Re: [Wikimedia-l] [GLAM] Rapid Grants Closure May 14 - June 30, 2018

2018-04-19 Thread Pine W 
Hello Woubzena,

I am glad to hear that the WMF Rapid Grants program has been so popular
that its original budget for the year is near exhaustion. I trust that
these funds are being spent wisely, and that community members and
affiliates are achieving valuable outcomes with these funds.

I have some questions about this group of decisions.

1. My understanding is that WMF routinely underspends its quarterly budgets
for the organization as a whole. Also, WMF has ample funding in its
reserves. Because Rapid Grants appears to be a popular program and the
budget of this program appears to be relatively small (am I correct in
saying that the program's total budget for FY1718 is $200,000?), why has
WMF chosen to suspend the program instead of transferring a relatively
small amount of other funds, perhaps $50,000, to support this program
through the remainder of FY1718?

2. My understanding is that one of the original goals for Rapid Grants is
to support small projects and events in an efficient and timely manner. I
am puzzled by the decision to raise the floor for Rapid Grants to $500,
which seems to eliminate WMF funding for small projects that might not
happen without Rapid Grants support and/or require volunteers to take money
out of their personal funds to support Wikimedia projects and events. The
WMF Annual Plan for 2018-2019 is currently in a draft phase, and it seems
to me that the plan could be revised to support continuing the Rapid Grants
program with no floor, or perhaps a very low floor like $50, for funding
requests. If the FY1819 budget for Rapid Grants and/or the budget for staff
time for Rapid Grants needs to be increased in order to achieve the goal of
supporting small projects and events in a timely manner with minimal or no
floor, then it seems to me that the modest amount of additional funding to
accomplish this would be reasonable.

3. Similarly, if additional staff time is necessary to support continuous
processing of Rapid Grant requests instead of limiting requests to the 1st
through 15th of each month, then my inclination is to support the funding
for additional staff time in FY1819. Does that option sound reasonable from
your perspective? I realize that continuous processing might be less
convenient for WMF, but I think that support for the community and
affiliates should be the highest priority here.

Thank you,

Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )


On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 1:30 AM, Woubzena Jifar 
wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> Hope this email finds you well. We are sending this message to select
> community mailing lists and all previous recipients of a Wikimedia
> Foundation Rapid Grant.
>
> We have an announcement regarding the closure of the Rapid Grants [1]
> program between May 14 - June 30, 2018. This year we've received a lot of
> interest in the program and this quarter we've almost doubled the amount of
> grants offered to the community compared to last year's quarter. You can
> look at our spending analysis
> 
>  [2] for
> reference. Unfortunately, this means we've expended our funds for this
> fiscal year. The last date we will be receiving an application for a rapid
> grant before the closure will be *Friday, May 11, 2018*.
>
> We encourage *Wiki Loves Earth* participants to apply for a Rapid Grant
> by May 11, 2018 to receive support for their project.
>
> The grant program will be open again to receive grant requests starting *July
> 1, 2018*. At this point we will be implementing the following changes:
>
> 1. There will be a minimum of *$500 USD* for grant requests
> 2. Applications will only be accepted between the *1st - 15th of each
> month*. This is to help with our current workflow and to allow us to be
> more responsive to your requests.
>
> If you have any questions, please email us at rapidgra...@wikimedia.org.
>
> Best regards,
> Woubzena
>
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/
> Grants_spending_analysis
>
>
> Woubzena Jifar
> Program Officer
> Rapid Grants
> Wikimedia Foundation 
> User: WJifar (WMF)
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New board for Wikimedia Portugal

2018-04-19 Thread GoEthe.wiki 
>
> Dear all,
>
> On April 15, Wikimedia Portugal held an Extraordinary General Assembly
> over IRC, and a new board was elected.
>
> The new board is composed of:
>
>-
>
>Gonçalo Themudo, president
>-
>
>André Barbosa, treasurer
>-
>
>Béria Lima, secretary
>
>
> We also elected new members for the other official roles of the chapter:
>
> General Assembly
>
>-
>
>Paulo Santos Perneta, president
>-
>
>Carlos Barradas, secretary
>-
>
>João Carvalho, member
>
> Fiscal Council
>
>-
>
>Waldir Pimenta, president
>-
>
>Manuel de Sousa, secretary
>-
>
>João Lemos, member
>
>
> The meeting was attended by 12 of our members, and we were pleased to also
> welcome Dumisane Ndubane, from the Affiliations Committee, as an external
> observer.
>
> The general assembly also approved our annual report, which is now
> published at https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Relatórios/Anual/2017. An
> English translation will be provided at https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/
> Relatórios/Anual/2017/en.
>
> The log of the conversation and the minutes of the meeting will soon be
> available at https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reuniões (in Portuguese only).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Gonçalo
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Rapid Grants Closure May 14 - June 30, 2018

2018-04-19 Thread Woubzena Jifar 
Hello all!

Hope this email finds you well. We are sending this message to select
community mailing lists and all previous recipients of a Wikimedia
Foundation Rapid Grant.

We have an announcement regarding the closure of the Rapid Grants [1]
program between May 14 - June 30, 2018. This year we've received a lot of
interest in the program and this quarter we've almost doubled the amount of
grants offered to the community compared to last year's quarter. You can
look at our spending analysis

[2] for
reference. Unfortunately, this means we've expended our funds for this
fiscal year. The last date we will be receiving an application for a rapid
grant before the closure will be *Friday, May 11, 2018*.

We encourage *Wiki Loves Earth* participants to apply for a Rapid Grant by
May 11, 2018 to receive support for their project.

The grant program will be open again to receive grant requests starting *July
1, 2018*. At this point we will be implementing the following changes:

1. There will be a minimum of *$500 USD* for grant requests
2. Applications will only be accepted between the *1st - 15th of each month*.
This is to help with our current workflow and to allow us to be more
responsive to your requests.

If you have any questions, please email us at rapidgra...@wikimedia.org.

Best regards,
Woubzena


[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_spending_analysis


Woubzena Jifar
Program Officer
Rapid Grants
Wikimedia Foundation 
User: WJifar (WMF)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Craig Franklin passed away

2018-04-19 Thread Md. Ibrahim Husain 
Very sad news. May his soul rest in peace.

On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, kayode yussuf via Wikimedia-l <
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:

> May Craig's soul rest in peace.
> Kayode Yussuf
>
> On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 4:50:16 PM GMT+1, phoebe ayers <
> phoebe.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 1:56 PM, Lodewijk 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Through various other channels I learned the unfortunate news that Craig
> > Franklin (Lankiveil) has recently passed away.
> >
>
> What! that is terrible. I fondly remember talking (& sometimes having
> friendly arguments) with Craig at various Wikimedia conferences and events
> over the years, and seeing him around the English Wikipedia as an editor &
> admin since way back (2004). A loss for his family and friends, and for our
> movement.
>
> Thanks for passing on the news, & my condolences to all of his friends.
> - Phoebe
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