Adam: well put. We may want to translate '*Service and equity*', from recent strategy discussions, more widely: into a range of contexts as well as languages.
🌍🌏🌎🌑 On Thu., May 20, 2021, 3:19 a.m. Adam Wight, <[email protected]> wrote: > In case there really is a question about whether we should be working > towards greater equity, please see the Wikimedia Foundation's vision > statement [1], > > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment > > and in more detail [2], > > > ... our goal is to impact the largest-possible number of readers and > contributors, and to eliminate barriers that could preclude people from > accessing or contributing to our projects ... > > Since sj's point is in the context of Wikimedia, "goals of increasing > equity across the world, and supporting underrepresented communities" > should be understood as "goals of increasing equity [to read and > contribute to Wikimedia projects] across the world, and supporting > underrepresented [Wikimedia] communities". Please correct me if I've > misunderstood these affiliate review suggestions. > > Regards, > [[mw:User:Adamw]] > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Vision > [2] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Guiding_Principles#Serving_every_human_being > > On 5/20/21 7:34 AM, Alexander N Krassotkin wrote: > > Dear Samuel, > > > > Just a note... > > > > "The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage > > people around the world to collect and develop educational content > > under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it > > effectively and globally". > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/mission/ > > > > But not "increasing equity across the world". > > > > You can create separate funds for this and other good purposes. > > > > sasha. > > > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 12:05 PM Julia Brungs <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear SJ, > >> > >> Thank you very much for your questions here and on meta. We are working > on answering them and will post the answers on meta (don't worry I will > reply to this thread again when the answers are live so people can go and > find them). > >> > >> Best wishes, > >> Julia > >> > >> > >> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 7:32 PM Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> :) Dimi, do you know of reports on subsets of this, for groups and > projects in Europe? I discovered to my delight a beautiful summary of WMF > grants made up to 2020 -- thanks Guillaume! -- which partly answers the > first question. But this does not include donations + external grant > funding that directly supports affiliates. > >>> > >>> One other point -- It was noted that 3a and 3d seem similar. I > updated these Qs on meta to be clearer. I meant: > >>> > >>> 3a: What groups do we envision making individual funding > recommendations? [timing, who decides, what constraints] > >>> 3d: How do we envision reviewing how things are going? [peer > feedback on budgets and plans, reflection on the overall balance of funding > across the movement.] > >>> > >>> These inform one another, but are distinct. And the first is more > than just updating current processes: major gaps to fill include funding > for projects under $500, and multi-year funding for infrastructure and > projects -- among the most common requests. > >>> > >>> SJ > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 6:52 AM Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>>> Hi Samuel, > >>>> > >>>> Thanks for structuring these questions regarding funding and > fundraising. I just wanted to pitch in a +1. > >>>> > >>>> It would be very useful to have answers to some of these for our > public facing work. Such questions pop up naturally in conversations and > the more granular we can be in our answers the better the reaction we get. > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Dimi > >>>> > >>>> На пн, 17.05.2021 г. в 21:13 ч. Samuel Klein <[email protected]> > написа: > >>>>> Dear list, > >>>>> > >>>>> Risker posed an excellent question in the AffCom thread about review > and development of movement funding, which could use its own dedicated > thread. Riffing on the theme, here are a dozen questions for anyone who > knows part of the answer -- particularly those who helped develop the 2019 > recommendations on resource allocation , the 2020 approach to hubs and > participatory resource allocation, and the grants strategy relaunch. > >>>>> > >>>>> We can move this discussion to meta if the thread becomes unwieldy. > (: > >>>>> > >>>>> 1. Current state of movement funding > >>>>> > >>>>> 1a. Roughly what % of global fundraising is currently allocated to > affiliates, or other entities + projects not run by the WMF? (my poor > guess) > >>>>> > >>>>> 1b. Roughly how much regional fundraising goes directly to major > affiliates? > >>>>> > >>>>> 1c. Which affiliates with annual plan grants have been growing > over time, and how is the expansion of existing budgets approved? > >>>>> > >>>>> 1d. Which affiliates have gotten their first APG in the past five > years, and how has that developed over time? > >>>>> > >>>>> 2. Current review process > >>>>> > >>>>> 2a. How is funding by WMF of movement affiliates (general > operations, and large specific projects) currently determined? Does the > Board engage with this? > >>>>> > >>>>> 2b. Is the funding of affiliate work linked to goals of increasing > equity across the world, and supporting underrepresented communities? If > so, how / how is this visualized? > >>>>> > >>>>> 2c. What other mechanisms for focusing and allocating resources > are good examples to replicate? > >>>>> > >>>>> 2d. What other bilateral projects (such as joint projects, and > grant or microgrant programs), run by large affiliates and hubs other than > the WMF, currently exist? Which seem like examples to replicate? > >>>>> > >>>>> 3. Desired futures! > >>>>> > >>>>> 3a. What movement bodies are expected to play any role in > recommendations about funding (extending, withdrawing, denying funding) to > new and existing affiliates, now that the FDC is inactive? > >>>>> > >>>>> 3b. Is there a possibility of the FDC returning? How do past FDC > members have about this? What was found to be good and bad about the FDC > process? > >>>>> > >>>>> 3c. What elements of this is the global council expected to take > up in its first year? What elements are hubs expected to take up, now and > in the future? > >>>>> > >>>>> 3d. What roles do we envision each of {WMF, hubs, affiliates, > community members} to play in reviewing movement budgets/plans and the > volume and focus of future funding [re]allocation? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], > guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > >>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], > guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 > 4266 > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], > guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], > guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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