yes, and I agree that this is a very good idea to ponder. It addresses a couple of problems at once (including a major one, of FDC ability and capacity to tackle WMF as well).
dj On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Lila Tretikov <l...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > 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 >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > > -- __________________________ prof. dr hab. Dariusz Jemielniak kierownik katedry Zarządzania Międzynarodowego i grupy badawczej NeRDS Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego http://n <http://www.crow.alk.edu.pl/>wrds.kozminski.edu.pl członek Akademii Młodych Uczonych Polskiej Akademii Nauk członek Komitetu Polityki Naukowej MNiSW Wyszła pierwsza na świecie etnografia Wikipedii "Common Knowledge? An Ethnography of Wikipedia" (2014, Stanford University Press) mojego autorstwa http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=24010 Recenzje Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml Pacific Standard: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/killed-wikipedia-93777/ Motherboard: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/an-ethnography-of-wikipedia The Wikipedian: http://thewikipedian.net/2014/10/10/dariusz-jemielniak-common-knowledge _______________________________________________ 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>
