[Wikimedia-l] Join the Simple Annual Plan Grants Committee!
Dear Wikimedia colleagues, We have three spaces open on the Simple Annual Plan Grants Committee, and we are searching for qualified community members to fill these seats. The Simple Annual Plan Grants Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Committee> is a group of volunteers who make recommendations about Simple Annual Plan Grants <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple>. These are annual plan grants available to groups and organizations that need funding for their annual plans, but aren't a part of the FDC process. These grants may be up to 100,000 US dollars for twelve months, and include programs and operating expenses. What do committee members do? In addition to reviewing new applications, committee members also support applicants and grantees throughout the application and the life of each grant. Serving on the committee requires a significant time commitment during the month of November, when we accept several applications at once, and for applications throughout the year. This committee does not meet in person, so decision making happens online. This is a small committee, and so each member's participation is important for making the process work! Requirements (from membership criteria <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Committee#committee-criteria> ): - Sufficient *facility with English*, for reviewing and discussing grant proposals in English. - Experience with the Wikimedia movement, including experience contributing to *at least one Wikimedia project*. - Experience with *Wikimedia programs*, in addition to contributions to the online projects. - Committee members must *understand and value diversity*, including cultural, linguistic, and gender differences. - Commitment to the Friendly Space Expectations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Friendly_space_expectations>, and to *engaging in supportive dialogue* with applicants and grantees. - Consistent record of *constructive engagement in community discussions*, and an orientation toward collaborative problem solving. - Committee members must be volunteers who are not paid by the Wikimedia Foundation or any Wikimedia organization. No WMF or chapter staff may join the committee while they are serving in paid roles. Nominees with these qualifications will be given preference (from membership criteria <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Committee#committee-criteria> ): - Experience in a *leadership role* with a volunteer-focused organization. - *Relevant expertise*, such as organizational development, institutional partnerships, or volunteer management. - *Experience reviewing annual plan grant proposals*, or significant experience reviewing other types of grant proposals. - A demonstrated commitment to sharing skills and experience, and *helping others *in the Wikimedia movement grow. Increasing geographic, gender, or age *diversity*, or experience with different Wikimedia projects not yet represented. Please nominate yourself here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Committee/Candidates>, or spread the word to people you know who may be interested in joining. We need your help to recruit qualified candidates! Let me know if you have any questions or ideas. Thank you! Winifred -- Winifred Olliff Senior Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Letters of Intent for 2016-2017 Round 1 of the FDC process are due 1 July
Dear Wikimedia colleagues, The deadline for submitting a Letter of Intent for 2016-2017 Round 1 of the FDC process is 1 July. *Who should submit a letter of intent?* Organizations that plan to apply for funding in Round 1 of the FDC process should submit their Letters of Intent by 1 July. Proposal forms for Round 1 will be due by 1 October 2016 and most Round 1 grants will begin 1 January 2017. If you think you will apply for funding in this round, it's a good idea to submit a letter of intent. *How to submit a letter of intent.* Organizations may submit their Letters of Intent by creating a proposal hub page here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG. Please complete this step of creating a proposal hub page, from which you can access a button to create your letter of intent, rather than copy-pasting a letter of intent template from previous years. *Why submit a letter of intent for the FDC process?* You must complete this step to submit a proposal in the next round, for funding during the 2017 calendar year, so that your organization will be evaluated for eligibility to submit a proposal. If you're not sure whether or not you want to apply, it's a good idea to contact FDC staff at < fdcsupp...@wikimedia.org> right away, so you can be sure and understand your status before the Letter of Intent deadline. In the letter of intent, you will write the amount of funding you expect to apply for, but you can change this at any time before your proposal form is submitted on 1 October. Learn more at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Information: *Letters of Intent due: 1 July 2016 *Eligibility confirmed: 15 September 2016 *Proposal forms due: 1 October 2016 *Community review: 1 October - 30 October 2016 *FDC recommendation: by 30 November 2016 *Board decision: by 1 January 2017 *Grants begin: 1 January 2017 - 1 February 2017 Best regards from FDC staff! -- Winifred Olliff Senior Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Initial eligibility announced for 2015-2016 Round 2 of the APG process
Greetings, colleagues! We are pleased to report that all five organizations that have submitted Letters of Intent are confirmed as eligible <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility/2015-2016_round2> to submit applications for annual plan grants, pending their continued compliance with all existing agreements through the duration of their applications and grants: *Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) *Wikimedia Armenia (WMAM) *Wikimédia France (WMFR) *Wikimedia Italia (WMIT) *Wikimedia Norge (WMNO) Wikimedia Italia (WMIT) has withdrawn its application for the coming round, and the Wikimedia Foundation will also be submitting its annual plan for review as a part of this round. Applicants may now create an application by visiting their respective hub pages <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals> and following the instructions listed under Step 3 on each hub page. *We are looking forward to receiving the applications by the application due date on 1 April 2016*, at which point the international community review period will begin. Despite the suspicious date, note that this application deadline *is real* :) Best regards, Winifred & Katy On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Winifred Olliff <woll...