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 <[email protected]> > 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, including all the participating chapters. As expressed > earlier: this is the future of our funds dissemination and we will refine > the process, but this first round has exceeded my expectations on all > levels. Thanks everyone! > > Jan-Bart > (who now goes digging in the attic for some barn stars....) > > > On 15 Nov 2012, at 19:38, Dariusz Jemielniak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Dariusz Jemielniak <[email protected]> > > Date: Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:25 PM > > Subject: FDC recommendations on funds allocation, Round 1, 2012-13 > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > 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 Round 1 for a > > total requested amount of 10.4 million USD. These proposals were from 11 > > Wikimedia chapters and the Wikimedia Foundation. Three proposals were > > received after the deadline of 1 October had passed, but the FDC decided > > that since it was the first time for the process, the late proposals > would > > be accepted and discussed. Since the proposal deadline, the FDC and FDC > > support staff have spent many hours reviewing and assessing these > proposals > > to determine a set of allocations that would best support movement goals. > > This assessment included a 4-day in-person deliberation session in San > > Francisco over the period October 28-31, where the FDC members discussed > > the proposals in depth and determined allocation amounts for each > applying > > entity. > > > > The FDC recognizes that this is not a perfect process, and that the > process > > and the outcome will improve over time as we learn more about what works > in > > the movement and what drives impact. We invite the community to provide > > overall feedback on these recommendations on the talk page for these > > recommendations [2] and to provide feedback about the FDC process on-wiki > > to the Ombudsperson [3], who will collect this feedback and use it in our > > continuous improvement process. For formal complaints about the > > recommendations, there is a separate process, outlined below. > > > > If any entity has a complaint about the FDC's recommendation, it should > be > > submitted by 23:59 UTC on 22 November 2012 in accordance with the > complaint > > process outlined in the Framework for the Creation and Initial Operation > of > > the FDC [4]: > > > > - The complaint should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word summary > > directed to the two non-voting WMF Board representatives on the FDC > > (Jan-Bart and Patricio) > > - The complaint should be submitted on-wiki, through the FDC portal > page > > designated for this purpose [5] > > - These board representatives will present the complaint to the WMF > > Board at the same time it considers the FDC recommendation. > > - Formal complaints can be submitted only by the Board Chair of a > > funding-seeking entity. > > - Formal complaints must be filed within seven days of the submission > of > > the FDC slate of recommendations to the WMF Board (by end of day UTC > > November 22) > > - Any planned or approved disbursements to the organization filing a > > complaint will be put on hold until the complaint is resolved. > > - If the WMF Board's consideration of the complaint results in an > > amendment of the FDC's recommendations (which is expected only in > > extraordinary circumstances), the WMF Board may choose to release extra > > funds from the WMF reserves to provide additional funds not allocated > by > > the FDC's initial recommendation. > > - Other members of the WMF Board may participate in the investigation > if > > approved by the Chair of the WMF Board. > > > > > > > > on behalf of the FDC > > > > Dariusz Jemielniak (Chair) > > > > [1] > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_round1 > > > > > > > > > > [2] > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_round1 > > > > > > > > [3] > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Appeals_regarding_FDC_process > > > > > > > > [4] > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC#Complaint_submission_process > > > > > > > > [5] > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Complaints_regarding_FDC_recommendations_to_the_board > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > __________________________ > > dr hab. 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