Has the board considered and or replied to the other recommendations of the FDC, in particular the process recommendations around the submission of the WMF proposal and the criticism offered by the FDC of the proposal submitted in this round?
~Nathan On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Patricio Lorente < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends in the Wikimedia community, > > > After meeting face-to-face in May to deliberate on the four proposals > they received for the 2013-2014 Round 2 annual plan grants, the Funds > Dissemination Committee (FDC) posted their funding recommendations to > the WMF Board of Trustees. [1] > > Four proposals were submitted in this round, and one of them (the > Wikimedia Foundation) did not receive a dollar allocation. Funding > requests from the three other organizations (Centre for Internet and > Society, Wikimédia France and Wikimedia Norge) this round totaled > US$1,555,953. > > The funds available for movement entities through the FDC process in > 2013–2014 was US$6,000,000. Of this, $4,432,000 was allocated in Round > 1, leaving $1,568,000 for Round 2. In this round, the FDC has > recommended funding allocations totaling approximately $1,235,062. The > remaining approximately $332,938 will be returned to the Wikimedia > Foundation's reserves. The recommended allocation for the WMF is > excluded from this, as it includes the next year's budget for the > Wikimedia movement as a whole. > > I am pleased to share with you the news that the Board of Trustees has > made the decision to approve the FDC's 2013-2014 Round 2 funding > recommendations in full. [2] These funding recommendations will now be > implemented by the Foundation. > > Many people have put in significant work to make this process a > success. As the Board Representatives to the FDC, we would like to > thank the Round 2 applicants themselves, the Funds Dissemination > Committee members and staff, and the members of the community who > participated in the community review period. We congratulate the > applicants and look forward to learning more about how their annual > plans progress. > > Best, > > Patricio Lorente and Bishakha Datta, Board Representatives to the FDC > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2013-2014_round2 > > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/Board_decisions/2013-2014_round2 > > -- > Patricio Lorente > Blog: http://www.patriciolorente.com.ar > Identi.ca // Twitter: @patriciolorente > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