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear colleagues: > > Applications for Annual Plan Grants are accepted twice each year and > assessed by the volunteer Funds Dissemination Committee. Initial > eligibility has been assessed for the five organizations submitting Letters > of Intent for 2015-2016 Round 2 of the APG process. 3 of 5 organizations > are immediately eligible, and 2 may become eligible if gaps are met prior > to 15 March 2016. > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility/2015-2016_round2 > > The following organizations are immediately eligible: > *Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) > *Wikimedia Armenia (WMAM) > *Wikimedia Italia (WMIT) > > The following organization may be eligible: > *Wikimédia France (WMFR) > *Wikimedia Norge (WMNO) > > If your organization needs to submit documents in order to fill an > eligibility gap, please notify FDC staff at <fdcsupp...@wikimedia.org>, > and they will make the appropriate adjustments to this page. *Eligibility > will be confirmed by 15 March 2016, and applications will be due by 1 April > 2016.* > > Thanks to the five organizations who submitted letters of intent! > > Sincerely, > > Winifred & Katy > > -- > Winifred Olliff > Program Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > > -- Winifred Olliff Senior Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [WMCEE-l] Wikimedia Ukraine’s Board
> in > > >September, but he is an invaluable part of us now (especially his > > >directness :)) He is responsible for Wikiexpeditions now [4], and he > > is > > >full of ideas and desire to implement them (and that’s something > > really > > >really important, you know) > > >- > > > > > >[[User:Pavlo1]], Pavlo Lakiichuk. He is the Secretary of the Board > > >now, so he is responsible for all the boring stuff around the > process > > of > > >making decisions. He is also an active member of our local > community, > > he > > >cares about wikiprojects a lot. He has initiated a number of > meetings > > for > > >creators of “real” encyclopedias and wikipedians to talk a few > issues > > over > > >and get to know each other better (well, it works! quite a few myths > > were > > >dismissed by talking over a cup of tea :) ) > > > > > > > > > The other four members of the Board, re-elected for this year, are: > > > > > >- > > > > > >[[User:Ilya]], Illia Korniiko. He is our Chair now. He codes. :) WLX > > >Jury Tool is his pet project, but he was deprived of almost all > > chances to > > >work on it, as our state’s bureaucratic system is quite a monster to > > >overcome... > > >- > > > > > >[[User:Юрій Булка]], Yurii Bulka. He is responsible for Wikipedia > > >Education Program in Ukraine. And he was the one to suggest and > > implement > > >the project of digitizing and making available the phonograph > cylinder > > >collection of Filaret Kolessa (early 20th century) [5] > > >- > > > > > >[[User:Friend]], Pavlo Sokhan. He is an administrator of > uk.wikiquote, > > >works in a library. He has contributed greatly into organizing of > the > > first > > >Wikimedia CEE Spring article contest in 2015. He is now responsible > > for our > > >book scanning kit [6] and we hope to get lots of stuff scanned and > > uploaded > > >to Wikiprojects :) > > >- > > > > > >and [[user:antanana]], Nataliia Tymkiv. I am an administrator of > > >Ukrainian Wikipedia, and I am quite active in a lot of Wikimedia > > Ukraine’s > > >projects. I am a member of Simple Annual Plan Grants Committee [7] > > > > > > > > > I am sorry for a bit long introduction. But I do believe that it is > vital > > > for us all to work together, so even if you do not read the whole > letter > > > and remember all the names, you’ll be able to find the info about the > > right > > > person to reach to, should you need to meet somebody in Ukraine or find > > the > > > answer. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > [[User:antanana]] / Nataliia Tymkiv > > > > > > Vice-Chair of the Board of Wikimedia Ukraine > > > > > > [1] Well, they have changed a couple of laws during this period, so it > > was > > > not a pleasant task to do :) > > > > > > [2] > > > > > > https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Submissions/How_to_transfer_%C2%ABpower%C2%BB_from_one_to_another_Chapter_Board_%C2%ABwithout_pain%C2%BB > > > > > > [3] The project is aimed at peer recognition and appreciation of new > and > > > active editors' contribution by monthly awarding a can of > > Wikizghushchivka > > > (condensed milk) to the editor with the most contributions in that > month > > > and the new editor with the most contributions in that month > > > > > > [4] We have a very detailed (day-by-day) report, maps, videos, photos, > > > created and illustrated articles now: > > > https://ua.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3465 > > > > > > [5] > > > > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Filaret_Kolessa_phonograph_cylinder_collection > > > [6] https://ua.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3448 > > > [7] > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/Committee#committee-members > > > > > > ___ > > > WMCEE-l mailing list > > > wmce...@tools.wikimedia.pl > > > http://listy.wikimedia.pl/mailman/listinfo/wmcee-l > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Asaf Bartov > > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> > > > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > https://donate.wikimedia.org > > ___ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Initial eligibility announced for 2015-2016 Round 2 of the APG process
Dear colleagues: Applications for Annual Plan Grants are accepted twice each year and assessed by the volunteer Funds Dissemination Committee. Initial eligibility has been assessed for the five organizations submitting Letters of Intent for 2015-2016 Round 2 of the APG process. 3 of 5 organizations are immediately eligible, and 2 may become eligible if gaps are met prior to 15 March 2016. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility/2015-2016_round2 The following organizations are immediately eligible: *Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) *Wikimedia Armenia (WMAM) *Wikimedia Italia (WMIT) The following organization may be eligible: *Wikimédia France (WMFR) *Wikimedia Norge (WMNO) If your organization needs to submit documents in order to fill an eligibility gap, please notify FDC staff at <fdcsupp...@wikimedia.org>, and they will make the appropriate adjustments to this page. *Eligibility will be confirmed by 15 March 2016, and applications will be due by 1 April 2016.* Thanks to the five organizations who submitted letters of intent! Sincerely, Winifred & Katy -- Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Congratulations to the first four organizations to receive Simple Annual Plan Grants!
