Hi SJ, We posted an answer to your questions on meta [1] and will update that answer when reports become available in the next few months.
Best wishes, Julia [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_2030/2021_Call_for_Movement_Strategy_Implementation_Grants#Making_progress_on_questions_of_resource_allocation On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 5:51 AM Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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, <adam.wi...@wikimedia.de> > 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 <jbru...@wikimedia.org> >> 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 <meta...@gmail.com> >> 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 < >> dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com> 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 <meta...@gmail.com> >> 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 -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, >> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> >>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >> wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, >> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >> wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 >> 4266 >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, >> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> >>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, >> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, >> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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