Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC Recommendations, Round 1 2017-18

[Itzik - Wikimedia Israel]

Agree with Chris.

Thank you dear FDC members and staff for the great work: your analysis,
comments, and insight.
I know how hard and complicated is Round 1, and how much time each one of
you invested before and during the deliberations. Once again, thank you.

And Bishaka - congratulations on your new role!



*Regards,Itzik Edri*
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On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 8:53 PM, Chris Keating 
wrote:

> Thanks FDC for your hard work on the recommendations, and It's great to see
> so many applicants earning full funding this time!
>
> Chris
>
> On 20 Nov 2017 5:43 pm, "Bishakha Datta"  wrote:
>
> > Dear Wikimedians,
> >
> > The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meets twice a year to make
> > recommendations about how to effectively allocate movement funds to
> achieve
> > the Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy.  This is now the
> > 11th round of allocations made by the FDC, and we met in person from
> > November 17-20, 2017 in Madrid to deliberate on 9 proposals submitted
> this
> > round. Wikimedia Deutschland's annual plan will be reviewed separately.
> >
> >
> > We would like to thank all of the participating organizations for the
> hard
> > work they put into this round’s proposals.
> >
> > Our recommendations for Round 1 2017-2018 on the annual plan grants to
> the
> > Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees have now been posted on Meta.[1]
> The
> > Board will review our deliberations and make a decision by December 31,
> > 2017.
> >
> > We received grant requests for approximately USD 2,766,000 this round.
> > Before we met, committee members reviewed all of the proposals and
> > documents submitted.  We were assisted in this review with input from the
> > FDC staff assessments which included analysis on impact, finances, and
> > programs, as well as community comments on the proposals.
> >
> > As you may know, there is a formal process to submit complaints or
> appeals
> > about these recommendations. Here are the steps for both:
> >
> > Any organization that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s
> > recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives to the FDC
> by
> > 23:59 UTC on 8 December 2017 in accord with the appeal process outlined
> in
> > the FDC Framework [2]. A formal appeal to challenge the FDC’s
> > recommendation should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word summary
> > directed to the two non-voting WMF Board representatives to the FDC,
> > Nataliia Tymkiv and Dariusz Jemielniak. The appeal should be submitted
> > on-wiki, and must be submitted by the Board Chair of a funding-seeking
> > applicant. The Wikimedia Foundation Board will publish its decision on
> this
> > and all recommendations by December 31, 2017.
> >
> > Anyone can file a complaint about the FDC process [3] with the
> Ombudsperson
> > at any time. The complaint should be submitted on wiki, as well. The
> > Ombudsperson will publicly document the complaint, and investigate as
> > needed.
> >
> > On behalf of the FDC,
> >
> > Bishakha Datta
> > FDC Chair
> >
> >
> > [1]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_
> recommendations/2017-2018_
> > Round_1
> >
> >
> > [2]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_
> Dissemination_Committee/
> > Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC
> >
> >
> > [3]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Complaints_
> > about_the_FDC_process
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Nov/Dec Wikimedia Foundation Metrics & Activities meeting

[Samuel Patton]

Thanks for the heads up, Sam!

On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Samantha Lien  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> The currently-scheduled November and December metrics meetings both fall
> on popular holiday weeks in the United States and other parts of the world.
>
> Given this, we will be combining the November and December meetings into a
> single metrics meeting on *Thursday, December 14th, from 6:00 - 7:00 PM
> UTC (11 AM - 12 PM PT)*.
>
> Please stay tuned for more details on the meeting in the coming weeks!
>
> Best,
> Sam and Greg
>
> --
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia projects in languages with fewer speakers

[Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin]

Dear colleagues,

I wonder if this project rings the tune with anyone in other regions:

«Imagine your great-grandkids are growing up at a large space station around 
Mars and national identities on Earth are by then no more important that your 
provincial or city identity are currently. Why should we bother creating 
language nests for them to learn and actively speak say Russian or Spanish, 
Arabic or French, not to mention heritage languages with even smaller number of 
speakers today? And if it's worth it, then how should we do it?»