Dear Wikimedia colleagues: In response to feedback about the grants process <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Outcomes> that identified a gap in support for organizations and groups with annual plans that are not part of the FDC process <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG>, we on the WMF's Community Resources Team created a new pilot process for Simple Annual Plan Grants <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple>. These grants are for groups and organizations that need funds for operating and program expenses up to US$100K (or its equivalent in another currency). This process has been developed in partnership with a committee of eight volunteers <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/Committee>, who make recommendations about each grant application, which are then approved by WMF staff. I would like to recognize the outstanding work of our inaugural committee: Addis Wang, Anders Wennersten, Kiril Simeonovski, Kirill Lokshin, Ido Ivri, Nataliia Tymkiv, Pete Ekman, and Sydney Poore. Besides producing four quality recommendations this month (found on the discussion pages of the four applications <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/About#applications>), they've done invaluable work to define how this new funding option will work, and offered constructive and supportive feedback to the applicants. I also want to recognize and congratulate our first four grantees: Wikimedia Czech Republic, Wikimedia Eesti, Wikimedia Espana, and Shared Knowledge (user group in Macedonia). Each grantee did an outstanding job engaging during every phase of the grants process, and we are confident that each is preparing for an amazing year in 2016. Many thanks to all of the dedicated volunteers and staff at each organization that made these quality applications happen, including Bojan Jankuloski, Jan Loužek, Kiril Simeonevski, Kaarel Vaidla, Luis Ulzurrun, Santiago Navarro, Vojtěch Dostál and the volunteer boards and supportive community members at each of these organizations. Finally, thank you to our colleagues Janice Tud, Siko Bouterse, Stephen LaPorte, and the WMF finance team, for supporting these grantees behind the scenes. Thanks to Katy Love, Kacie Harold, and the entire Community Resources Team, past and current Funds Dissemination Committee members, current and past APG applicants, and particularly Ravishankar Ayyakkannu, for sharing their ideas and experiences leading up to this idea. Special thanks also to Tony Souter and Bence Damokos for their substantial feedback during the early phases of the pilot's development. Are you interested in learning more about how the new funding option could work for your group or organization? Please Email me to start a discussion about your organization's application, and read more about how to apply <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/Eligibility>. Applications will be accepted throughout 2016. Best wishes and congratulations to all our colleagues who received grants in 2015, or helped to improve the grants process! Winifred Helpful links for Simple Annual Plan Grants: *Apply here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/Eligibility *About the program: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/About *Committee: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/Committee -- Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Eligibility for 2015-2016 Round 1 Annual Plan Grants confirmed
Dear Wikimedia Colleagues: As you may know, Annual Plan Grants are funds allocated to support an organization’s annual plan to achieve Wikimedia objectives, and the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) is a group of Wikimedians who make recommendations to the WMF Board about Annual Plan Grant (APG) proposals. Proposals to the APG program are accepted twice each year, in April and October. You may read more about the APG process and upcoming milestones here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Information. Today, we are pleased to confirm that fourteen of eighteen organizations that submitted letters of intent for 2015-2016 Round 1 of the APG process are eligible to submit proposal forms for 2015-2016 Round 1 by the upcoming 1 October 2015 proposal form due date. Only eligible organizations that have already submitted letters of intent will be able to submit proposal forms using their proposal hub pages that were created at the time the letters were submitted. The eligible organizations are: Amical Wikimedia Wikimedia Argentina Wikimedia CH Wikimedia Czech Republic Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Wikimedia Eesti Wikimedia España Wikimedia Israel Wikimedia Nederland Wikimedia Österreich Wikimedia Serbia Wikimedia Sverige Wikimedia UK Wikimedia Ukraine Wikimedia Eesti is provisionally eligible pending the submission of complete financial data for 2014 by the application deadline on 1 October 2014. You may view a detailed summary of how eligibility was determined here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility/2015-2016 round1 . Proposal forms for Annual Plan Grants will be due by 1 October 2015. Here are some upcoming milestones: * Eligibility confirmed: 15 September 2015 * Proposals due: by 1 October 2015 * Community review: 1 October 2015 - 30 November 2015 * Staff assessments published: by 8 November 2015 * FDC deliberations: middle of November 2015 * FDC recommendations published: by 1 December 2015 * Board decision: by 1 January 2016 * Start of new grant terms: 1 January 2016 All eligible organizations must continue to comply with any agreements with WMF and meet all requirements listed in column (T) of the eligibility checklist in order to maintain eligibility until and after a grant is received, and the organization may not be able to receive a grant (or funds may be withheld) if the organization stops being eligible at any point. Once proposal forms are submitted, a 30-day public review period will begin on 1 October 2015, when comments on the proposal forms are considered as an important input into the FDC process. We encourage you to contact fdcsupp...@wikimedia.org with any questions about the eligibility process or the proposal process. If you have general questions or concerns, you may also post them here on Meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Comments. Best regards from FDC staff! Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation -- Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Eligibility for 2015-2016 Round 1 Annual Plan Grants confirmed
Dear Wikimedia Colleagues: As you may know, Annual Plan Grants are funds allocated to support an organization’s annual plan to achieve Wikimedia objectives, and the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) is a group of Wikimedians who make recommendations to the WMF Board about Annual Plan Grant (APG) proposals. Proposals to the APG program are accepted twice each year, in April and October. You may read more about the APG process and upcoming milestones here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Information. Today, we are pleased to confirm that fourteen of eighteen organizations that submitted letters of intent for 2015-2016 Round 1 of the APG process are eligible to submit proposal forms for 2015-2016 Round 1 by the upcoming 1 October 2015 proposal form due date. Only eligible organizations that have already submitted letters of intent will be able to submit proposal forms using their proposal hub pages that were created at the time the letters were submitted. The eligible organizations are: Amical Wikimedia Wikimedia Argentina Wikimedia CH Wikimedia Czech Republic Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Wikimedia Eesti Wikimedia España Wikimedia Israel Wikimedia Nederland Wikimedia Österreich Wikimedia Serbia Wikimedia Sverige Wikimedia UK Wikimedia Ukraine Wikimedia Eesti is provisionally eligible pending the submission of complete financial data for 2014 by the application deadline on 1 October 2014. You may view a detailed summary of how eligibility was determined here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility/2015-2016 round1 . Proposal forms for Annual Plan Grants will be due by 1 October 2015. Here are some upcoming milestones: * Eligibility confirmed: 15 September 2015 * Proposals due: by 1 October 2015 * Community review: 1 October 2015 - 30 November 2015 * Staff assessments published: by 8 November 2015 * FDC deliberations: middle of November 2015 * FDC recommendations published: by 1 December 2015 * Board decision: by 1 January 2016 * Start of new grant terms: 1 January 2016 All eligible organizations must continue to comply with any agreements with WMF and meet all requirements listed in column (T) of the eligibility checklist in order to maintain eligibility until and after a grant is received, and the organization may not be able to receive a grant (or funds may be withheld) if the organization stops being eligible at any point. Once proposal forms are submitted, a 30-day public review period will begin on 1 October 2015, when comments on the proposal forms are considered as an important input into the FDC process. We encourage you to contact fdcsupp...