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 s
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&WMF], there is an apparent
overall lack of
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 thanks for the hard
Many thanks for the hard work. As I've been an observer to this round, and
as a former chair of the FDC for six rounds, I can attest that you have
done a very good job, discussing the details of all proposals.
While people may disagree with your recommendations or opinions, the
diligent approach a
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 experienc
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
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