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

As one of the former board liaisons to the FDC, this is one of the threads I regularly follow on wikimedia-l. Am so happy to see the FDC going from strength to strength. It remains a radical exercise in volunteer-led funding allocation, a model that is unusual to begin with, and that I've rarely

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

For the ones who do not read the complete text, i see the key sentences to be (for WMF and the Board) *WMF to view its actions as leveraging a /network effect/ utilising the resources of the global movement. *For an international organization [Board], there is an apparent overall lack of

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

Thank you Anders and Dariusz for the warm words. The FDC invested a lot of time to write the recommendations, espcially in regards to the WMF plan. Good to know that you've read the entire (long) document :) On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak wrote: > Many

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

[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