@wikimedia.org with any questions about the eligibility process or the proposal process. If you have general questions or concerns, you may also post them here on Meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Comments. Best regards from FDC staff! Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation -- Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation -- Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Initial eligibility for 2015-2016 Round 1 of the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process
Dear Wikimedia Colleagues: We are pleased to announce initial eligibility of applicants submitting a Letter of Intent for 2015-2016 Round 1 of the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process. Only applicants confirmed as eligible by 15 September 2015 may submit proposals to the Funds Dissemination Committee by the 1 October 2015 proposal deadline. We have published the initial eligibility checklist here, so that applicants may review eligibility before it is confirmed on 15 September 2015: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility/2015-2016_round1. Of the eighteen organizations submitting Letters of Intent, thirteen are already considered eligible provided they continue to meet eligibility requirements throughout the duration of the FDC process, and three could be considered eligible if all eligibility gaps listed in this table are met by the 15 September 2015 deadline. Two organizations are not eligible to submit applications in the upcoming round. During the next two months, FDC staff will work with all potential applicants to make sure eligibility requirements are clear and to form plans together to meet these requirements by the confirmation deadline. Once applicants are confirmed by WMF staff as eligible, they must continue to meet these requirements throughout the duration of the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process. Please expect another update once eligibility is finally confirmed on 15 September 2015, leading up to the 1 October 2015 proposal deadline. Proposal forms will be available by 1 September 2015. Here is a breakdown of upcoming milestones for 2015-2016 Round 1, which you may also find here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Calendar. * Eligibility confirmed: 15 September 2015 * Proposals due: by 1 October 2015 * Community review: 1 October 2015 - 30 October 2015 * Staff assessments published: by 8 November 2015 * FDC deliberations: middle of November 2015 * FDC recommendation published: by 1 December 2015 * Board decision: by 1 January 2016 * Start of new grant terms: 1 January 2016 We welcome your questions or comments about the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process at any time: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Comments. Feel free also to reach out to us over email at fdcst...@wikimedia.org. We would be happy to speak with any organization about specific questions they may have about eligibility. Best regards from FDC staff! Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Letters of Intent due 1 July for 2015-2016 Round 1 (proposals due 1 October)
Dear colleagues: The deadline for the Letter of Intent for the next round of proposals in 2015-2016 Round 1 is 1 July 2015. We have reached out to organizations that have already expressed interest in applying, but we also wanted to share this news more broadly, to make sure that all Wikimedia organizations were aware of the upcoming deadline. (Note that this deadline was previously on 1 June of each year, and we have extended it to 1 July for this round.) The Letter of Intent is the first step required to submit an annual plan grant proposal through the APG process. It is a simple non-binding letter that indicates interest in applying for funds in the upcoming round. All organizations that wish to apply for funding in the upcoming round must submit a letter of intent by the deadline. It is a required step. The letters let us know which Wikimedia organizations we need to evaluate for eligibility. For more about eligibility requirements, see this page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility. To create your letter, use the button available here on the APG portal: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG. Upcoming milestones for 2015-2016 Round 1: *1 July: Letters of Intent Due *15 July: Initial eligibility announced *15 September: Eligibility confirmed *1 October: Proposals due *1 October - 31 October: Community review *8 November: Staff proposal assessments published *Late November: FDC deliberations *1 December: FDC recommendations published *1 January: Board approval and start of new grants Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about submitting your letter of intent, or about the upcoming round. Best regards, Winifred Katy -- Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness research for Wikimedia organizations
Hello, Pine: Thanks for taking a look and offering your ideas! The Learning Center is based on a set of recommendations from the TCC Group to help get us started, so organizations taking the tool for the first time had somewhere to go with their results. The idea is that we can work together to develop it over time and make it more useful to Wikimedia organizations. It's not yet clear how useful the learning center could be, or how people want to use it. I would also like this to include better integration with learning patterns, which is why we added a placeholder for that and considered OE as part of the category structure for the learning patterns. If this is something you're interested in developing more, I'd certainly welcome your help getting things better integrated with the learning pattern library, since I know you are very familiar with the category structure. For now, I'm most interested in talking more with Wikimedia organizations at the upcoming meetings in Berlin first to find out if the learning center is even a useful idea at all and how we may want to improve it moving forward before anyone invests a lot more time in curation up front. What do you think? Cheers, Winifred On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 4:45 AM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Winifred, Thanks for this info. It looks to me like the information in the Learning Center could be integrated into the more Learning Patterns Library with the category Organizational effectiveness. Is this integration planned, or are there reasons to keep the Learning Center separate from the Learning Patterns Library? Thanks, Pine Pine On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Winifred Olliff woll...