Indeed, I am waiting the answer. 2017-11-21 21:37 GMT+00:00 Florence Devouard <[email protected]>:
> Hello > > Short message to state that I did not get an answer to this email (in case > some of you wondered. I do think some of you guys are concerned). > HOWEVER, I did get an automatic return email stating that Alex is off till > Monday 27th. > > I'll put back my questions on the top of Alex pile early December :) > > > Florence > > > > > Le 16/11/2017 à 00:22, Florence Devouard a écrit : > > Hello Alex > > Great news to hear about the arrival of Woubzena !!! Welcome ! > > Alex, I have a clarification question. What does exactly define "open" in > "will only be allowed to have three open grants at any one time" > > Does "open" include "pending grant requests currently under review" for > example ? Or does "open" only include "accepted grant requests until final > report is submitted" > > Actually, what is unclear in my mind is what is exactly the "starting > date" and the "ending date" of the "open window" > > As such, starting date could for example mean > 1) the date when we submit a grant request > 2) the date where the grant request is officially accepted > 3) the date where the funds are actually sent > 4) the date where the project actually officially start (as declared on > the grant request) > > The end date could for example mean > 1) the date the project officially close as declared on the grant request > (I think that would be a bad choice :)) > 2) the date the final report is officially submitted > 3) the date the WMF officially declared the grant closed (after review of > the documentation) > > Which case is selected... might imply a BIG difference in particular for > project grant. > > For example, if I take the example of Wiki Loves Africa... The submission > request was made in February 2017 (roughly...). The approval was in July > 2017. The money was received in September 2017. The final report is likely > to be submitted in March 2018. And I guess it may take a couple of > additional months at least to get it reviewed by the grant team, so perhaps > June 2018. If "open" is July-June... fine. If "open" is February-June... > tough. That would mean that any "Wiki Loves" contest which runs annually > will actually count 2 projects running at any given time. > > Can you clarify ? > > Thanks > > Flo > > Le 16/11/2017 à 00:02, Alex Wang a écrit : > > Hello! > > We are sending this message to select community mailing lists and all > previous recipients of a Wikimedia Foundation Rapid Grant. We have three > announcements regarding the Rapid Grants Program: > > *1. New Rapid Grants Program Officer! * > > We are very happy to announce we have hired a Program Officer for Rapid > Grants -- Woubzena Jifar! She started at WMF on November 13th. Over the > last year we have struggled to keep up with the growing demand for Rapid > Grants and are excited to be able to add capacity to our team to better > (and more rapidly) support the Wikimedia communities. Please see her staff > bio here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:WJifar_(WMF). You > can contact her at [email protected] or [email protected]. > > *2. Three grant cap for individuals, groups, and organizations* > > Beginning December 1, 2017 any individual, group, or organization will > only be allowed to have three open grants at any one time [1]. This > includes both Rapid Grants and Project Grants. For example, you can have 2 > Rapid Grants and 1 Project Grant, 3 Rapid Grants, etc. This is to ensure > that grantees and project managers have enough capacity to reach their > goals and meet the requirements of the grant agreement. Conference Grants > are not included in this cap. Annual Plan Grantees are not eligible for > Rapid or Project Grants. > > *3. Rapid Grants will be closed December 18, 2017 - January 14, 2018* > > We will not be accepting new grant proposals December 18-January 14. The > last day to submit a new proposal before the end of the year will be > December 15th. This will give us a week before our offices close for the > remainder of 2017 to review and make decisions. We will begin accepting new > proposals again on Monday, January 15th. > > If you have any questions, please email [email protected] > > Cheers, > > Alex > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Learn > > -- > Alexandra Wang > Program Officer > Community Resources > Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> > > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >
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