I have been active in FDC and followed closely all applicants. It works
very well when it comes to promote small affiliates to grow in a
controlled way and ensuring that money is spent wisely. The FDC, though,
demand an elaborate plan, and application, which can be (too) hard as a
first step if you still is an volunteer driven organisation. So since
a year the Simple annual plan grant now exist, and I have been part in
this and its seven applicants that has been through that process. And it
works wonderfully even if there has been quite complicated issues in the
application. The application formality is much easier and the applicant
gets hands-on help by both WMF staff and also by a peer from an existing
affiliate. And the feedback we have received has been very very
positive, specially the support from peers. And for you Milos who was in
ChapCom at the same time as me in 2008, you should rejoice as much as me
that now also Brazil is on track, so the "complicated" affiliates in
2008, Catala, Brazil an US, are now all on track.
So we now have process in place that really help and support small
groups of enthusiastic Wikimedians to grow in a controlled way becoming
well functioning chapters. We have also since 2008 learnt, from
experiences from Brazil and India, that to try by "outsiders" to get a
local organisation in place that will grow in a good way, just has not
worked. These experiments just hindered (and delayed) natural good
establishment.
So my learning is that it is counter productive to try as an outsider to
get something happen. We have to await until groups of clever
Wikimedians in India with the right ambition etc are ready to enter
applications to either of the grant programs, and then there are
mechanisms in place to help them evolve
Anders
Den 2016-06-28 kl. 13:36, skrev Milos Rancic:
And it seems I need one more note: The last sentence was satirical.
On Jun 28, 2016 13:27, "Milos Rancic" <mill...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jun 28, 2016 09:58, "Milos Rancic" <mill...@gmail.com> wrote:
(Hint for American
Wikimedians: Trump supporters are your next target for positive
discrimination.)
It seems I have to clarify this sentence.
I didn't say Trump, I didn't say Cruz, I didn't say Cruz supporters, I
said Trump supporters.
I have in mind very specific population, genuinely scared by the
privileged Mexican illegal immigrants, working lazy for the American
agricultural industry for $5/h or less and supported by Bay Area hipsters
and Jewish lobby.
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