@wikimedia.org wrote: Greetings, Wikimedia colleagues! In November 2014, we launched a pilot self-assessment tool for Wikimedia organizations to help us identify areas where we as Wikimedia organizations might leverage our strengths and address our challenges to achieve better results. We have some aggregate data available from organizations that took the questionnaire. To learn more about organizational effectiveness: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness Review the benchmarking research here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Benchmarking Read the case studies here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Case_studies Review the results from the tool here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Results/2014/December *A little background on organizational effectiveness* We are looking at how organizations are achieving impact in the Wikimedia movement. Organizational effectiveness includes all the things that make an organization good at what it does, from strong leadership and systems, to how an organization chooses and does programs that lead to results. Through this lens, we are looking specifically at groups and organizations, so we can understand how volunteers and staff work together when they are part of a group or organization. *Why we care* Improving organizational effectiveness is a way for Wikimedia organizations to achieve results, in ways that make sense in their local contexts. *The tool and the results, in brief* We are exploring this topic of organizational effectiveness in order to launch a broader conversation among Wikimedia organizations (e.g. Chapters, User Groups) to explore areas for building capacity. We have started by doing some initial benchmarking research and case studies to understand how effectiveness is understood within Wikimedia and similar movements, and we launched a pilot organizational effectiveness self-assessment tool, to help organizations identify their strengths and challenges in November 2014. This tool includes a questionnaire that is part of a self-assessment. While individual and organization results are kept confidential, our partners at the TCC Group provided us with some aggregate data based on the first round of answers to the questionnaire that is a part of the tool. The primary purpose of the questionnaire is to aid organizations in their self-assessments, and not to gather data about organizations; however, the data the TCC Group collected may be useful in launching further conversations because it highlights where Wikimedia organizations see their own strengths and challenges. *Next steps for organizational effectiveness for Wikimedia organizations* We are hosting a discussion about the organizational effectiveness tool for Wikimedia organizations at the upcoming Wikimedia Conference in Berlin, and will also continue a discussion there about the future of organizational effectiveness for Wikimedia organizations. Topics to explore within organizational effectiveness might include areas like volunteer engagement, raising funds and other resources, supporting online contributors, media relations, financial management
[Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness research for Wikimedia organizations
Greetings, Wikimedia colleagues! In November 2014, we launched a pilot self-assessment tool for Wikimedia organizations to help us identify areas where we as Wikimedia organizations might leverage our strengths and address our challenges to achieve better results. We have some aggregate data available from organizations that took the questionnaire. To learn more about organizational effectiveness: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness Review the benchmarking research here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Benchmarking Read the case studies here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Case_studies Review the results from the tool here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Results/2014/December *A little background on organizational effectiveness* We are looking at how organizations are achieving impact in the Wikimedia movement. Organizational effectiveness includes all the things that make an organization good at what it does, from strong leadership and systems, to how an organization chooses and does programs that lead to results. Through this lens, we are looking specifically at groups and organizations, so we can understand how volunteers and staff work together when they are part of a group or organization. *Why we care* Improving organizational effectiveness is a way for Wikimedia organizations to achieve results, in ways that make sense in their local contexts. *The tool and the results, in brief* We are exploring this topic of organizational effectiveness in order to launch a broader conversation among Wikimedia organizations (e.g. Chapters, User Groups) to explore areas for building capacity. We have started by doing some initial benchmarking research and case studies to understand how effectiveness is understood within Wikimedia and similar movements, and we launched a pilot organizational effectiveness self-assessment tool, to help organizations identify their strengths and challenges in November 2014. This tool includes a questionnaire that is part of a self-assessment. While individual and organization results are kept confidential, our partners at the TCC Group provided us with some aggregate data based on the first round of answers to the questionnaire that is a part of the tool. The primary purpose of the questionnaire is to aid organizations in their self-assessments, and not to gather data about organizations; however, the data the TCC Group collected may be useful in launching further conversations because it highlights where Wikimedia organizations see their own strengths and challenges. *Next steps for organizational effectiveness for Wikimedia organizations* We are hosting a discussion about the organizational effectiveness tool for Wikimedia organizations at the upcoming Wikimedia Conference in Berlin, and will also continue a discussion there about the future of organizational effectiveness for Wikimedia organizations. Topics to explore within organizational effectiveness might include areas like volunteer engagement, raising funds and other resources, supporting online contributors, media relations, financial management, governance, etc. *Key questions:* *What future work are we interested in doing together around organizational effectiveness? *Is a self-assessment tool useful for organizations? Should we gather feedback and work toward improving the tool, or try another approach? Does the tool need to remain confidential? *Are there specific topics in the area of organizational effectiveness that need more exploration? Are there areas where we need more resources? *Is there anything important revealed by this research or the results of the questionnaire that we can use to better understand how we can grow? *Call to action:* Please offer your feedback, thoughts, and questions on Meta, or participate in the upcoming discussions at the Wikimedia Conference. If you are interested in discussing this work, or becoming more involved, but are unable to attend the session at the conference, we are happy to convene a hangout or an IRC office hours. Please also feel welcome to contact me directly if you have ideas about this work, or add your ideas to Meta. Many thanks to our colleagues Marieke Spence, Rika Gorn, and Deepti Sood, at the TCC Group (a consulting firm that specializes in organizational assessments), who created the tool and analyzed the results. Many thanks to the volunteers and staff who participated, and have provided feedback so far. Thanks especially to those organizations participating in the pilot group, the case studies, and in the ongoing conversations about organizational development and effectiveness at Wikimania and other movement events. We look forward to more work together in this area! Best regards, Winifred Olliff -- Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list
[Wikimedia-l] Eligibility to submit Annual Plan Grant (APG) proposals in 2014-2015 Round 2 is confirmed
