One of the things proposed during our FDC conversation was a 3rd party review of the WMF annual plan. This could avoid the "circular" nature of Board->FDC->WMF and also provide us with another perspective from an organization that has a similar scale.
Lila On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 5:50 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak <dar...@alk.edu.pl> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 3:50 AM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Perhaps there should be a new Budget Committee of the board, with a > similar > > composition to the Audit Committee in that the membership would include > > some WMF board members and some community members. The Budget Committee > > could do FDC-like reviews of WMF's Annual Plan proposals each year. > > > > It is an idea worth considering, but setting up yet another committee gives > me goosebumps... > > > > > > I personally would prefer to avoid the "core" and "non-core" division of > > the WMF budget, since I feel that the whole budget and the performance of > > the whole organization should be reviewed at least annually. The Budget > > Committee could look at the big picture in more depth than the Board as a > > whole and the FDC would have the time to do. > > > > I understand this view. My concerns are related to scale (the most common > FDC applicant has a budget 1000 smaller than the WMF), FDC's competence to > review such budgets with the same professionalism in a highly limited time, > and also mixing the cashflows (after all, the FDC's allocation is also part > of WMF's budget), but these issues can probably be addressed somehow. > > In general, I strongly believe that the WMF should lead by example - it > will be much easier for other organizations to prepare strategy, goals, > budgets, plans, etc., if they have a clear good example set by the WMF. > > Dariusz > _______________________________________________ > 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>
