Hello everyone,
I thank you all for your encouraging comments on behalf of the FDC. We will
be very happy to see our recommendations materialise for the benefit of the
Wikimedia movement as a whole. We are grateful to everyone who has been a
part of this process so far.
Regards
Ali Haidar Khan
On May 24, 2014 9:06 PM, "Lila Tretikov" <lila(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Thank you FDC for completing this work and providing
valuable feedback. As
we continue to improve our planning process and our funding programs we
hope to make your work easier as well.
Thanks everyone else who has participated with comments and
recommendations.
Lila
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Samuel Klein <sj(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Dear Dariusz and FDC,
Thank you for this fine recommendation. I just read through it for
the first time (of many, I expect), and the analyses are clearly
getting crisper over time. There are many constructive details packed
into each review, and the results are relevant both to the applying
organizations, and to how we plan for the future.
I am glad to see the analysis of the excellent Wikimedia France
proposal. And both the CIS and the Wikimedia Norge proposals seem to
have been complicated in their own way, but were handled smoothly.
The analysis of WMF's own proposal is clear and rewardingly thorough.
(Other organizations may be jealous and ask for a more detailed report
next time)
A few points I found particularly useful: the focus on areas where we
need clearer goals + measures, the detailed feedback on technical
changes, and the observation that legal work is a significant part of
our budget and work, and central to our mission, but here was lumped
in with administration. The last point is indicative of a larger
blind spot, I think.
I also appreciate the emphasis on regular checks of our work against a
strategy, and the need to organize an effective transition to new
strategic goals. The suggestions for a community-led strategy advisory
group, and for a pool of global metrics for [cross-]evaluation, are
well considered. Both could also make the FDC's work easier in the
future...
Congratulations on this work. And good luck to those FDC advisors
meeting over the coming days.
Sam.
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak <darekj(a)alk.edu.pl>
wrote:
> Hello friends,
>
> The Funds Dissemination Committee meets twice annually to help make
> decisions about how to effectively allocate movement funds to achieve
the
Wikimedia
movement's mission, vision, and strategy. [1]
On behalf of the committee, I am pleased to announce that Round 2
2013-2014
recommendations to the Wikimedia Foundation Board
of Trustees have now
been
posted on Meta [2]:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2013-2014_rou…
>
> The WMF Board will make their decision on these recommendations by 1
July
> 2014.
>
> For the second round of this fiscal year, the committee received four
> proposals. [3] These four proposals came from two chapters, WMF and
one
> non-Wikimedia organization, totaling
requests of '''$1.56''' million
USD.
> Prior to our face-to-face deliberations in
Frankfurt from 21st-24th
May,
> the FDC reviewed the proposals in careful
detail, aided by staff
> assessments and analysis on programs, finances, grant compliance and
> history, as well as community comments on the proposals. Staff
presented
an
overview of these findings to the FDC during the
deliberations. The FDC
and
> FDC staff also asked clarifying questions to the entities on the
proposal
form
discussion pages during the four-week community review period (and
prior to the publishing of staff assessments), and observed the
discussions
> about the proposals.
>
> The committee thanks all organizations that submitted proposals, as it
> required significant effort to both create the proposal and to respond
to
> the questions and feedback from the
community, FDC, and FDC staff. We
> sincerely appreciate them all for this work.
>
> For formal complaints or appeals about the recommendations, there is a
> separate process that entities should follow. Note that at the request
of
many
stakeholders, we are clarifying the complaints and appeals
terminology
> so that complaints are made about the process to the ombudsperson and
> appeals on the recommendations are made to the WMF Board
representatives.
> These are further explained below:
>
> Any organization that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s
Round 2
recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives to the FDC
by
'''end of day UTC 8 June
2014''' in accordance with the appeal process
outlined in the FDC Framework. The process is as follows:
Appeals to the WMF Board on the recommendations of the FDC (formerly
called
> complaints, terminology changed to avoid further confusion):
>
> * A formal appeal to challenge the FDC’s recommendation should be in
the
> form of a 500-or-fewer word summary directed
to the two non-voting WMF
> Board representatives to the FDC (Patricio Lorente and Bishakha Datta).
>
> * The appeal should be submitted on-wiki through the FDC portal page
> designated for this purpose. [4]
>
> * Formal appeals can be submitted only by the Board Chair of a
> funding-seeking organization.
>
> * Formal appeals must be filed within seven days of the deadline for
> submission of the FDC slate of recommendations to the WMF Board, even
if
the
recommendations are published before the deadline for the
recommendations i.e. end-of-day '''1 June 2014'''. The deadline
for
appeals
> is the end-of-day UTC on '''8 June 2014'''.
>
> * These board representatives will present the appeal to the WMF Board
at
> the same time as the Board considers the FDC
recommendation. Responses
to
> an appeal will be made alongside the overall
decision on the FDC
> recommendations, i.e. by end-of-day UTC '''1 July 2014'''.
>
> * Any planned or approved disbursements to the organization filing an
> appeal will be put on hold until the appeal is resolved.
>
> * If the WMF Board's consideration of the appeal results in an
amendment
of
> the FDC's recommendations (which is expected only in extraordinary
> circumstances), the WMF Board may choose to release extra funds from
the
WMF
reserves to provide additional funds not allocated by the FDC's
initial
recommendation.
* The Ombudsperson, as well as members of the WMF Board other than the
Board representatives, may participate in the investigation if approved
by
the Chair of the WMF Board.
Complaints to the ombudsperson about the FDC process (formerly called
appeals):
* A complaint about the FDC process can be filed by anyone with the
Ombudsperson and can be made any time during a particular round of the
FDC
> process (e.g. in this instance, from start '''1 April
2014''').
>
> * The complaint should be submitted on wiki, through the FDC portal
page
> designated for this purpose [5]
>
> * The ombudsperson will receive and publicly document the complaint,
and
investigate the complaint, as needed.
On behalf of the FDC,
"pundit" Dariusz Jemielniak (FDC Chair)
[1]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_…
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2013-2014_rou…
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Appeals_to_the_Board_on_the_recom…
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Complaints_about_the_FDC_process
[[Category:2013-2014 Round 2]]
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