Hi Thomas, Yes, of course talking about what we actually do with the money is important :) We spent a fair amount of time at the February meeting talking about exactly this with the "annual planning" item, and also will have at least one, and probably more, online meetings dedicated to annual planning and included activities between now and signoff of the plan. Also, though it's not readily obvious, talking about the FDC structure and movement roles is also related to talking about what we should be doing -- what kind of community structures can we help build and support, how to support local and individual initiatives, what kinds of projects there are *to* support, etc.
In part there's so much time scheduled for talking about fundraising/funds dissemination because we know that it is not an easy topic, and especially given the amount of energy we've all spent on it we want to do it justice. We also want to have enough time to resolve the issue, at least for the immediate future, so that we can indeed move on to other things. best, phoebe On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Phoebe, > > As important as the ongoing discussions and debate over fundraising > and funds dissemination are, it concerns me that the WMF board is > using one of its few in-person meetings to discuss almost nothing but > fundraising and funds dissemination. Fundraising is a means to an end, > nothing more. Shouldn't you be spending at least some time actually > discussing that end? > > On 25 March 2012 18:33, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> The next WMF Board of Trustees meeting is scheduled for March 30-31, >> 2012 in Berlin, held with the chapters meeting. >> >> The agenda is now posted here: >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Board_meetings/March_30-31,_2012 >> Wikimedia Chapters Meeting information: >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2012 >> >> Thanks, >> Phoebe (WMF Board Secretary 2011-12) >> >> -- >> * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers >> <at> gmail.com * >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com * _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l