Dear Wikimedia Colleagues: As you may know, Annual Plan Grants are funds allocated to support an organization’s annual plan to achieve mission objectives, and the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) is a group of Wikimedians who make recommendations to the WMF Board about Annual Plan Grant (APG) proposals. Proposals to the APG program are accepted twice each year, in April and October. You may read more about the APG process and upcoming milestones here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Information. Today, we are pleased to confirm that six of the seven organizations that submitted letters of intent for 2014-2015 Round 2 of the APG process are eligible to submit proposal forms for 2014-2015 Round 2 by the upcoming *1 April 2015* proposal form due date. Only eligible organizations that have already submitted letters of intent will be able to submit proposal forms using their proposal hub pages that were created at the time the letters were submitted. The eligible organizations are The Centre for Internet and Society, Wikimedia Armenia, Wikimédia France, Wikimedia Italia, Wikimedia Norge, and Wikimedia South Africa. One organization that submitted a letter of intent for 2014-2015 Round 2 withdrew its intent to apply on 10 March: Wikimedia Suomi. You may view a detailed summary of how eligibility was determined here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility/2014-2015_round2 . Proposal forms for Annual Plan Grants will be due by 1 April 2015. Here are some upcoming milestones: * Eligibility confirmed: 15 March 2015 ** Proposals due: by 1 April 2015* * Community review: 1 April 2015 - 30 April 2015 * Staff assessments published: by 8 May 2015 * FDC deliberations: middle of May 2015 * FDC recommendations published: by 1 June 2015 * Board decision: by 1 July 2015 * Start of new grant terms: 1 July 2015 All eligible organizations must continue to comply with any agreements with WMF and meet all requirements listed in column (T) of the eligibility checklist in order to maintain eligibility until and after a grant is received, and the organization may not be able to receive a grant (or funds may be withheld) if the organization stops being eligible at any point. *Once proposal forms are submitted, a 30-day public review period will begin on **1 April 2015, when comments on the proposal forms are considered as an important input into the FDC process. * We encourage you to contact fdcsupp...@wikimedia.org with any questions about the eligibility process or the proposal process. If you have general questions or concerns, you may also post them here on Meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Comments. Best regards from FDC staff! Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation -- Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Events and editathons with journalists
Hello, Andrea: This sounds like an interesting project! Here are some examples that popped into my head right away: *CIS (is planning a workshop for journalists as part of Kannada language outreach) *Wikimedia CH (did some work building a network of journalism schools) *Wikimedia Argentina (did at least one workshop for journalists back in 2012 in Rosario City) *Wikimedia Deutschland (did at least one workshop back in 2013 with journalists from ZDF Berlin) *The Malayalam community did a workshop for journalists as part of the events leading up to their community's 2013 conference Not sure if everyone I've listed is working on this currently, but these groups may have some experience to share. And there must be others I haven't listed here! Seems like a good opportunity to share some learning patterns on this topic, since I haven't found much there about working with journalists! :) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns Cheers and best of luck with your project! We look forward to the results. Winifred On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Andrea Zanni zanni.andre...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I was wondering if anyone, in the Wikimedia movement, has done editathons and wiki-events with *journalists*. In April, Wikimedia Italia will host a workshop at the International Journalism Festival, and we'd welcome tips and suggestions. Cheers Aubrey ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Initial eligibility for 2014-2015 Round 1 of the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process
Dear Wikimedia Colleagues: We are pleased to announce initial eligibility of applicants submitting a Letter of Intent for 2014-2015 Round 2 of the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process. Only applicants confirmed as eligible by 15 March 2015 may submit proposals to the Funds Dissemination Committee by the 1 April 2015 proposal deadline. We have published the initial eligibility checklist here, so that applicants may review eligibility before it is confirmed on 15 March 2015: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility/2014-2015_round2. Of the six organizations submitting a Letter of Intent, three are already considered eligible provided they continue to meet eligibility requirements throughout the duration of the FDC process, and three could be considered eligible if all eligibility gaps listed in this table are met by the 15 March 2015 deadline. The Centre for Internet and Society is considered potentially eligible per the Board Resolution of November 2013: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:FDC_recognition_for_the_Centre_for_the_Internet_and_Society . During the next two months, FDC staff will work with all potential applicants to make sure eligibility requirements are clear and to form plans together to meet these requirements. Once applicants are confirmed by WMF staff as eligible, they must continue to meet these requirements throughout the duration of the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process. Please expect another update once eligibility is finally confirmed on 15 March 2015, leading up to the 1 April 2015 proposal deadline. Proposal forms will be available by 1 March 2015. Here is a breakdown of upcoming milestones for 2014-2015 Round 2, which you may also find here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Calendar. * Eligibility confirmed: 15 March 2015 * Proposals due: by 1 April 2015 * Community review: 1 April 2015 - 30 April 2015 * Staff assessments published: by 8 May 2015 * FDC deliberations: middle of May 2015 * FDC recommendation published: by 1 June 2015 * Board decision: by 1 July 2015 * Start of new grant terms: 1 July 2015 We welcome your questions or comments about the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process at any time: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Comments. Feel free also to reach out to us over email at fdcst...@wikimedia.org. We would be happy to speak with any organization about specific questions they may have about eligibility. Best regards from FDC staff! Winifred Olliff Program Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Reminder: Organizational effectiveness tool for Wikimedia organizations (including user groups, chapters, and thematic organizations)
/Questionnaire *Link to take questionnaire (can be used once per IP address, but more links can be requested): https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire The learning center is intended to be a base from which Wikimedia organizations can grow their knowledge and share their own experiences and best practices. TCC worked closely with a handful of Wikimedia volunteers from different organizations to design the Questionnaire you are about to take. Wikimedia Foundation has provided funding for this project and has consulted closely with TCC over the course of the engagement. Please note that the questionnaire is not intended to be a test of individual organizations in any way; the Foundation will not be provided with individual organization results. As part of this consultation, TCC will aggregate findings from the movement-wide Organizational Effectiveness Questionnaire and provide them to the Foundation’s grantmaking team, along with a “capacity building roadmap” to help the team - and the wider movement - think about how organizations can build capacity for specific program strategies. *We request that you respond to the questionnaire by December 21st*, so that TCC can collate the results and share it with all of us early in the new year. Please let us know if you have any difficulties or questions: the WMF contact for this process is Winifred Olliff. Please contact us with questions or suggestions at orgeffectiven...@wikimedia.org. Many thanks to all who offered their time and expertise to the different stages of this project. We hope this tool will be useful to you in your work, and we welcome your continued feedback. Warm regards and looking forward to our continued work together! Anasuya -- *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Support Wikimedia https://donate.wikimedia.org/ -- Winifred Olliff FDC Support Team Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France board handbook
