Grants talk:Project/Rapid/Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation/ Art+Feminism 2020/International Women's Day 2020

Comments from WMF

Hello Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation, thank you for submitting this request. It is great to see that you’re running Art and Feminism campaign in Nigeria. We have reviewed your proposal and have the following comments and questions:

• Thank you for sharing with us your project outlines. We’re excited about the thoughtful planning of your event.
• In Table 2 of your project budget, the total sum is incorrect. It should be 208,000 NGN (682.13 USD) instead of 248,000 NGN (681.97 USD). Please fix this discrepancy and correct your budget.

Apologies for the typo! We have recalculated the figure. instead of 208,000 NGN (682.13 USD) from above, our final figure is 208,000NGN (681.96 USD).

• You mentioned that three experience Wikimedians from your community will be supporting throughout the events. Would you please provide their usernames?

The following Wikipedians indicated their interest to coordinate the event:

Olaniyan OLushola

T Cells

Mahveotm

After the submission of the proposal, the following Wikipedians did confirm their interest to participate in the organisation of the event:

Kaizenify

SuperSwift

Kayusyussuf

Thank you for your contributions to Wikimedia projects! Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 06:19, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

We sincerely thank you for your kind words and also for your interest in our project. We promise to keep increasing the momentum of activities in our community. Wikimedia Nigeria (talk) 08:17, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Approved

Hello Wikimedia Nigeria, thank you for making the requested changes and for responding to my questions. I am approving your grant request. Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 08:23, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Request for extention due to COVID 19 pandemic

@DSaroyan (WMF): Apologies for the late update. This is to inform you that the continuation of this project has been affected by the effect of COVID 19 in Nigeria. We, therefore, request for an extension to the project until when the situation is improved..Wikimedia Nigeria (talk) 14:39, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello Wikimedia Nigeria, thanks for posting your request here. I'm sorry that you have to postpone the event due to COVID-19. We are happy to offer you an extension; does postponing the grant end date to 1 October 2020 sound good to you? Please let me what you think, so I could move forward with your request. Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 14:54, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Yes, we can work with this date if however there is any development we will reach out to you. Wikimedia Nigeria (talk) 12:08, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Request approved

Hello Wikimedia Nigeria, thanks for clarifying! I am approving this request too; the new end date for your grant is October 1, 2020 with the report due date on November 1, 2020. Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 12:50, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Request for another extention

Hi, @DSaroyan (WMF):,Contrary to our original plan, we might need to request for additional time to execute this grant. ELOY and 2 Nigerian Universities are the proposed partners for the project. We have completed the part involving ELOY, while the ongoing strike between the Academic Staff Union of University ( ASUU ) and the Federal Government in Nigeria has impaired negatively on the project ( You can read more ). Regrettably, we are requesting for additional two months to allow the parties ( ASUU and FG) to resolve their issues and also allows the students to settle at their schools after the long-term holiday before event.

Also, since the government has opened up the country for more activities, we will like to have in-person training. See the risk assessment here

Please, lets us know what you think? Wikimedia Nigeria (talk) 16:59, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello Wikimedia Nigeria, thanks for reaching out to us.

• For the grant end date extension, does December 1, 2020 work as a new date for your project?

Yes, it's fine. We will continue to review the ongoing situation and availability of the institution oncethe strike is call-off.

• I reviewed the risk assessment document you shared and confirm that this in-person gathering is allowed in terms of our guidelines. You can now organize the intended in-person gathering. Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 07:30, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the approval of the in-person training and your consideration of our request to extend the grantdue to the prevailing circumstance. Wikimedia Nigeria (talk) 04:20, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello Wikimedia Nigeria, to confirm, the new grant end date is December 1, 2020, with the reporting due date on January 1, 2021. Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 07:42, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello DSaroyan (WMF), according to the report gathered here, the protracted strike between the Academic Staff Union of University in Nigeria ( ASUU) and the Federal Government (FG) of Nigeria was suspended in December 2020. Therefore, the various institutions will resume in January 2021 after nine(9) months of compulsory vacation. We plan to propose the continuation of the program during the next semester of the affected institutions. This approach will allow the institution to focus on its academic activities. We, therefore, request for another three (3) months for this project. We estimated a semester to cover 3 months period. Wikimedia Nigeria (talk) 09:49, 6 January 2021 (UTC).

Hello Wikimedia Nigeria, I'm glad to learn that you are able to continue your project. Could you please specify an end date for your project? Do you mean extending it for three months from now, or from October 1? Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 10:30, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Yes,DSaroyan (WMF), In our estimate, it takes a period of 3 three months to complete a semester. So, we plan to revisit the project at the end of this semester. Therefore, the estimated end date will be the end of March 2021Wikimedia Nigeria (talk) 17:39, 13 January 2021 (UTC).

Hello Wikimedia Nigeria, I approved your requested and extended the grant end date to March 31, 2021. The reporting due date for your project is now April 30, 2021. Thanks, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 08:11, 14 January 2021 (UTC)