Grants talk:Project/Kaspo/Editathons in central southern Italy

Eligibility confirmed, Round 1 2020

This Project Grants proposal is under review!

We've confirmed your proposal is eligible for Round 1 2020 review. Please feel free to ask questions and make changes to this proposal as discussions continue during the community comments period, through March 16, 2020.

The Project Grant committee's formal review for Round 1 2020 will occur March 17 - April 8, 2020. We ask that you refrain from making changes to your proposal during the committee review period, so we can be sure that all committee members are seeing the same version of the proposal.

Grantees will be announced Friday, May 15, 2020.

Any changes to the review calendar will be posted on the Round 1 2020 schedule.

Questions? Contact us at projectgrants wikimedia  · org.

I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 16:50, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

COVID 19 planning

Dear Luca Landucci and Kaspo,

Updated COVID-19 planning guidelines do not allow your proposal to proceed in the current round. I have emailed multiple times with instructions about next steps, but I have not heard a reply from you. Can you please contact me as soon as possible so we can follow up at projectgrants wikimedia  · org?

Thank you, --Marti (WMF) (talk) 05:33, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

@Mjohnson (WMF): I sent you a e-mail. Repeat my message here. We need 2 weeks to update our proposal with online events and reschedule offline events. Can you review it on 10th May? Is allowed to fund tutors for online courses about editing on Wikipedia? --Kaspo (talk) 22:37, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Proposal withdrawn by staff due to COVID-19 restrictions

Dear Kaspo,

As you are aware, global public health guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic continues to emphasize the importance of staying home, canceling public gatherings, and minimizing in-person contact. As the gravity of the pandemic has become clearer, it is less certain when offline gatherings or travel will be safe again. Initially, we had requested that offline events be postponed until after September 15, 2020. However, due to increasing uncertainty over how long the pandemic will persist, many of our grant programs are no longer funding any offline events or travel until further notice. Project Grants is continuing to fund offline events and travel only at very minimal levels in projects that meet all of these criteria, as emailed to all applicants on April 11, 2020:

• core components of the proposed work plan can be completed without offline events or travel.
• all planned offline events or travel can be indefinitely postponed, until the Wikimedia Foundation’s guidelines allow for them, without significant harm to the goals of your project.
• the proposal is updated with a COVID-19 response plan by April 16, 2020, providing a brief summary of how these guidelines have been met, and how it would impact the project if travel and offline events prove unfeasible throughout the entire life of your project.

Staff have reviewed your proposal in light of these guidelines, and determined that your proposal cannot proceed in the current round. We are marking your proposal withdrawn from the current round, but you are heartily welcomed to submit this same proposal for review in a future round, with the next one scheduled for early 2021. You are also welcome to submit proposals for online events through Rapid Grants.

While we seek to promote free knowledge, our priority is the safety and well-being of the people who make it possible--you, your Wikimedia community, and the general public. We are acting with an abundance of caution to keep people safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. We deeply regret that this global health situation prevents offline projects from proceeding as planned. We appreciate your time, effort and courage in applying for funding this round, and would welcome another proposal from you in the future, once offline event funding has resumed.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us with any questions you have about this post at projectgrants wikimedia  · org.

With thanks,

--I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 19:22, 27 May 2020 (UTC)