Grants talk:Project/Rapid/Faith Mwanyolo/Wiki Loves Women 2021 in Kenya

Comments from DSaroyan (WMF)

Hi FaithMwanyolo, thanks again for submitting this grant proposal. It’s great to learn that there will be another series of SheSaid (Wiki Loves Women) events organized in Kenya! I have some questions that I’d like you to answer:

• Could you please confirm that there is no overlap between yours and this grant projects?
• You mentioned that you would run 2 in-person. Could you please confirm the number of participants you will be having in each of them?
• How many prizes do you plan to offer?
• We think that the contingency amount is high. Could you reduce this amount by half?
• We now require all grantees to announce their projects and receive the Wikimedia community feedback in advance. Could you please announce this project and grant on the relevant Kenyan community pages on the target wikis? Community notification may be most appropriate on a village pump, talk page, or mailing list. Please paste a link into the proposal page to where the relevant communities have been notified of this proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions.

Looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 10:50, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

Hello DSaroyan (WMF), thank you for reaching out!

• I would like to confirm that there will be no overlap between our events. We are in constant communication over the same.
• There will be 15 participants at a time due to COVID-19 regulations.
• I plan to offer 3 prizes.
• The contigency amount has been reduced by half.
• We mostly communicate via WhatsApp groups. However, there is a dedicated Twitter handle. Is this okay?

Kind regards, FaithMwanyolo . 18:03, 20 July 2021 (EAT)

Hi FaithMwanyolo, thanks for your response.

• If you have over 10 participants in the event, you are required to fill out the Risk Assessment form. Please do so and add the link to the grant proposal.
• If Twitter and Whatsapp groups are the only communication channels for your community, you are welcomed to announce your grant and project through theses channels.

Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 09:50, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

Hello ! DSaroyan (WMF) ,

• I did a bit of research on potential venues and even they recommend less than 15 people at a time so I will revise the number of participants to 10 per editathon.

Thank you!
Kind regards, FaithMwanyolo . 18:10, 21 July 2021 (EAT)