Grants talk:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Kannada Wikisource edit-a-thon (ID: 22648433)

Endorsement from Santhosh Notagar99 (talk)

--Santhosh Notagar99 (talk) 14:53, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Endorsement from Mallikarjunasj

Anoop is very dedicated person, passionate to build Corpus for Kannada Wikisource. This initiative to complete pending books into wikisource is a welcome initiative. I strongly urge this must be supported with both grant & volunteers Mallikarjunasj (talk) 10:19, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Endorsement from Vishwanatha Badikana

1.  Support I support this project.--Vishwanatha Badikana (talk) 13:31, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Endorsement from Gshguru (talk)

--Gshguru (talk) 01:06, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Endorsement from Pavanaja (talk)

This is a much needed work and I fully endorse this. --Pavanaja (talk) 10:45, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Endorsement from ಮಹಾವೀರ ಇಂದ್ರ- Mahaveer Indra (talk)

This is a much needed work and I fully endorse this. --ಮಹಾವೀರ ಇಂದ್ರ- Mahaveer Indra (talk) 03:44, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Endorsement from Vidyadhar Chipli

This is a much needed work and I fully endorse this.--Vidyadhar Chipli (talk) 09:34, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Endorsement from Brahmavadini (talk)

The project is important for Kannada community development. --Brahmavadini (talk) 14:47, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Endorsement from ವಿಕಾಸ್ ಹೆಗಡೆ | Vikas Hegde (talk)

This Edit-a-thon will definitely help more content addition to Kannada Wikisource and community development as well. I support this grant request.

--ವಿಕಾಸ್ ಹೆಗಡೆ | Vikas Hegde (talk) 04:33, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Your grant application has been approved

Hello @~aanzx

Congratulations! Your grant application has been approved in the amount of INR 84,950.00 from 25 July 2024 to 1 January 2025.

Let’s continue having regular conversations over the course of your grant implementation. Please let me know if you require support in any way or would like to share your experiences with a wider community through the Let's Connect Programme or on South Asia Open Community Calls.

Note on grant funding amount

In your award letter/email, you may observe that the USD equivalent may be different from that floating exchange rate on Oanda. This is because (at the moment) we apply a pre-determined exchange rate for each grant as determined by the WMF Finance team. That said, I've published on meta the approved amount in your local currency and we can use that as a common reference point.

We know even the best thought through plans may change.

In the event that there are changes to your implementation schedule, you can reach out to request for a grant extension (i.e. extend end date). Similarly, if there is a surplus budget or changes to your planned budget, you can reach out to me about reallocation (via email and on this talkpage). There is also the option to have the unspent funds deducted against a future grant. More details here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Return_unused_funds_to_WMF

Disbursement of Funds

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Additional resources which may be useful

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• Timelines for reporting can be found in your grant agreement or on Fluxx.
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• Documenting project expenses: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Documenting_project_expenses

We thank you for your participation in the grant application process and hope to continue to journey with you as you embark on this project. Good luck!

Regards, Jacqueline JChen (WMF) (talk) 10:00, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. ~aanzx ^✉ _© 11:42, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Final plug

We are actively recruiting community members to join the South Asia Regional Funds Committee and hope you can help spread the word and recommend people to apply. For more information, refer to Grants:Regions/South Asia/Committee Call 2024. JChen (WMF) (talk) 10:00, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Request for unspent funds to offset a future grant

Hello @~aanzx,

Thank you for your email. We noted there are some changes in the implementation plans (i.e. 2 edit-a-thons -> 1) due to scheduling and weather. Proposed targets for the grant have also been achieved.

This is to confirm that you can use the unspent funds from this grant to offset against a future grant that you have in the pipeline.

Once you have completed your project, please report the actual unspent funds in your final report. Thank you.

Regards, Jacqueline JChen (WMF) (talk) 06:37, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Reallocation request - APPROVED

Hello @JChen (WMF):, I am writing to request approval for the use of unspent funds totaling INR 35,536/- from above grant to following Kannada Language Workshop project (Grant ID: 22828172). We wish to allocate this remaining balance towards future activities such as workshops and community training sessions, which align with the original goals of the grant.

These activities will continue to support the growth and engagement of the Kannada-speaking community on Wikimedia platforms. Please let me know if further information is required.

Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely,~aanzx ^✉ _© 04:50, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Hello @~aanzx,

Your reallocation request has been reviewed and approved.

Thank you.

Regards,

Jacqueline JChen (WMF) (talk) 06:03, 16 October 2024 (UTC)