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United States and Canada

This region includes the following countries:

United States of America and Canada

Program Officer

Chris "Jethro" Schilling

Senior Program Officer for the United States and Canada

cschillingwikimedia.org

Location: Chicago, Illinois,
United States

Timezone: UTC-6/-5

Language(s) spoken: English, Japanese

I JethroBT (WMF)

Regional calendar

General Support (Wikimedia Community Fund)

Upcoming Round 2 (2022-23)

• Applicant proposal support starts: February 6, 2023
• Submission deadline: March 10, 2023
• Eligibility check: February 6 - March 10, 2023
• Application translation: March 10 - March 17, 2023
• Review process starts: March 17, 2023
• Feedback received: March 31, 2023
• Engaging with feedback: March 31 - April 21, 2023
• Decisions announced: May 11, 2023
• Agreement signed: May 5 - May 19, 2023
• First payment sent: May 19 - June 1, 2023
• Midterm report due: January 15, 2024
• Final report due: July 31, 2024
• Yearly report due for multi-year funds: August 15, 2024

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Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.

Contact us

Rapid Fund

If you want to apply or if have any questions about the Rapid Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: usca_rapidwikimedia.org

General Support Fund

If you have any questions about the General Support Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: usca_fundwikimedia.org

Office hours

The regional program officer is available several times during the week to meet with you to answer questions, receive feedback, and provide any general support or guidance around our funding programs in the region. Please review the program officer's availability on Google Calendar below and reserve a time that is most convenient for you:

Reserve a time for Office Hours

(Note: Reservations require you to use services independent from the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information on usage policies of Google Calendar, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy).

To support preparation needs, please provide a brief explanation about the purpose of the meeting when reserving a time. This information can alternatively be provided via e-mail (cschillingwikimedia.org).

If none of the available times works for you, please contact the program officer via e-mail with a few times that will work well for you.

Regional Committee

• Emjackson42, August 2021 -
• Bridges2Information, August 2021 - I am an academic librarian and professor at Oregon State University. I recently co-edited the OA book Wikipedia and Academic Libraries - A Global Project.
• Effeietsanders, August 2021 -
• Redwidgeon, August 2021 - I am a semi-retired educator & long-time advocate of the free knowledge movement. Wikimedian since 2006. Currently contributing mostly as a Wikignome, furthering the movement where I can. Based in British Columbia, Canada.
• Matthewvetter, August 2021 -
• Wugapodes, August 2021 -
• AbhiSuryawanshi, August 2021 -

Inactive and Past Committee Members

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