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedias_in_the_languages_of_Russia/ActionPlan/Linguistic-cultural_identity

regards,
farhad

Wikimedia Russia member - https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Membership

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skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC Recommendations, Round 1 2017-18

[Chris Keating]

Thanks FDC for your hard work on the recommendations, and It's great to see
so many applicants earning full funding this time!

Chris

On 20 Nov 2017 5:43 pm, "Bishakha Datta"  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meets twice a year to make
> recommendations about how to effectively allocate movement funds to achieve
> the Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy.  This is now the
> 11th round of allocations made by the FDC, and we met in person from
> November 17-20, 2017 in Madrid to deliberate on 9 proposals submitted this
> round. Wikimedia Deutschland's annual plan will be reviewed separately.
>
>
> We would like to thank all of the participating organizations for the hard
> work they put into this round’s proposals.
>
> Our recommendations for Round 1 2017-2018 on the annual plan grants to the
> Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees have now been posted on Meta.[1] The
> Board will review our deliberations and make a decision by December 31,
> 2017.
>
> We received grant requests for approximately USD 2,766,000 this round.
> Before we met, committee members reviewed all of the proposals and
> documents submitted.  We were assisted in this review with input from the
> FDC staff assessments which included analysis on impact, finances, and
> programs, as well as community comments on the proposals.
>
> As you may know, there is a formal process to submit complaints or appeals
> about these recommendations. Here are the steps for both:
>
> Any organization that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s
> recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives to the FDC by
> 23:59 UTC on 8 December 2017 in accord with the appeal process outlined in
> the FDC Framework [2]. A formal appeal to challenge the FDC’s
> recommendation should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word summary
> directed to the two non-voting WMF Board representatives to the FDC,
> Nataliia Tymkiv and Dariusz Jemielniak. The appeal should be submitted
> on-wiki, and must be submitted by the Board Chair of a funding-seeking
> applicant. The Wikimedia Foundation Board will publish its decision on this
> and all recommendations by December 31, 2017.
>
> Anyone can file a complaint about the FDC process [3] with the Ombudsperson
> at any time. The complaint should be submitted on wiki, as well. The
> Ombudsperson will publicly document the complaint, and investigate as
> needed.
>
> On behalf of the FDC,
>
> Bishakha Datta
> FDC Chair
>
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2017-2018_
> Round_1
>
>
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/
> Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC
>
>
> [3]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Complaints_
> about_the_FDC_process
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[Wikimedia-l] FDC Recommendations, Round 1 2017-18

[Bishakha Datta]

Dear Wikimedians,

The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meets twice a year to make
recommendations about how to effectively allocate movement funds to achieve
the Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy.  This is now the
11th round of allocations made by the FDC, and we met in person from
November 17-20, 2017 in Madrid to deliberate on 9 proposals submitted this
round. Wikimedia Deutschland's annual plan will be reviewed separately.


We would like to thank all of the participating organizations for the hard
work they put into this round’s proposals.

Our recommendations for Round 1 2017-2018 on the annual plan grants to the
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees have now been posted on Meta.[1] The
Board will review our deliberations and make a decision by December 31,
2017.

We received grant requests for approximately USD 2,766,000 this round.
Before we met, committee members reviewed all of the proposals and
documents submitted.  We were assisted in this review with input from the
FDC staff assessments which included analysis on impact, finances, and
programs, as well as community comments on the proposals.

As you may know, there is a formal process to submit complaints or appeals
about these recommendations. Here are the steps for both:

Any organization that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s
recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives to the FDC by
23:59 UTC on 8 December 2017 in accord with the appeal process outlined in
the FDC Framework [2]. A formal appeal to challenge the FDC’s
recommendation should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word summary
directed to the two non-voting WMF Board representatives to the FDC,
Nataliia Tymkiv and Dariusz Jemielniak. The appeal should be submitted
on-wiki, and must be submitted by the Board Chair of a funding-seeking
applicant. The Wikimedia Foundation Board will publish its decision on this
and all recommendations by December 31, 2017.

Anyone can file a complaint about the FDC process [3] with the Ombudsperson
at any time. The complaint should be submitted on wiki, as well. The
Ombudsperson will publicly document the complaint, and investigate as
needed.

