Hi, Mike. For an answer to your question about the name, please see this conversation[1] on Meta. Our board is active answering questions on wiki and not on mailing lists, so I encourage you to post questions to the Wiki Education Foundation board on Meta.
Hope that answers it for you, Jami [1] See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wiki_Education_Foundation#Organization_Name On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > Frank, congratulations on the new job. :-) Can I ask for a clarification > on the funding situation please? > > > (1) WMF grant money > > > > The Wiki Education Foundation received a grant to get things off the > ground > > last year as part of the Projects and Events Grants process. The Wiki > > Education Foundation has already reached out to a major donor in the > United > > States and is confident to get third-party funding in place by the second > > quarter of this year. > > Are you anticipating that direct donors will be able to support all of > WEF's future funding needs, or might you be applying to GAC or FDC for > funding in the future? > > I'd also like to echo Andy's question: > > ...why isn't this called "The Wiki Education North America > > Foundation,", or suchlike? > > as that would seem to be a more natural name for the organisation (unless > it has international intentions?), and would help avoid the confusion > between 'WEF' and 'WMF'. > > Also, as a general question to those involved, the announcement Q&A says: > "He was chosen by the Board of the Wiki Education Foundation in a process > that began in late 2013 and concluded in February 2014." Please could more > details of that process be shared? What was the process, how was it > structured, and who was involved in it? > > Thanks, > Mike > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Jami Mathewson Program Manager Wiki Education Foundation j...@wikiedfoundation.org User:Jami (Wiki Ed) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jami_(Wiki_Ed)> @WikiEducation <https://twitter.com/WikiEducation> *Our organization supports the Wikipedia Education Program in the United States and Canada.* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
