Re: [Wikimedia-l] Assessing this round of FDC proposals, including the WMF's proposal

2014-04-25 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Nice idea. The more participation, the better. Nathan, 24/04/2014 22:46: an entity competing with the WMF for funding from the same pool But no such entity exists. Problem solved. Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Report, February 2014

2014-04-25 Thread ENWP Pine
Thanks Tilman. I asked a question on the Annual Plan talk page that's relevant here as well, and anyone who knows the answer can respond, especially while Anasuya is busy. Can someone explain the difference between the functions of the LE and PED groups, and is there a plan to integrate them?

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia engineering report, March 2014

2014-04-25 Thread Guillaume Paumier
Hi, The report covering Wikimedia engineering activities in March 2014 is now available. Wiki version: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2014/March Blog version: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/18/engineering-report-march-2014/ We're also proposing a shorter, simpler

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Assessing this round of FDC proposals, including the WMF's proposal

2014-04-25 Thread Michael Peel
Hi all, One thing we forgot to mention is that the FDC staff will still be doing the financial and other quantitative data analysis, since this is a quantitative analysis that is based on public data and standard calculations. WMDE (and anyone else) are invited to point out any discrepancies

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Assessing this round of FDC proposals, including the WMF's proposal

2014-04-25 Thread Michael Peel
Hi Risker, Thanks for your thoughts. Instead I suggest that the FDC seek authorization from the Board for an independent third party review if it feels that there is not the necessary ability for the FDC to produce its own assessment. I'm personally curious to know whether you have any