Talk:Wikimania 2022/Scholarships/Odia Wikimedians User Group

Approval of alternate use of funds

Hi

We have been advised to reach out to you for our request on utilisation of funds. We anticipated that there will be members flying in from various regions to participate, but as the online participation option is extended, we have no air travel to be arranged anymore. In order to make this event accessible to majority of the people living in this region, and for other unforeseen expenses like printing and postage. We request you to kindly allow us to use this money reserved for air travel to pay for the aforementioned expenses. The last minute bookings have made us miss some good offers leading to expensive services. Thanking you in anticipation of your much valued support. @Venuslui @Jtud (WMF) Sangram Keshari Senapati (talk) 18:26, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for the update and request to reallocate the use of funds that will not be spent on the previously budget for travel. I am including Joël in the conversation as an FYI. While we await Venus's reply, would you kindly include the amount (including currency) of what needs to be reallocated? -- JTud (WMF), Grants Administrator (talk) 18:35, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

The amount would be near about 55,000 to 60,000 INR (695 to 758 USD). The amount will be used for printing and postage as well as to support the participation of regional government representatives. -- Sangram Keshari Senapati (talk) 18:46, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

@Venuslui @Jtud (WMF) We request you to kindly prioritize this and share if we can go ahead with the printing as the event is starting tomorrow. For clarification, please note that we aren't asking for extra budget, we are only requesting for shuffling of budget head where we can use the extra money from one head to cover the cost of printig of tshirts printing and postage -- Chinmayee Mishra (talk) 11:29, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Just noting here that Joël approved this request by email on 12 August 2022, and Chinmayee Mishra was copied in the conversation thread. -- JTud (WMF), Grants Administrator (talk) 20:43, 15 August 2022 (UTC)