Dear all,
At its in-person meeting on 26 October, the board unanimously agreed to
accept the recommendation to narrow focus as presented by the Executive
Director.
This vote has been published at:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Narrowing_Focus
Best
Bishakha
Great news - I propose a heading for the Signpost Board unanimously agreed
to the Executive
Director proposal that Wikimedia movement fends for itself.
Victoria
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote:
Dear all,
At its in-person meeting on 26 October, the
Thanks Bishakha,
while I can understand the move of the WMF to do what they are best at, for
me it is always a bit confusing when the Board (or Sue) is talking about
the Foundation, and when about the movement. I hope I'm correct in my
assumption that this narrowed focus is mostly a Foundation
As a newly appointed secretary of FDC and just back from San Francisco
after a four days deliberation session, where these thing has been in
focus I can give you some facts from what I have understood.
The Board has earlier decided to give WMF an budget for 2012-2013 for
30,3 MUSD for core
Hi,
as the newly appointed Chair of the FDC, but expressing my personal
understanding, I support Anders' view. The narrowed focus means more
activities done through the chapters, and the community at large. Of course
the specifics will have to be established, but now WMF applies for their
Hi Dariusz and Anders,
Thank you for your replies. It does however not answer my questions -
although I may have worded them poorly. What I'm trying to figure out is
what will happen to the organizational support to the other movement
organizations and individuals. This support is already much
Hello Lodewijk,
These are good questions. I expect effort will be required in the short
term to delegate effectively and help move to a narrower focus. A few
clarifying questions for you in return:
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote:
* PR support by
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote:
Thanks Bishakha,
while I can understand the move of the WMF to do what they are best at, for
me it is always a bit confusing when the Board (or Sue) is talking about
the Foundation, and when about the movement. I hope
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.comwrote:
Samuel Klein, 02/11/2012 16:01:
* Institutional support for the GLAM related activities in the US (until
the US Federation is fully functional, if ever)
I agree there is room for a global GLAM support for
BTW, a lot of the organizing work for Wiki Loves Monuments in the US
was
done by three volunteer Wikimedians who also happen to be WMF
employees
(Kaldari, Sarah and Matthew), but did this in their spare time.
Not trying to underestimate their contribution, I am afraid this is
better worded
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ru wrote:
BTW, a lot of the organizing work for Wiki Loves Monuments in the US was
done by three volunteer Wikimedians who also happen to be WMF employees
(Kaldari, Sarah and Matthew), but did this in their spare time.
Not
the evaluation (coming also
from FDC) are focused to promote bigger organizations which are able to
spend a lot.
This must be a misunderstanding. There is now just two weeks until the
FDC recommendation for the 12 proposals for round 1 2012 will be
official where you can judge yourself
Hi SJ,
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Lodewijk,
These are good questions. I expect effort will be required in the short
term to delegate effectively and help move to a narrower focus. A few
clarifying questions for you in return:
On Fri,
Yes, there is a misunderstandings.
I am not speaking about how the FDC committee is judging, but about the
overall process which is the same for an organization asking 30 MUSD and an
organization asking 100K USD.
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Anders Wennersten
m...@anderswennersten.sewrote:
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:30 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
It would be nice if someone could export the linked presentation from
Google
Docs and upload it to wikimediafoundation.org (or Wikimedia Commons) as a
PDF or ODP (or both). I don't think we should rely on external resources
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote:
Do you have an example in mind of a recent press release that took
advantage of this support?
How useful to you find ComCom, as a list and network, compared to direct
personal facilitation by WMF staff?
I spent a
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote:
The question I am missing in this analysis (but perhaps it was discussed
orally) is 'which organization/group/individual is best placed to execute
this' and then I definitely agree that many events etc are probably
Hi all,
I have a comment inline below. Humor me on my rampage about the US and
our desperate need for a more organized GLAM movement in this giant
country.
On 11/2/12 8:01 AM, Samuel Klein wrote:
* Institutional support for the GLAM related activities in the US (until
the US Federation
On 11/2/12 8:15 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
Samuel Klein, 02/11/2012 16:01:
* Institutional support for the GLAM related activities in the US
(until
the US Federation is fully functional, if ever)
I agree there is room for a global GLAM support for regions that
don't have
local
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote:
On 11/2/12 8:15 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
Samuel Klein, 02/11/2012 16:01:
* Institutional support for the GLAM related activities in the US (until
the US Federation is fully functional, if ever)
I agree
Could I ask about what information the Board had in addition to these
slides? The slides provide little in the way of hard numbers for financial
and ROI information, such as expected improvements to editor retention or
the Visual Editor's progress that should occur with the changes to funding
Hi Sam,
some people have excellently answered as well - I especially agree with
what Bence and Matthew wrote. I will answer some things myself as well
though.
2012/11/2 Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com
Hello Lodewijk,
These are good questions. I expect effort will be required in the short
Bishakha Datta wrote:
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:30 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
It would be nice if someone could export the linked presentation from Google
Docs and upload it to wikimediafoundation.org (or Wikimedia Commons) as a PDF
or ODP (or both). I don't think we should rely on
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Ilario Valdelli valde...@gmail.com wrote:
Basically there is a weak evaluation costs/benefits. An organization
spending 30 millions of USD should produce benefits for 30 millions of USD
and should be evaluated as an organization spending 30 millions of USD. Big
On 11/2/12 6:43 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote:
If you live outside of Washington, D.C. and New York City vicinities,
the Wikipedia world in the US is a VERY lonely place. Perhaps not for
everyone, but for many more than you'd think. I meet Wikipedians in
the US who have no clue there is a grant
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