*Resending with corrected subject line. Sorry for the cross-posting! * Isn't it great to make a typo on a mailing list and realize it right after you hit send? :)
Please note: 11 FDC annual plan grants were submitted. Not four. I hope this makes you more interested in joining the review! My apologies for making this mistake! Cheers, Katy On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Katy Love <kl...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Greetings, Wikimedia community, > > I am happy to announce that 2013-2014 Round 1 of the Funds Dissemination > Committee’s (FDC) annual plan grants process has begun! Eleven > Wikimedia-affiliated entities submitted proposals based on their annual > plans (which include programmatic and administrative costs) for funding > requests totaling nearly US$6 million. I want to thank them for their time > and effort in submitting these annual plan grant proposals to the FDC. > > > We now launch the community review period to help the FDC strategically > allocate movements funds. From now until October 31, we invite you, > members of the Wikimedia community, to review the proposals, provide > thoughts and ask questions on the discussion pages of the proposals. [1] > > More about community review: The FDC proposal submission deadline > (October 1) is followed by a 30-day open comment period when community > members are asked to provide input on and ask questions about specific > proposals. During this period, entities that submitted proposals are asked > to respond to input and questions about their proposals on the discussion > pages. Entities are not able to change the proposal itself after the > submission deadline. All community input and entity responses are submitted > with the proposal submitted to the FDC. While the community may comment on > proposals after the open comment period closes on October 31, the FDC may > not be able to take comments made after this period into consideration. > > How to join in the review: To take a look at the FDC round 1 proposals, > please visit the community review page [1], which links to the submitted > proposals. While the proposals are unfortunately only available in > English, we hope that the 30 day review period will help address this > challenge. Your comments on the discussion pages do not need to be in > English, however. > > *Why your feedback matters: *Community review can help to bring an > in-depth and robust review to each submitted proposal. The FDC seriously > values the input and feedback of the Wikimedia community. Therefore, they > ask for your comments and questions on these proposals in order to consider > the potential impact of movement funds. Also, the community review process > helps to ensure that the grantmaking is a transparent and collaborative > process. > > > Finally, here are a few milestones to keep in mind with the FDC process > [2]: > > > - 2-31 Oct 2013: Community review period of Round 1 proposals > - 8 Nov 2013: FDC staff assessment of Round 1 proposals published > - 8 Nov 2013: Letter of Intent deadline for 2013-2014 Round 2 > - 17-21 Nov 2013: FDC face-to-face deliberations on Round 1 proposals > - 1 Dec 2013: FDC recommendation on Round 1 proposals published > - 1 Jan 2014: Board decision on FDC's Round 1 recommendations published > > Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or feedback on the > process. The FDC support staff can be reached at fdcsupp...@wikimedia.org > > Warm regards, > > Katy Love > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/Community/Review > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Timeline > > -- > Katy Love > Senior Program Officer, Funds Dissemination Committee > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
