Hey Lodewijk,
So a few points, first of all you have a very subjective view of the situation
and present it as the "general view". You cite a bad precedent and lack of
sufficient detail. Lets be clear: this is bad in YOUR view and YOU feel that
there should be more detail, that does not mean th
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On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak wrote:
> The inaugural Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) is pleased to announce
> recommendations [1] on Round 1 of funds allocations for the year 2012-13.
> The WMF Board of Trustees will make a decision on these recommendations by
> December
Lodewijk, 15/11/2012 23:28:
Some people told me that the other reasons were obvious if I would have
read the plans. I strongly disagree that reading the proposals should be
necessary to understand the decision of the FDC. [...]
Don't worry, reading the entities' proposals and associated talks
Hi Christophe,
I would like to see that
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_round1#Recommendationscontains
a good summary to understand well why a decision has been made.
Some cases I find the argumentation acceptable, and in some much to be
improved. Not only w
What you would like is that the FDC recommendation was including more
arguments detailling why they reached that conclusion?
I believe the proposal talk page includes all the necessary data, as
the FDC gave its feedback on the talk pages, but you would like to
have those discussions summed up with
Hi Dariusz,
I do not doubt the seriousness and dedication of the committee. I do regret
the bad precedent set here (as a movement member) that the committee
doesn't specify in sufficient detail the reasons how these major budget
decisions have been made. If the 120% played a role, please specify t
hi Lodewijk,
I think it is clear that "not trusting them with the money" was not the
case with any of the chapters. We have not been relying just on one
technicality of 120%, but also taking into account the size of the
organization, the actual project (specifically, if the growth was justified
ei
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Pavel Richter
wrote:
> Yay! And a very nice mail that is :-)
>
Seconded! Congrats to everyone involved on a smooth start (-:
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The inaugural Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) is pleased to announce
recommendations [1] on Round 1 of funds allocations for the year 2012-13.
The WMF Board of Trustees will make a decision on these recommendations by
December 15, 2012.
The FDC received proposals from 12 movement entities for
I agree that the explanations could be more details. In particular, I would
be interested to know where some of the numbers came from. For example,
take WMUK. I agree that WMUK's plan was over ambitious, but how did the FDC
come to that particular recommendation? Presumably they had some kind of
re
Hi everyone,
I send this mail as a representative of Wikimedia France.
Wikimedia France acknowledges and agrees with the FDC decision.
The arguments provided with the decision makes sense to us.
Wikimedia France will submit, if possible, a request for the round 2.
On behalf of Wikiemdia France
Hi Dariusz,
it would probably be helpful if it were indicated when the 120% cap was
used as the sole reason to reduce the amount. Could you still add that to
the arguments? That would make it much more insightful. I was personally
under the impression the maximum was 150% by the way, but that info
hi Nathan,
other WCA-related costs are clearly pertaining to the fact of WCA being
organized. People need to travel, meet, etc. to make it happen. Just as
Thomas mentions, there needs to be funding for stuff that is not
operational yet, but being organized.
Membership fees though are not such a c
Hey Thomas,
I think I can take this one. I think that the FDC has expressed that its up to
the WCA to determine its own financing model, while at the same time indicating
that the membership fees model might not be the optimal solution for this, and
that there are better ways)
At the same time
If nobody gave funding to things that aren't operational yet, not a lot
would happen...
On Nov 15, 2012 8:03 PM, "Nathan" wrote:
>
> It seems like it would've made more sense to exclude WCA costs
> entirely, since it doesn't actually exist nor does it have any
> meaningful operations or presence.
It seems like it would've made more sense to exclude WCA costs
entirely, since it doesn't actually exist nor does it have any
meaningful operations or presence. That's even aside from the quixotic
circumstance of an organization like WCA receiving funding from the
WMF.
On Nov 15, 2012 7:26 PM, "Dariusz Jemielniak" wrote:
>
> and also that WCA membership fees have been deducted
> for everyone (but not other WCA-related costs), as WCA may apply for FDC
> funding directly (or choose a different model, once it is decided, and the
> organization incorporated).
Can y
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2012/11/15 Megan Hernandez :
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>
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hi Lodewijk,
first, this is basically a recommendation for the Board, not the final
allocation. However, regarding your specific question: We are not planning
on providing further detailed responses - we have already offered a great
many details in our overall recommendations in terms of process a
Yay! And a very nice mail that is :-)
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Hi,
>From the arguments, I had a hard time to understand why some organizations
got so much less than they requested, and some got every single dollar. I
assume more detailed arguments will follow?
Kind regards,
Lodewijk
2012/11/15 Jan-Bart de Vreede
> Hi Everyone
>
> Rather than repeat everyt
Hi Everyone
Rather than repeat everything I would like to point you to a blog post created
earlier today.
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/15/fdc-process-milestone-sharing-wikimedia-movement-funds/
I do want to take the opportunity to once again thank all those involved in
this first round, i
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Date: Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:25 PM
Subject: FDC recommendations on funds allocation, Round 1, 2012-13
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The inaugural Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) is pleased to announce
recommendati
Finally they are here...
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_round1
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