On behalf of the FDC,

Bishakha Datta
FDC Chair


[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2017-2018_Round_1


[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC


[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Complaints_about_the_FDC_process
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Wikimania '18 Program Committee Members

[Alessandro Marchetti]

I am interested, I'll have free time right after February so why not? I speak 4 
or 5 languages fluently, that should help too.
Plus, i wanted to  there but not to present any material, so this is a great 
opportunity to take active part to the event in any case.

User Alexmar983
 

Il Lunedì 20 Novembre 2017 14:26, Gabriel Thullen  ha 
scritto:
 

 Hello Ellie,

You can count me in as well. I would like to help make this a great
Wikimania, I am looking forward to work with the African community.

I was planning on submitting a few proposals for the program as well, I
hope that this will not be a problem. The colleagues I am planning to do
these presentations with are from Senegal and other West African countries,
and once again I would like to avoid any suspicions of conflict of interest
or "it is always the same people who get the scholarships"...

Having said that, I would love to help out :)

Gabe

wikimania-prog...@lists.wikimedia.org

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:05 PM, J.  wrote:

> Count me in:
> Wayne Calhoon
> [[User:Checkingfax]]
> 925-391-0007
> j.blackm...@gmail.com
> (please notice the dot between the "j" and the "b")
>
> On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Ellie Young  wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > We are looking for members of the 2018 Wikimania program committee.
> > The committee will help put together the program and schedule for
> > Wikimania 2018, to be held on July 18-22  in Cape Town,  South Africa.
> > https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
> ...
>


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Wikimania '18 Program Committee Members

[Gabriel Thullen]

Hello Ellie,

You can count me in as well. I would like to help make this a great
Wikimania, I am looking forward to work with the African community.

I was planning on submitting a few proposals for the program as well, I
hope that this will not be a problem. The colleagues I am planning to do
these presentations with are from Senegal and other West African countries,
and once again I would like to avoid any suspicions of conflict of interest
or "it is always the same people who get the scholarships"...

Having said that, I would love to help out :)

Gabe

wikimania-prog...@lists.wikimedia.org

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:05 PM, J.  wrote:

> Count me in:
> Wayne Calhoon
> [[User:Checkingfax]]
> 925-391-0007
> j.blackm...@gmail.com
> (please notice the dot between the "j" and the "b")
>
> On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Ellie Young  wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > We are looking for members of the 2018 Wikimania program committee.
> > The committee will help put together the program and schedule for
> > Wikimania 2018, to be held on July 18-22  in Cape Town,  South Africa.
> > https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
> ...
>


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Wikimania '18 Program Committee Members

[J.]

Count me in:
Wayne Calhoon
[[User:Checkingfax]]
925-391-0007
j.blackm...@gmail.com
(please notice the dot between the "j" and the "b")

On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Ellie Young  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We are looking for members of the 2018 Wikimania program committee.
>
> The committee will help put together the program and schedule for
>
> Wikimania 2018, to be held on July 18-22  in Cape Town,  South Africa.
>
> https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
>
> Committee member responsibilities include helping promote the call for
>
> presentations,  recruiting speakers, and reviewing program
>
> submissions. Review dates this year will be in the March-April timeframe
> ​.​
>
> ​P
> rogram committee members
> ​will need to c
> ommit to having availability
>
> for reviewing submissions and weekly meetings during this time.
>
> Themes of the conference include the advancement of Free Knowledge,
>
> the role of academic and cultural institutions within the movement, privacy
>
> and rights, and the role of technology to further those objectives.
> Wikimania 2018
> ​ ​
> will specifically focus on the gaps - gender, cultural, demographic and
> knowledge -
> ​ ​
> and strategies for reducing them.
>
>
> If you are a Wikimedian interested in building a great Wikimania
> ​ based around the above the​me
> , you
> ​ ​
> are welcome to apply! We are especially looking for committee members
> ​ ​
> with experience with (one or more of) sister projects, non-English
> ​ ​
> speaking communities, technical projects, or GLAM and education
> ​ ​
> projects.
>
> ​ ​
>
> Please let us know if you are interested by contacting
>
> wikimania-program@lists. wikimedia.org with your name, interest, and
>
> availability. We will be forming the committee quickly.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Liam Wyatt, Emna Mizouni, and Felix Nartey
>
> Program Committee Co-Chairs, Wikimania ‘18
>
> ​
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