Thanks for sharing this work, and for also sharing some of the details about how and why you made the handbook! I've also added the handbook, along with WMAT's Codex, to this list of community resources around decision-making and governance (part of the organizational effectiveness learning center for Wikimedia organizations) so other Wikimedia organizations can find it as an example if they are also thinking about creating or revising their board handbooks: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Learning_center/Decision-making_and_governance. Please add to this list if you have other ideas about good resources in this area! Emeric, would you consider adding a learning pattern ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns) to the library on Meta about the creation of the handbook? I think all of the text you would need for a useful learning pattern is probably already included in this Email announcement ;) Thanks again for your work. Cheers, Winifred On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Jean-Frédéric Berthelot jean-frederic.berthe...@wikimedia.fr wrote: Dear movement fellows, tl;dr Please find on Meta the Wikimédia France board handbook (in French) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration == Long story == Wikimédia France is moving forward with its continuous improvement process and wishes for an adapted governance. After revising our organizational structure [0], and putting in place the systematic evaluation of our programs [1], we do not want that governance becomes the limiting factor of our improvement. Since the hiring of our Executive Director who leads all staff, we were aware that the board tasks and processes had to evolve. That meant no more micro-management or operational stuff (except for certain board roles) and focus on strategy. To that effect, at the occasion of our previous General Assembly, the board drafted a board handbook [2], heavily inspired by the Wikimedia Foundation one (thanks for sharing!) The goal was to make sure every current member of the Board had the same vision of our governance, and to ensure that applicants for the Board have a good vision of what it means to be on the Board (expectations, posture, do's don'ts, ...) - like a shareholders' agreement. This shared version is our first iteration as we anticipate to complete, or adapt, this document according to our governance's evolution. It is relatively specific to our self-identified strengths and weaknesses. We also think that it is closely linked to our structure, our background and local context (relation with our ED, local labour law...). But despite all these specificities, we have (or will have) similar stages of development and governance issues: that's why we share with you this Handbook, with the hope that the initiative or the contents can be useful for you - even if it's in French. == Process == The handbook writing was led by Émeric Vallespi, supported by the rest of the board. It was then shared with a restricted circle where we gathered input from 6 former board members, with almost 100 comments. We then communicated the document to our members before the General Assembly, and finally published it on Meta where it joined the Austrian Kodex in [[Category:Governance]]. Sharing is caring :) [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimédia_France/Proposal_form/Organisational_structure [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimédia_France/Proposal_form/Quality_approach [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration If you have any questions, feel free to shoot them to Émeric ;-) Cheers, -- Jean-Frédéric ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Winifred Olliff FDC Support Team Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject
[Wikimedia-l] Eligibility confirmed for 2014-2015 Round 1 of the Annual Plan Grants (APG) / FDC process; Proposal forms due 1 October 2014
Dear Wikimedia Colleagues: As you may know, Annual Plan Grants are funds allocated to support an organization’s annual plan to achieve mission objectives, and the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) is a group of Wikimedians who make recommendations to the WMF Board about Annual Plan Grant (APG) proposals. Proposals to the APG program are accepted twice each year, in April and October. You may read more about the APG process and upcoming milestones here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Information. Today, we are pleased to confirm that* twelve of the fifteen organizations that submitted letters of intent for 2014-2015 Round 1 of the APG process are eligible to submit proposal forms for 2014-2015 Round 1 *by the upcoming 1 October 2014 proposal form due date. Only eligible organizations that have already submitted letters of intent will be able to submit proposal forms using their proposal hub pages that were created at the time the letters were submitted. The eligible organizations are Amical Wikimedia, Wikimedia Argentina, Wikimedia CH, Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia Eesti, Wikimedia Israel, Wikimedia Nederland, Wikimedia Österreich, Wikimedia Serbia, Wikimedia Sverige, Wikimedia Ukraine and Wikimedia UK. Three organizations that submitted letters of intent for 2014-2015 Round 1 will not be eligible since they did not fill the eligibility gaps by the 15 September deadline or were deemed ineligible initially: Wikimedia India, Wikimedia Magyarország, and Wikimedia Hong Kong. You may view a detailed summary of how eligibility was determined here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility/2014-2015_round1. *Proposal forms for Annual Plan Grants will be due by 1 October 2014.* Here are some upcoming milestones: * Proposal forms due: by 1 October 2014 * Public review: 2 October 2014, until 31 October 2014 * Staff proposal assessments published: by 8 November 2014 * FDC deliberations: 15 November 2014 * FDC recommendation published: by 1 December 2014 * Board decision: by 1 January 2015 * Start of new grant terms: 1 January 2015 All eligible organizations must continue to comply with any agreements with WMF and meet all requirements listed in column (T) of the eligibility checklist in order to maintain eligibility until and after a grant is received, and the organization may not be able to receive a grant (or funds may be withheld) if the organization stops being eligible at any point. Once proposal forms are submitted, a 30-day public review period will begin on 2 October 2014, when comments on the proposal forms are strongly encouraged as an important input into the FDC process. We encourage you to contact fdcsupp...@wikimedia.org with any questions about the eligibility process or the proposal process. If you have general questions or concerns, you may also post them here on Meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Comments. Best regards from FDC staff! Winifred Olliff FDC Support Team Wikimedia Foundation On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Winifred Olliff woll...