Thanks for signing up to join the Project Grants Committee! It is my pleasure to confirm your membership. We've got a lot to accomplish together, particularly during the next 2 months, and it will be awesome to have your help. Here is how to get started!
To make your membership official, please email mjohnsonwikimedia · org by Sunday, August 14, and include the following three pieces of information:
Your preferred email address for the committee mailing list
Your preferred username for the committee's scoring tool
Indicate all of the times from this list that would work for you to participate in a Committee Orientation:
Tuesday August 16, 2016 - 1600 UTC
Tuesday August 16, 2016 - 1900 UTC
Wednesday August 17, 2016 - 0100 UTC
Thursday August 18, 2016 - 1600 UTC
Thursday August 18, 2016 - 2200 UTC
Friday August 19, 2016 - 0100 UTC
if none of the above times work for you, please provide at least two times that would work for you (be sure to indicate the date and the time zone)
Then, there are 2 first tasks for active committee members to start on right away:
Read the information in the Committee Workroom (your committee organizing hub on meta), beginning with the getting started guide for new members.
Start giving feedback on open proposals. Ask questions or make suggestions on the proposal talk pages to gather information you’ll need to make a recommendation. Your input helps prospective grantees think their projects all the way through and helps other committee members with their own review. The more you can support applicants now, the stronger the proposals we'll have to choose from.
The general calendar for this round is as follows:
Our formal review of proposals starts on August 24. WMF staff will be posting information about scoring and selection of proposals on the committee mailing list, so please keep an eye there!
Thanks again for joining us to help make impactful Project Grants! :-)
