Hi Jeffrey,
This is good to bring up. I'd not been following it. If you're able to make
it to the open meeting on the 7th of Dec, would you be able to lead a short
discussion & information about it?
- *Meeting information
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group/Meetings/2020-12-07>
- *1pm UTC on 7 Dec 2020
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Combined+WikiJournal+Public+Meeting&iso=20201207T13>
- *Draft simple Annual Planning Grant application
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Applications/WikiJournal_User_Group/2021>*
Where is the best on-wiki location to state our areas of need and interest?
All the bets,
Thomas
On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 04:03, Jeffrey Keefer <FULBERT(a)fulbert.org> wrote:
Have there been any discussions within the WikiJournal
UG about the
Movement Strategy funding opportunities? Mehrdad posted this on our
Discussion page
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group#Movement_Strate…
though
I have am not sure there has been discussion about it, as nobody replied
there (nor through this list, I believe). This is separate from the SAPG or
Rapid Grant discussions.
One of my user groups met this past week and had a discussion about what
we need, and Mehrdad in the Strategy Team was able to join us. One thing
became very clear — there is a short timeframe remaining for affiliates to
identify areas of need and interest
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transit…
and
submit requests for funding next year. There are various regional efforts
in process to help move this along, but we are thematic and non-regional,
so may otherwise fall through the cracks so to speak if we do not somehow
identify 2 or 3 needs we have, aligned with the Movement Strategy, that
could benefit from funding over the next 12-18 months.
It seems if affiliates do not use this time to actively identify needs and
request funds, we will miss out on them through this process.
Thoughts?
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With Incredulity toward Metanarratives,
Jeffrey
User:FULBERT
FULBERT(a)fulbert.org
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