Thanks for the update. I've drafted some questions and comments about the new version. The updated plan is located on Foundation Wiki; can it be copied to Meta where it's more accessible to the community for discussion?
Thanks, Pine Pine On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Lila Tretikov <l...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > All, > > I want to provide an update on the Annual Plan. I’m happy to let you know > that the Board of Trustees has approved the proposed 2015-16 Wikimedia > Foundation annual plan. Thank you for your patience as we have worked to > incorporate your feedback and review with the Board. > > The approved plan includes $68.2 million in revenue, with $65 million of > spending and $3.2 million for the reserve. In addition, we will raise $5 > million for our endowment, which will help secure long-term support for our > mission. In total, this accounts for a 17% growth in total budget. The plan > also includes a stretch goal of exceeding the fundraising target by 20% to > contribute additional funds to the reserve. The approved and updated plan > is now available here > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2015-2016_Annual_Plan>. > > In our last Metrics Meeting, I presented an emerging strategy for the > Wikimedia Foundation that focused on building a strong core in the > near-term, allowing for innovation in the long-term toward our mission of > ubiquitous shared knowledge. Strengthening our core has been our focus over > this past year. We published the Call to Action > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation#2015_Call_to_Action > >, > which refocused us on community and technology, introducing new thinking > and skills to the WMF, and improved products for the world. > > We have made significant changes this past year that are showing early > results. But this is just a start. The world is changing rapidly in areas > like mobile, user behavior, media formats, and access to knowledge. In > order to make free knowledge available for generations to come, we need to > continually improve our work and challenge our thinking. The Annual Plan > for this year is focused on building our capabilities as a springboard for > future innovation. > > In this year’s plan, budget adjustments are designed to fill in the gaps in > current user needs, in particular in the areas of community (including > affiliates and partners), technology, and communication. The plan builds on > the foundational work from this past year, when we set up team structures > and introduced new focus to align our organization with communities and > demands for knowledge. For the first time, this year’s plan also introduces > a Quarterly Metrics Scorecard to track our progress on delivering on our > commitments. We will use both top-level and departmental metrics to measure > our progress and report back. > > I also want to acknowledge some of the issues with this year’s Annual Plan > process. We shared the first draft with you late, giving you limited time > to provide feedback. We introduced a new, lighter weight format in the > first iteration that left some of you with questions about proposed > changes. This final, approved version has been updated to clarify our > rationale, incorporate the feedback we did receive, link our plans to > success metrics, and orient the next year within a broader strategy. As > always, we continue to iterate toward a better process. Going forward we > plan to have an extended window for your review and comments so we can > refine our plan with your valuable feedback in mind. > > Thank you. I look forward to working together as we continue to strengthen > our core capabilities to support our mission and prepare for our emerging > strategy. > > ~~~Lila > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
