Sorry. Wrong list :) - Sent from mobile On Nov 24, 2015 10:00 AM, "Itzik - Wikimedia Israel" <it...@wikimedia.org.il> wrote:
> בוקר טוב, > > אני שמח לבשר שה-FDC, הוועדה האחראית על המלצות המימון לארגוני ויקימדיה > בתנועה, המליצה להעניק מימון מלא לוויקימדיה ישראל השנה. > > יש הרבה מחמאות על העבודה שלנו, אך גם מעט ביקורת, שלא נעלמת מעינינו, על > ההצעה השנה: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2015-2016_round1#Wikimedia_Israel > > זו ההזדמנות להודות לחברי העמותה שהיו חלק מכתיבת תכנית העבודה והיעדים, חברי > הוועד וחברות הצוות ובראשן מיכל, על העבודה הרבה והמוצלחת. > > תודה לכולם > > > > *Regards,Itzik Edri* > Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel > +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: matanya moses <mata...@foss.co.il> > Date: Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:55 PM > Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] FDC recommendations for 2015-2016 Round > 1 APG grant requests > To: wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Hello Wikimedians, > > tl;dr: The FDC’s recommendations for this round of the APG grant requests > have now been published at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2015-2016_round1 > > The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meets twice a year to help make > decisions about how to effectively allocate movement funds to achieve the > Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. [1] We met for four > days last week in San Francisco to review 11 proposals submitted for this > round of funding. [2] > > The committee has now posted our Round 1 2015-2016 recommendations on the > annual plan grants (APG) to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. [3] > The WMF Board representatives to the FDC (Denny Vrandecic, Jan-Bart de > Vreede and Dariusz Jemielniak) will lead the Board in its review of these > recommendations. The WMF Board will review the recommendations and then > make their decision on them before 1 January 2016. > > This round, the eleven proposals came from ten chapters and one thematic > organisation, totaling requests of approximately $3.8 million USD. Ten > affiliates were returning to the APG program, and one was a new applicant. > This round, one organisation requested a restricted grant to support one > particular program. All other grant requests were for general funding. > > Before we met for our face-to-face deliberations, the FDC carefully > reviewed all proposals and supporting documentation (e.g., budgets, plans, > strategies) in detail, aided by staff assessments and analysis on impact, > finances, and programs, as well as community comments on the proposals. The > committee had long and intense conversations about the proposals submitted > this round. By listening and carefully considering all available data, the > committee achieved consensus on all proposal deliberations. > > In addition to the above, the FDC has also included a recommendation about > the WMF itself to improve its own level of planning transparency and budget > detail. The WMF staff were not involved in the conception or writing of > this additional recommendation. > > For your reference, there is a formal process to submit appeals about > these recommendations or complaints about the FDC process. The processes > for both are outlined below. > > Any applicant that wants to appeal the FDC’s recommendation about their > proposal this round should submit it by 23:59 UTC on 8 December 2015 in > accordance with the appeal process outlined in the FDC Framework. A formal > appeal to challenge the FDC’s recommendation should be in the form of a > 500-or-fewer word summary. The appeal should be submitted on-wiki, [4] and > must be submitted by the Board Chair of a funding-seeking applicant. > > Complaints about the process can be filed by anyone with the Ombudsperson, > and can be made any time. The complaint should be submitted on wiki, as > well. [5] The ombudsperson will publicly document the complaint, and > investigate as needed. > > Please take a look at the upcoming calendar [6] to learn about other > upcoming milestones in the APG program. > > Again, we offer our sincere thanks to the 11 organisations who submitted > annual plan grant proposals to the FDC this round. > > On behalf of the FDC, > > Matanya Moses (FDC chair), User:Matanya > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1 > [3] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2015-2016_round1 > [4] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Appeals_to_the_Board_on_the_recommendations_of_the_FDC > [5] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Complaints_about_the_FDC_process > [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Calendar > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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