FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Delphine Ménard" <[email protected]> Date: 19 May 2017 18:43 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] FDC elections: Call for candidates To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" <[email protected]> Cc:
*[TL;DR]* > FDC elections are coming up. If you want to run or know someone who would > be good on the FDC or as an ombudsperson, please see > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2017 > > > ======== > > Dear Wikimedians, > > As you may know, the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) [1] is a volunteer > committee that makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees on how to > spend funds to achieve the movement’s goals. Each year, the FDC meets twice > in person to deliberate on annual plan grant proposals submitted by > affiliates and aligned partners of the Wikimedia movement. Allocated > through a participatory, transparent, collaborative grantmaking process, > these funds are used by organizations to expand and deepen participation > and enable the creation and curation of quality content on Wikimedia > projects. > > As foreseen in the FDC framework [2], five seats on the committee are open > to election this year, as is the position of the ombudsperson. Serving on > this committee is an opportunity to deepen your engagement in the movement, > build your leadership and experience, and work closely with other > colleagues who are interested in helping the movement achieve more impact. > > The commitments are significant: you will be expected to come to at least > two face-to-face meetings each year that last up to 5 days, in addition to > reviewing more than 15 proposals and significant background documents each > year. For most committee members, participation in the meetings also > includes significant international travel. Note that the committee will > meet for a four/five-day period mid-November, possibly in San Francisco, so > you must be available during this period. The other mandatory face to face > meeting usually happens around mid-May. > > We're looking for a diverse group of people with the following attributes: > > * Experience directing or evaluating programs, within or outside of the > Wikimedia movement; > * Expertise with grants (you have received or managed grant funds or you > have experience making grants); > * Knowledge and understanding of, and personal credibility within the > Wikimedia movement and on the Wikimedia projects (that is, experience with > Wikimedia programs, Wikimedia organizations, or on-wiki leadership roles); > * We seek gender, geographic and linguistic diversity on the committee, as > well as experience with diverse roles within the Wikimedia movement (e.g. > content contributors, program leaders, user group leaders, functionaries, > chapter board members) > * To find more information about eligibility requirements, how to nominate > candidates, or to publish your self-nomination, please visit the election > homepage: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2017 > > Please reach out to me with any questions about these elections or the work > the FDC does. > > Cheers, > > Delphine Ménard > > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Funds_ > Dissemination_Committee > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/ > Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC > -- > Delphine Ménard > Program Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > User:Delphine_(WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Delphine_(WMF)> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-OR mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-or
