Hi, Mike.
For an answer to your question about the name, please see this
conversation[1] on Meta. Our board is active answering questions on wiki
and not on mailing lists, so I encourage you to post questions to the Wiki
Education Foundation board on Meta.
Hope that answers it for you,
Jami
[1] See
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Frank, congratulations on the new job. :-) Can I ask for a clarification
on the funding situation please?
(1) WMF grant money
The Wiki Education Foundation received a grant to get things off the
ground
last year as part of the Projects and Events
Grants process. The Wiki
Education Foundation has already reached out to a major donor in the
United
States and is confident to get third-party
funding in place by the second
quarter of this year.
Are you anticipating that direct donors will be able to support all of
WEF's future funding needs, or might you be applying to GAC or FDC for
funding in the future?
I'd also like to echo Andy's question:
...why isn't this called "The Wiki
Education North America
Foundation,", or suchlike?
as that would seem to be a more natural name for the organisation (unless
it has international intentions?), and would help avoid the confusion
between 'WEF' and 'WMF'.
Also, as a general question to those involved, the announcement Q&A says:
"He was chosen by the Board of the Wiki Education Foundation in a process
that began in late 2013 and concluded in February 2014." Please could more
details of that process be shared? What was the process, how was it
structured, and who was involved in it?
Thanks,
Mike
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