone the best,
>>>
>>> Kassia on behalf of the Community Resources team
>>>
>>>
>>> 1.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-funding-strategy/
>>> 2.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021/Overview
>>> 3.
>>>
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start
>>> 4.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021/Get_involved
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Kassia Echavarri-Queen (She/Her)
>>>
>>> Director, Community Investment
>>>
>>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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