On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Siko Bouterse <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 11:42 PM, > <[email protected]<[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Anasuya will be responsible for running all grantmaking processes (for > > > both individuals and entities) and for helping movement entities, like > > > chapters and thematic organizations, to develop and mature. Reporting > > > to Anasuya will be Asaf Bartov, Jessie Wild, Oona Castro and Siko > > > Bouterse, as well as a Senior Program Officer for the FDC (a new > > > position that will be filled within the next month or so). > > > * The Senior Program Officer will be responsible for facilitating the > > > FDC process, which recommends funding allocations for the largest and > > > wealthiest Wikimedia organizations such as Wikimedia Germany and > > > Wikimedia France. > > > * Asaf continues to be responsible for the Wikimedia Grants Program, > > > supporting younger, smaller Wikimedia organizations like Wikimedia > > > Venezuela and Wikimedia Mexico, and for finding non-Wikimedia > > > organizations that we can fund to carry out good programmatic > > > activities in developing countries, particularly where there are no > > > chapters. > > > * Jessie will be responsible for evaluation and learning for all our > > > grantmaking --- both helping us internally optimize our processes, and > > > helping us and the grant recipients assess organizations? development > > > (for Anasuya) and the impact of the programs funded by movement > > > dollars (for Frank). > > > * Oona will continue to run the Brazil program. Consistent with the > > > Narrowing Focus plan, she is actively seeking a partner to continue > > > the work in Brazil within a grants structure similar to the one we > > > recently negotiated with CIS in India. > > > * Siko is taking over responsibility from Asaf for all funding for > > > individuals. This will make it possible for us to grow our individual > > > grant-making, and it will also free up Asaf to do more small > > > organization development. Siko will also be responsible for > > > documentation and analysis of all grants except the ones funded by the > > > FDC. It?s important for us to grow grantmaking to individuals because > > > individuals create 99% of the value in the projects. They do it with > > > practically no funding, but in some cases a little money will be able > > > to make something great happen. > > > > Hi all, > As Sue mentioned, we're looking at growing WMF's grant-making to > individuals. This allows us to accomplish the goals of narrowing focus (on > WMF's capacity as grant-makers, in this case), while finding new ways to > support projects led by individual community members. Some more specifics > are on meta: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Individual_Engagement_Grants > Please share your thoughts on-wiki if possible. > Thanks! -- > Siko Bouterse > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > Likewise, we're starting to put up some initial thinking regarding Learning & Evaluation for Grantmaking & Evaluation! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking_and_Programs/Learning_%26_Evaluation_portal/About Feel free to jump in on-wiki as it is being developed; definitely work in progress :) Jessie -- *Jessie Wild* *Wikimedia Foundation* * * Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Donate to Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
