Hi Markus, I am not sure but I have the feeling that WMHK is free to apply for a Grant once they are in compliance with the terms of the earlier grant? But I am out of my depth here, probably someone like Asaf could inform us better…
And I was happy that the chapters are setting up peer review amongst themselves, I think its great and heard enthusiasm for the idea in Milan Jan-Bart On Apr 29, 2013, at 8:23 PM, Markus Glaser <markus.gla...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Deryck, > > it makes me sad to read your leaving message, as I have got to know you as a > very constructive and engaged person, and I think your input and > contributions are very valuable to the movement. > > It seems to me that we all kind of agree there's a gap between GAC and FDC > funding when it comes to professionalization, esp. setting up an office and > first staff. Also, there's the possibility of losing all the funding. That, > IMHO, is a very dangerous situation for an organisation. Maybe it would help > to have a process to "up-" or "downgrade" a funding proposal from GAC to FDC > and vice versa, so in case a FDC proposal is not approved at all, there's > still a fallback option. > > Also, I think we should offer some guidance through the process based on the > experience we made so far. As has been stated before, the step from zero to > three employees is a big one. Maybe an early assessment of the proposal might > have lead to other options and better success in funding. Personally, I am no > expert in FDC funding, but can we not get a group of people together who are > willing to help with such an assessment? > > Best, > Markus > > -- > Markus Glaser > WCA Council Member (WMDE) > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
