Microgrants/Timeline

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Timeline 2016-10 onwards.

Date Details
2017-05
2017-07
2017-08
2018-04
2018-06
  • Board meeting update - Next steps: Finalise eligibility criteria, Clean draft document, Round of consultation with the membership and Advisory Board members.
2018-07
2018-08
2018-09
  • Board meeting update - Consultation document on OSMF website ready to be shared with membership and the Advisory Board members. Contains outline and top questions. Will be followed by a comment period. Board working session.
2018-10
2019-05
2019-08
2019-10
2020-01
2020-02
2020-03
  • 13 applications for committee members
  • 5 selected committee members:
    • Geoffrey Katerrega - Uganda
    • Hanna Krüger - Germany, Koln
    • Janet Chapman - Tanzania/London
    • Christopher Beddow - US/Budapest
    • Clifford Snow - Washington state, US
2020-04
2020-05
2020-06
  • June 04 Committee meeting - minutes
  • June 04 Board receives list of 13 applications short-listed by the Microgrants committee, having removed 2 proposals where the applicants requested to join OSMF after the deadline.
  • June 06 Board discussion about proposal selection during board chat.
  • June 11
    • Board asks the committee for the names, OSM usernames and the volunteer activity of any unnamed recipients of the short-listed proposals.
    • Board chat regarding the final selection. Guest during part of the chat: Christopher Beddow (Microgrants Committee). Board members decide to look into a particular application, after question from one of the board members regarding the amount requested.
    • Joost Schouppe posts about Craig Allan's observer report on the OSMF membership mailing list.
  • June 25 Board meeting discussion regarding the final selection. Board vetoes one of the applications short-listed by the committee and accepts the rest (12).
  • June 29 Microgrants committee notifies successful and non-successful applicants by email.
2020-07
2021-02
  • Apology issued by board members Mikel Maron and Joost Schouppe regarding conflicts of interest in the awarding of microgrants in 2020, as both were closely associated with successful grantees.
2021-09