<div dir="ltr">Hello friends! 👋🏽<div><br></div><div>Last week CC announced the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2017/06/13/community-activities-fund/" target="_blank">Community Activities Fund</a>.</div><div><br></div><div> To date, we have received 145 applications from all 6 regions in which CC has a community presence: Africa, Arab World, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America.</div><div><br></div><div>Frankly, I was stunned! It's very humbling to learn that there are so many people pushing CC's mission agenda forward in various corners of the world. Thank you for your faith and work in pursuing these goals.</div><div><br></div><div>Many of you desired to be supported; this was pretty clear from the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/about/global-affiliate-network/faces-commons-research/" target="_blank">Faces of the Commons </a>reports, the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/2017/01/24/cc-community-releases-movement-strategy-consultation/" target="_blank">Global Network Strategy Consultation</a> and in my affiliate outreach earlier in the year. This fund was set up primarily in response to your needs as a community.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm still analyzing the responses we got and next week I'll reveal the firs grantees of the fund as well some basic statistics of what we're learning from your responses.</div><div><br></div><div>If you haven't applied yet and you need some help with one of your activities, kindly <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/creativecommons.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeOrNfq3Kh4w0_GIjUMA3Qv6y41IilkMcW04BOh1WpFY_fI-w/viewform?c=0&w=1" target="_blank">consider submitting your application</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>*****</div><div><br></div><div>This Wednesday 28th June, CC Africa and CC Latin America will be hosting a joint Community Call to explore possible areas of collaboration. Take a peek at the agenda <a href="https://pad.creativecommons.org/p/africa-latam" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Community Calls are virtual spaces where the community can meet and share, plan and collaborate on ideas and projects. Anyone can host one. Got an idea for one? I'd love the opportunity to discuss and plan one with you! Hit the reply button and let's talk about it.</div><div><br></div><div>*****</div><div><br></div><div>In the past week I wound up my second Asia Pacific outreach and happy to report that CC Thailand is restructuring their team with a view to making their chapter active again. CC Nepal is planning a stakeholder meeting with a view to build out their chapter team and volunteers, CC China Mainland is planning a meeting to discuss the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2RjMKo4LG4SYnJvWGxEaEsyTG8/view?usp=sharing">Global Network Strategy</a> and <a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Platforms">CC Platforms</a>, CC Taiwan is currently undergoing a transition process, we're working with CC Cambodia to find young and enthusiastic leaders to move the Cambodia Chapter forward - all these are but a few of the many awesome things happening in the region. My job is to support them in these and other endeavours and will continue to spend time with these chapters and contribute to their priorities. </div><div><br></div><div>While that continues, my focus has shifted towards Africa - my home continent! I'll be conducting my second outreach next week and hopefully crowning it all with a regional CC project - this was an expressed desire from the Africa Regional Breakfast meeting we had on the sides of the last CC Summit in Toronto. I'll also be focusing on bringing on board a number of West African countries that have for some time now expressed interest in joining the CC Global Network.</div><div><br></div><div>There's lot's more to share, but I'll save some of it for next week.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px">'Til next Friday y'all!</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Simeon</div></div><div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail-m_985731170125953924gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Simeon Oriko </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Network Manager, Creative Commons</font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Invest in an open future. Support Creative Commons today: <a href="http://bit.ly/19IjSKl" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/19IjSKl</a> </font></div></div></div></div></div>
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