Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Grants Program Retrospective 2009-2012 published

2013-03-21 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Retrospective_2009-2012 I left some comments on talk. Two small things that struck me are the usage of HDI (first time for WMF?) and the fact that some recommendation(s) mirror best practices for chapters and can be useful for everyone. Samuel Klein,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Grants Program Retrospective 2009-2012 published

2013-03-14 Thread Samuel Klein
After reading this more thoroughly: I am deeply impressed. This sort of review should be carried out for all major ongoing projects. For instance, it could be useful to have a similar retrospective on major technical features that have been implemented or formally requested by large Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] WMF Grants Program Retrospective 2009-2012 published

2013-03-13 Thread Asaf Bartov
Dear friends and colleagues, Another component of the Wikimedia Foundation's increased focus on grantmaking is now ready for discussion: it is a retrospective report on the history, evolution, and processes of the Wikimedia Grants Program (the Foundation's first, and until fairly recently only,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Grants Program Retrospective 2009-2012 published

2013-03-13 Thread Samuel Klein
Bravo. A useful thoughtful recap. SJ On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 8:26 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear friends and colleagues, Another component of the Wikimedia Foundation's increased focus on grantmaking is now ready for discussion: it is a retrospective report on the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Grants Program Retrospective 2009-2012 published

2013-03-13 Thread MZMcBride
Asaf Bartov wrote: Another component of the Wikimedia Foundation's increased focus on grantmaking is now ready for discussion: it is a retrospective report on the history, evolution, and processes of the Wikimedia Grants Program (the Foundation's first, and until fairly recently only, grants