Thank you Anders and Dariusz for the warm words. The FDC invested a lot of time to write the recommendations, espcially in regards to the WMF plan. Good to know that you've read the entire (long) document :)
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak <[email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks for the hard work. As I've been an observer to this round, and > as a former chair of the FDC for six rounds, I can attest that you have > done a very good job, discussing the details of all proposals. > > While people may disagree with your recommendations or opinions, the > diligent approach and due care are, in my view, indisputable. > > Best, > > Dj > 15.05.2016 7:30 PM "matanya moses" <[email protected]> napisał(a): > > > Hello Wikimedians, > > > > Twice a year, the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meets to help make > > decisions about how to effectively allocate movement funds to achieve the > > Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. For this round, we > met > > in person from May 13-15 to deliberate on five plans and proposals, which > > were submitted by Wikimedia Armenia, Wikimedia Norge, Wikimedia France, > the > > Centre for Internet and Society, as well as the draft annual plan of the > > Wikimedia Foundation. We would like to thank all the organizations this > > round for submitting these proposals. > > > > We have posted our Round 2 2015-2016 recommendations on the annual plan > > grants to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. [1] The Board will > > review our deliberations and make a decision by July 1, 2016. > > > > This round, we received grant requests of roughly $1.25 million USD, and > > we have recommended roughly $1.14 million in annual plan grants (though > > grants are made in local currency). Before we met in May, we reviewed all > > of the proposals and additional documents submitted. We were assisted in > > this review with some input from the FDC staff assessments and analysis > on > > impact, finances, and programs, as well as community comments on the > > proposals. > > > > There is a formal process to submit complaints or appeals about these > > recommendations. Here are the steps for both: > > > > Any organization that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s Round 2 > > recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives to the FDC > by > > 23:59 UTC on 8 June 2016 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 directed to the two > > non-voting WMF Board representative to the FDC, Dariusz Jemielniak. The > > appeal should be submitted on-wiki, [4] and must be submitted by the > Board > > Chair of a funding-seeking applicant. The Board will publish its decision > > on this and all recommendations by 1 July 2016. > > > > Complaints to the ombudsperson about the FDC process can be filed by > > anyone with the Ombudsperson and can be made any time. The complaint > should > > be submitted on wiki, as well. The ombudsperson will publicly document > the > > complaint, and investigate as needed. > > > > On a side note, all FDC members are flying back to their home countries, > > so we might be able to respond only in a day or two, > > > > On behalf of the FDC, > > > > Matanya [1] > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2015-2016_round_2 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
