Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC Recommendations for 2015-2016 Round 2

Thanks, for once, again a very thorough work done by FDC. I find it very encouraging to see that this committee is able to continue with its good quality in its assessments and also to see it growing as a role model in integrity and also truly representing the community in values and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons Picture of the Year 2015 round 2 voting has started

How can one choose amongst those photos? They are all excellent. Peter -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Pine W Sent: Sunday, 15 May 2016 7:21 PM To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List; Wikimedia Mailing List Subject:

[Wikimedia-l] FDC Recommendations for 2015-2016 Round 2

Hello Wikimedians, Twice a year, the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meets to help make decisions about how to effectively allocate movement funds to achieve the Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. For this round, we met in person from May 13-15 to deliberate on five

[Wikimedia-l] Commons Picture of the Year 2015 round 2 voting has started

Commons Picture of the Year 2015 round 2 voting has started: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2015. There are many excellent finalists. Pine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] governance improvements

On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Chris Keating wrote: > * Does your discussion on Monday include the Code of Conduct and > Confidentiality Agreement mentioned in the March minutes? > Actually, we have discussed and voted on them in April (minutes are in the process

Re: [Wikimedia-l] governance improvements

Hoi, Thanks for this update Dariusz. Good to see (reading this along with the March minutes) that the Board is moving forward on some of these important areas. A couple of clarifying questions; * Does your discussion on Monday include the Code of Conduct and Confidentiality Agreement mentioned

Re: [Wikimedia-l] governance improvements

On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > I wonder what you mean by doing better. Are you doing your best given the > circumstances? If so you do what can be expected of you. When people think > that is not enough, it is their problem. They are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] governance improvements

Hoi, I wonder what you mean by doing better. Are you doing your best given the circumstances? If so you do what can be expected of you. When people think that is not enough, it is their problem. They are not in the same position and have no genuine grasp what the situation is. In the way that

[Wikimedia-l] governance improvements

hi, I'm just writing to give you a short report on how the Board is working on improving its governance and communication. In March [1], Kelly and I conducted an internal survey about our governance, preferences, vision on how it can be