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- From: Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr AT hotmail.com>
- To: Tobias Schonwetter <tobias AT creativecommons.org>
- Cc: CC Africa mailing list <ccafrica AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [ccAfrica] Global Summit - funding
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 08:11:00 +0000
Tobias --
I would highly recomment that CC -- as an organization -- apply/approach/request for support from the Wikimedia Foundation. That would carry more weight than individuals applying. The Wikimedia Foundation has an open grant funding system, details available here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG Here are some grant applications for some events/conferences that the Wikimedia Foundation has funded: Basically, CC will be required to submit a proposal and a volunteer-led committee (with some support staff) will assess the grant application and eventually provide or deny funding. This will probably take 2-4 weeks from the date of submission. So, if CC (as an org.) is comfortable with this procedure, I would suggest that we take the following steps going forward: -Have a Skype Call to kick things off. Gather the necessary persons to assist in drafting the grant proposal. -At the same time, write an official communication to the Wikimedia Foundation's Head of Grants regarding our intent. (To sort of test the waters and gauge whether we'll get a positive response/go-ahead from them). In some rare cases, the Wikimedia Foundation usually discusses with grantees behind the scenes and then makes an announcement that they'll be funding so-and-so a certain amount of money (without going through the normal grant application process). However, the Wikimedia Foundation has become increasingly transparent and chances are that when we contact them, we'll probably be directed towards submitting an openly available grant application. I'm willing to offer my help wherever possible. Kind regards, A. Subject: Re: [ccAfrica] Global Summit - funding From: tobias AT creativecommons.org Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 09:29:58 +0200 CC: ccafrica AT lists.ibiblio.org To: abbasjnr AT hotmail.com Dear Abbas: thanks for this. This is very very useful. I have captured this opportunity in our google doc (sheet 3): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5YNxLSjKeTrw5lH7x2Ei16MoNsTDldvA53Sk0kR7Kc/edit#gid=2040223314 Can you tell us a bit more about the process and who long it would aproxiamtely take? Do you think affiliates and community members should apply individually or would this best be done by the RCs and/or CC HQ? Best, Tobias ---
Dr. Tobias Schonwetter Regional Coordinator: Africa Creative Commons twitter: @tobyschonwetter Make a donation to support Creative Commons in 2015: http://bit.ly/supportcc2015
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