[Wikimedia Announcements] Please join the community review of 4 FDC funding requests: review 2013-2014 Round 2 proposals by 30 April

[Winifred Olliff]

* 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 >. 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
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*2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form
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* 3.
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
5.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Foundation/Proposal_form
6.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals
 7.
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

*

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Winifred Olliff
FDC Support Team
Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wikimedia Announcements] Please join the community review of 4 FDC funding requests!

[Katy Love]

Greetings, Wikimedia community,

It is my pleasure to share with you that the Funds Dissemination
Committee has received four proposals in Round 2 of funding from
entities seeking funds for their annual plans. An additional proposal
was withdrawn. These four proposals from Wikimedia Czech Republic,
France, Hong Kong, and Norway request a total of over $1.2 million
USD:

WM Czech Republic: $14,084.50
WM France: $747,259
WM Hong Kong: $211,916.67
WM Norway: $235,715

We need your help in reviewing the proposals in order to consider the
potential impact of movement funds. To this end, we have launched the
community review period to help the FDC strategically allocate
Wikimedia movements funds.  We invite you, members of the Wikimedia
community, to review the proposals and provide thoughts and ask
questions. [1] The community review period is open until March 31.

A bit more about the community review period: the FDC proposal
submission deadline (March 1) is followed by a 30-day open comment
period when community members are invited to provide input on and ask
questions about each proposal. During this period, fund-seeking
entities (that is, those that submitted proposals) are requested to
respond to questions about their proposals on the proposal discussion
pages. All community input and entity responses are submitted as part
of each proposal package to the FDC. While the community may comment
on proposals after the open comment period closes on March 31, the FDC
may not be able to take comments made after this period into
consideration. After this, on April 8, the FDC staff will share their
assessments of the proposals, which will take into account the
community input. On May 1, the FDC announces its recommendations to
the WMF Board, and on June 1, the Board will make decisions about
funding allocations.

To join the community review for Round 2 proposals, please visit the
FDC proposal page [1], which links to all current proposals and their
discussion pages. You can review the proposal by opening the proposal
form for each entity, and submit questions or comments on the proposal
discussion pages. While the proposals are unfortunately only available
in English, we hope that the longer period for review this round will
help address this challenge. We hope that this community review period
will bring an in-depth and robust review to each of the four
proposals.

The FDC seriously values the input and feedback of the Wikimedia
community. Therefore, they ask for your comments and questions on
these proposals. The community review process helps to ensure that
this is a transparent and collaborative process. We look forward to
hearing from you on the discussion pages of the four proposals!

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. The FDC
support staff can be reached at fdcsupp...@wikimedia.org

Warm regards,

Katy Love and the FDC support team

[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals

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Katy Love
Senior Program Officer, Funds Dissemination Committee
Wikimedia Foundation

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