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear Wikimedia Colleagues: We are pleased to announce initial eligibility of all applicants submitting a Letter of Intent for 2014-2015 Round 1 of the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process. Only applicants confirmed as eligible by 15 September 2014 may submit proposals to the Funds Dissemination Committee by the 1 October 2014 proposal deadline. We have published the initial eligibility checklist here, so that applicants may review eligibility before it is confirmed on 15 September 2014: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility/2014-2015_round1. No major changes or exceptions have been made to the eligibility requirements or the process for determining eligibility in this round. Of the fifteen organizations submitting a Letter of Intent, three are already considered eligible provided they continue to meet eligibility requirements throughout the duration of the FDC process, one is not eligible to participate in this round, and eleven could be considered eligible if all eligibility gaps listed in this table are met by the 15 September 2014 deadline. During the next two months, the FDC staff will work with all potential applicants to make sure eligibility requirements are clear and to form plans together to meet these requirements. Once applicants are confirmed by WMF staff as eligible, they must continue to meet these requirements throughout the duration of the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process. Please expect another update once eligibility is finally confirmed on 15 September 2014, leading up to the 1 October 2014 proposal deadline. Proposal forms will be available by 1 September 2014. Here is a breakdown of upcoming milestones for 2014-2015 Round 1, which you may also find here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Calendar . * Eligibility confirmed: 15 September 2014 * Proposals due: by 1 October 2014 * Community review: 1
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Please join the community review of 4 FDC funding requests: review 2013-2014 Round 2 proposals by 30 April
* Greetings to all on this list! We are very excited to announce that four proposals for annual plan grants have been submitted on 1 April as part of the FDC process in 2013-2014 Round 2, and are now open for community review until 30 April 2014[1]: The Centre for Internet and Society[2] is requesting the equivalent of US$297,831. Wikimédia France[3] is requesting the equivalent of US$826,062. Wikimedia Norge[4] is requesting the equivalent of US$432,060. Wikimedia Foundation[5] has submitted its annual plan for review, with no dollar amount attached. We encourage you all to read the proposal forms[6] and comment on the proposal form discussion pages during the community review period. Please also spread the word to other community members not on this list who may be interested in commenting on these proposals; while the proposals are in English, community members can comment in any language of their choice. During this period of community review between 1 April and 30 April, participating organizations are encouraged to respond promptly to questions from the community. Questions and feedback received during this period will be considered by the FDC during their deliberations as a key input into the proposal process. Please comment by 30 April to make sure your input can be considered during the deliberations! Please note that the WMF Board of Trustees determined in November 2013 that CIS would be considered eligible for the FDC process during this round[7]. In addition, the Wikimedia Foundation is not submitting a dollar amount with its proposal; the reasons for this are detailed in the FAQ section included in WMF's proposal[8]. This is an important opportunity for the community to comment on WMF's entire annual plan and budget for the upcoming year. After the community review period closes on 30 April, staff assessments of each proposal will be published on 8 May, before the FDC meets to discuss these proposals between 21 May and 25 May in order to make a recommendation to the WMF Board of Trustees by 1 June. Finally, the WMF Board of Trustees will make a final decision about the proposals by 1 July. Please visit the community review page linked below to learn more about the process, and how you can make the most of your participation! Reviewing these proposals is no easy task, but your input is highly valued by the FDC and everyone participating in the proposal process. Please reach out to the FDC support team with any questions or concerns about the community review period or the proposal process by Emailing us at fdcsupp...@wikimedia.org fdcsupp...@wikimedia.org. Thank you in advance for your attention to these proposals! Best regards, Winifred Olliff (on behalf of the FDC support team) 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/Community/Review https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/Community/Review* *2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form* * 3. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form 4. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Norge/Proposal_form https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Norge/Proposal_form5. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Foundation/Proposal_form https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Foundation/Proposal_form6. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals 7. https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:FDC_recognition_for_the_Centre_for_the_Internet_and_Society https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:FDC_recognition_for_the_Centre_for_the_Internet_and_Society 8. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Foundation/Proposal_form#FAQ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Foundation/Proposal_form#FAQ * -- Winifred Olliff FDC Support Team Wikimedia Foundation ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https
[Wikimedia-l] FDC staff proposal assessments for 2013-2014 Round 1 are posted!
Greetings to all: We wanted to let you know that the staff proposal assessments have been posted on Meta for all proposals that were submitted in 2013-2014 Round 1: * The proposal assessments are each linked to from the Proposals page for this round: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals * All proposal assessments for this round are also found in this category on Meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:FDC_Staff_proposal_assessments_for_2013-2014_round1 You may also visit an overview of the financial information presented in these proposals, which includes information for all proposals in this round: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1/Financial_overview . The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to support an organization’s overall annual plan to achieve mission objectives. We encourage you to visit the portal if you would like more information about the FDC process, or would like to discuss the process: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal. In brief, staff assessments are but one of many inputs into the FDC process. With this round's assessments we (FDC staff) have included a more detailed explanation of our methodology. The assessments reflect the work of FDC staff who read the proposals, review past and current reports, receive internal input from WMF Finance, Programs, Legal, and Grantmaking, and consider a portfolio view across all proposals in this round. They do not reflect the analysis or views of the FDC or any of its individual members. The FDC will meet from 17 November to 22 November to deliberate on these proposals, and will consider these staff proposal assessments along with many other inputs into the FDC process. For more information about the purpose of these assessments and how they fit into the FDC process overall, please visit: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC#Process_overview . We welcome discussion about individual assessments on the discussion page of each assessment, or discussion about the process overall on the FDC portal: *https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Comments https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Comments*. Best regards from FDC staff! Winifred Olliff Grants Administrator Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
