Grants talk:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikipedia Workshops and Edit-a-thons in Ruhengeri (ID: 22067508)

Not funded

Hello Fabnk, thank you for submitting your grant application. We appreciate your interest in contributing to the mission of the Wikimedia Movement. We are continuously strengthening our grants review process, ensuring that grant funding is being invested towards impactful projects and efforts geared towards contributing to the mission of Wikimedia Movement in the most efficient and effective manner.

After reviewing your application, we have decided to not fund your Rapid Fund request. Here are the main reasons for our decision:

• There is considerable duplication of efforts and activities between this project and the annual plan of Wikimedia Community User Group Rwanda funded through the General Support fund. We recommend collaborating with Wikimedia Community User Group Rwanda to run these activities in Ruhengeri.
• Wikimedians of Ruhenegeri User Group is not a recognized Wikimedia affiliate. However, on your grant application and Fluxx Grantee Portal you are presenting yourself as a recognized affiliate. We request that the group designation is updated and corrected on the relevant Fluxx Grantee Portal and other relevant pages. Even if the group's Meta-page mentions that the group is not recognized, you cannot present yourself as a recognized User Group if you are not formally recognized by the Affiliation Committee.

Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 11:29, 22 February 2023 (UTC)