[Wikitech-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing the Individual Engagement Grants program
Hi, next week I will have a casual chat with Siko about the new Wikimedia Individual Engagement Grants and how MediaWiki contributors could theoretically benefit from them. If you have specific questions or feedback there is nothing stopping you from contact her directly, but maybe it's more useful to start sharing here. This way I can go with more consolidated questions and feedback. Original Message Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing the Individual Engagement Grants program Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:03:42 -0800 From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org Reply-To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org To: wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org *Hi all, Im pleased to announce the launch of a new grantmaking program at the Wikimedia Foundation: Individual Engagement Grants. These grants will support Wikimedians as individuals or small teams to complete projects that benefit the Wikimedia movement, lead to online impact, and serve the mission, community, and strategic priorities. This new program is intended to complement WMFs other grantmaking programs as well as the grants that chapters and affiliate organizations provide. The first round of proposals will be accepted from now until 15 February 2013. Were also seeking committee members to help select the first round of grantees. Please help spread the word to other lists! To get involved, share your thoughts, submit a proposal, or join the committee: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG For more information on all of WMFs grantmaking programs: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start Best wishes,* Siko -- Siko Bouterse Head of Individual Engagement Grants Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Donate https://donate.wikimedia.org or click the edit button today, and help us make it a reality!* ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing the Individual Engagement Grants program
Interesesting. Could this possibly work like gsoc but aimed at experianced devs instead of newbies? For example if I (in theory) had an idea for a new feature or extension that could have a large impact on how wikimedians use mediawiki could I potentially get a grant to work on such an idea over the summer? -bawolff On 2013-01-16 1:48 PM, Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi, next week I will have a casual chat with Siko about the new Wikimedia Individual Engagement Grants and how MediaWiki contributors could theoretically benefit from them. If you have specific questions or feedback there is nothing stopping you from contact her directly, but maybe it's more useful to start sharing here. This way I can go with more consolidated questions and feedback. Original Message Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing the Individual Engagement Grants program Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:03:42 -0800 From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org Reply-To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.**orgwikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org To: wikimediaannounce-l@lists.**wikimedia.orgwikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org *Hi all, I’m pleased to announce the launch of a new grantmaking program at the Wikimedia Foundation: Individual Engagement Grants. These grants will support Wikimedians as individuals or small teams to complete projects that benefit the Wikimedia movement, lead to online impact, and serve the mission, community, and strategic priorities. This new program is intended to complement WMF’s other grantmaking programs as well as the grants that chapters and affiliate organizations provide. The first round of proposals will be accepted from now until 15 February 2013. We’re also seeking committee members to help select the first round of grantees. Please help spread the word to other lists! To get involved, share your thoughts, submit a proposal, or join the committee: https://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Grants:IEGhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG For more information on all of WMF’s grantmaking programs: https://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Grants:Starthttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start Best wishes,* Siko -- Siko Bouterse Head of Individual Engagement Grants Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Donate https://donate.wikimedia.org or click the edit button today, and help us make it a reality!* ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing the Individual Engagement Grants program
On 01/16/2013 11:16 AM, bawolff wrote: Interesesting. Could this possibly work like gsoc but aimed at experianced devs instead of newbies? For example if I (in theory) had an idea for a new feature or extension that could have a large impact on how wikimedians use mediawiki could I potentially get a grant to work on such an idea over the summer? Looking at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-applying you can see the rules / principles of the game: scope of the projects, maximum budget, selection criteria... A software development project contributing to Wikimedia's mission and strategic priorities could theoretically fit, and in fact all of the conditions defined there could be equally applicable to software projects (feasibility, skills/experience, community involvement, sustainability after the funded period...) In your example the parallelism with GSOC would be restricted to the S, isn't it. :) It is more similar to a contract work between a community and a freelancer. You would need to define a project and a budget. If you convince the community and you get the deal you will ave no mentor assigned and you will need to report on a regular basis to your customers. If you fail you will fail more as a professional freelancer + recognized community member than as a GSOC student showing up for the first time. At least this is how I personally see it. I'm just learning about this program like anybody else. -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
