Thank you very much! Your work is really appreciated. It was very very useful
Best regards, antanana ED of Wikimedia Ukraine 2015-10-09 8:42 GMT+03:00 Anders Wennersten <m...@anderswennersten.se>: > I have now reviewed these proposals (with the exception of WMDE, being too > complex, and WMSE, due to COI). It is the fourth consecutive year I do this > and most entities has been there all years. > > I want to share my general finding that there has been a major improvement > in most of the proposals and plans, especially among the older chapters. > > I find we are reaching a new level of professionalism in these entities, > where I also have a feeling is related to a set of very successful > recruitment of new EDs > > Being an old chapter board member and FDC member it is most satisfying > seeing this important progress! > > Anders > > > > > > > Den 2015-10-06 kl. 21:32, skrev Katy Love: > >> Hello, Wikimedians! >> >> I want to share with you that the community review period for the Annual >> Plan Grants (APG) program is underway for eleven proposals. These >> organizations are requesting unrestricted funding to support their annual >> plans, including both programmatic and operational costs. These requests >> in >> Round 1 total roughly US$4.2 million, out of US$6 million available in >> both >> rounds this year. In mid-November, Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC), >> [1] >> a volunteer committee made up of members of the Wikimedia community, will >> convene. They will meet in San Francisco to discuss these proposals in >> detail and make a recommendation to the WMF Board of Trustees on use of >> these funds. >> >> From now until 30 October, we invite everyone to review the proposals, >> and >> to provide thoughts and ask questions on the discussion pages of the >> proposals. You can begin your exploration of the proposals on the >> community >> review landing page here: >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/Community_review >> . >> >> >> About community review: Annual plan grant proposals are submitted to the >> FDC on 1 October. That is followed by a 30-day open comment period. During >> this community review, all are invited to provide input on and ask >> questions about specific proposals on the discussion pages of the proposal >> forms. Applicants are also asked to respond to input and questions during >> this period, although they are not able to change the proposal form itself >> after the submission date. >> >> The FDC follows the discussion pages of the proposals in preparation for >> their deliberations in November. These questions, comments and responses >> are an input to their collaborative decision-making process. While anyone >> can comment on proposals after the open comment period closes on 30 >> October, the FDC may not be able to take comments made after this period >> into consideration when making its decisions about funding. >> >> How to join in the review: Please visit the community review page [2] to >> view the proposals being considered and follow the instructions on that >> page. The proposals are only available in English, but your comments on >> the >> discussion pages do not need to be in English. >> >> Why your feedback matters: We hope that this open comment period will add >> to an in-depth and robust review of each proposal. The community review >> process also helps make our grantmaking transparent and collaborative. The >> FDC and the WMF staff value feedback and insights from the Wikimedia >> community in making its funding recommendations. >> >> You can find more information about the APG program, the FDC or the >> upcoming milestones on our portal. [3] Please let us know if you have any >> questions, concerns, or feedback about the process. You can reach the FDC >> support staff can be reached at fdcsupp...@wikimedia.org >> >> Warm regards, >> Katy Love >> >> [1] >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee >> [2] >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/Community_review >> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately >> directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia >> community. 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