On 9 April 2013 12:22, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Without going into unneccessary detail, let me just ask a simple >> question: are there any particular reasons why the WMF does not want >> community input on the budget, and drafts such a vital document in >> total privacy? > > For the sake of precision, that slide says that there is no space for input > by the board either. "Revisions are made" only after Stu's comments, then > the board votes no or yes (in 15 days only out of 5 months of work). Doesn't the community consultation *follow* this? The WMF works out a budget internally, and the Board vote to approve it by the end of June. It is released on 1 July, but isn't yet final; it promptly goes into... https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Timeline and presumably will have a community consultation like this one: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round1/Wikimedia_Foundation/Proposal_form (Please feel free to correct me if I've got this wrong!) -- - Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
