Finalized themes and speakers to invite for showcases in January - March.

Updated the draft strategy for supporting and growing the community.

Used Scholia to understand trends in publishing on Wikipedia, including number of publications per year, topics covered, networks of co-authors, and institutions where research is taking place.

Updated strategy for supporting and growing the research community and the role of community champions in those initiatives.

I think it's too early to say. I'd like to see how many attendees we get over the next few months and collect informal feedback on the new time offerings.

Held November office hours.

The Diff post is live! https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/11/03/launch-of-the-wikimedia-research-fund

Held first office hours session at a new time.

Created community participation model. Identified areas of growth and created a timeline for this fiscal year for growth initiatives.

Sent emails advertising November office hours. Met with Pablo and Martin to discuss themes and speakers for Q3 showcases.

The Meta page is live! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund

Sent emails announcing new office hour time for November.

Met with Pablo and Martin to discuss themes and speakers for Q3.

Great! Let's plan on it then.

Thanks for the feedback! Given that the call for proposals will go out next week and that we are simultaneously working on a Diff post, I think we'll postpone the tech blog post at this time. We would like to revisit this idea after our first round of funding closes (June 2022) and write about what we learned from the process. Does that work for you?

Held 2 conversations with research community members.

Drafted email advertising November office hours.

Attended two discussions hosted by the Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement focused on creating community champions programs.

Worked with Leila, Mako, and Community Resources team to finalize the proposal template and timeline; drafted post for tech blog and meta page; made spreadsheet for tracking advertising efforts; revised request for proposals.

Updated email announcement of office hours to reflect the new times.

Sought feedback from the Research team around goals related to growth. This feedback will be incorporated into the growth strategy.

Third 30 days: Documented learnings from listening tour and conversations with the research team; developed a draft process for strategy to increase support and growth of the broader research community; sought feedback from Leila

Led a discussion with the Research team about goals for growing the community and how to address community members' needs.

Worked with Leila and Community Resources team to refine the request for proposals and the review process; sent draft of announcement blog post to Leila for review; developed draft timeline with Leila

Made decision with Research team to alternate times for office hours each month, beginning in November:
1PM CET / 7AM ET (Nov, Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep)
1AM CET / 7PM ET (Dec, Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct)

I held 13 conversations with research community members and will continue to extend invitations for conversations into Q2.

Have drafted a profile of the research community based on conversations with community members and Foundation staff and will continue to update it as I learn more about community members, their motivations, and interactions and as we adjust the programming and resources we provide.

Finished first 60 days of onboarding and will complete the last 30 days in mid-October. I spoke with members of the research community about their challenges, motivations, and ideas for growth and Foundation staff about good practices in developing strategy and engaging in community outreach. Based on these conversations, I have begun to develop a strategy for increasing support for and growing the global community of Wikimedia researchers.

During Q1, I worked with Pablo and Martin to identify topics and speakers for Q2 showcases, and arranged the December showcase. Martin and I have collected ideas for making office hours more globally welcoming (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T291644).

Held three conversations with community members and updated draft strategy

Nearly done drafting the first request for proposals!

Sent emails advertising October office hours

Thanks, Leila! :-)

Completed second 30 day plan and moving on to the third 30 days - the focus will be on wrapping up research community member conversations and drafting the strategy for community support and growth.

Updated research community profile given what I have learned in conversations with Foundation staff and research community members.

Held several conversations with community members and scheduled more in the upcoming weeks.

In the process of drafting the request for proposals.

Work with Martin to collate proposed changes to office hours to make sessions more welcoming (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T291644).

Held one conversation and scheduled several others for the upcoming couple of weeks.

Confirmed December speakers. Had conversations with team members about how to make office hours more inclusive, including alternating times each month and encouraging submissions of questions in advance.

Sent additional invitations for conversations with community members.

Discussed timeline for drafting and releasing request for proposals and the review process with Leila.

Finalized topics for Q2 showcases with Martin and Pablo. Sent invitations to December speakers.

Held one conversation and led brainstorming session about the research community with the research team. Identified common themes brought up by research team and community members.

Finished reading Modern Grantmaking

Met with Pablo and Martin to choose topics for Q2 showcases and identified potential speakers.

Emailed invitations to community members for conversations about research community experiences.

Reading Modern Grantmaking

Discussed with Martin potential future showcases consisting of panel discussions and presentations by research grantees.

Drafted email invitation to send to community members; held one discussion and scheduled another for the end of August

Scheduled time to meet with Pablo and Martin at the end of the month to decide on topics and speakers for Q2

Tabled at Wikimania with grants team; reading Modern Grantmaking

Reviewed second 30 day plan with Leila

Received list of community members to reach out to from Leila; read up on each person and found their contact information

Discussed approaches for soliciting community input on proposals with Leila

Brainstormed ideas for hosting a showcase panel with Martin

Completed first 30 day tasks

Have a draft profile

Had a discussion with a community member and scheduled another for later this month

Reading Modern Grantmaking (https://moderngrantmaking.com/) to learn about how to develop and implement an accessible and equitable grantmaking strategy

• Attended August office hours