[Wikimedia-l] Board approval of the FDC's 2013-2014 Round 2 recommendations

Dear friends in the Wikimedia community, After meeting face-to-face in May to deliberate on the four proposals they received for the 2013-2014 Round 2 annual plan grants, the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) posted their funding recommendations to the WMF Board of Trustees. [1] Four proposals were submitted in this round, and one of them (the Wikimedia Foundation) did not receive a dollar allocation. Funding requests from the three other organizations (Centre for Internet and Society, Wikimédia France and Wikimedia Norge) this round totaled US$1,555,953. The funds available for movement entities through the FDC process in 2013–2014 was US$6,000,000. Of this, $4,432,000 was allocated in Round 1, leaving $1,568,000 for Round 2. In this round, the FDC has recommended funding allocations totaling approximately $1,235,062. The remaining approximately $332,938 will be returned to the Wikimedia Foundation's reserves. The recommended allocation for the WMF is excluded from this, as it includes the next year's budget for the Wikimedia movement as a whole. I am pleased to share with you the news that the Board of Trustees has made the decision to approve the FDC's 2013-2014 Round 2 funding recommendations in full. [2] These funding recommendations will now be implemented by the Foundation. Many people have put in significant work to make this process a success. As the Board Representatives to the FDC, we would like to thank the Round 2 applicants themselves, the Funds Dissemination Committee members and staff, and the members of the community who participated in the community review period. We congratulate the applicants and look forward to learning more about how their annual plans progress. Best, Patricio Lorente and Bishakha Datta, Board Representatives to the FDC [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/Board_decisions/2013-… -- Patricio Lorente Blog: http://www.patriciolorente.com.ar Identi.ca // Twitter: @patriciolorente