Dear Advisory Group members, In case you did not see the announcement, I wanted to let you know that on July 11th, the Board passed a resolutionhttp://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Funds_Dissemination_Committee_framework_and_initial_operation, approving the framework and initial operation of the Funds Dissemination Committee! Thank you, again, for all the helpful input you gave in person and on the wiki to develop this concept. Now, the hard work begins :).
In terms of immediate next steps, between now and the end of August, the Bridgespan team will work alongside WMF staff to finalize all of the documentation and materials to support implementation of this new process and develop training materials for FDC members. We are doing this work on Meta, and we hope that you will continue to participate in this process with us. Also, from those of you who were at Wikimania, we look forward to hearing about the kinds of questions and concerns you heard raised about the FDC, so that we can make sure to address them to the extent possible.
Warmly, Laura
From: Barry Newstead [mailto:bnewstead@wikimedia.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 5:25 PM To: Funds Dissemination Advisory Group Cc: Lanzerotti, Laura; Landles-Dowling, Libbie Subject: Update and next steps
Dear FDC Advisory Group members,
Thank you again for all of the time and thoughtfulness you brought to our weekend working session in San Francisco and via video. From our perspective, the meeting was a tremendous success, and I hope you feel that it was an effective use of your time. If you've been following the development of the FDC proposal and associated templates on Meta, you'll know that much of what we deliberated and discussed has made its way into the draft proposal- so you truly have contributed to make this work better.
I wanted to highlight for you the immediate next steps for this process. Bridgespan and the WMF team have be making adjustments to the FDC proposal. Yesterday, we did a thorough simulated walk-through of the process and refined a number of areas to address some process challenges that presented themselves. On 29 June, Sue will submit her formal recommendation for the Board of Trustees consideration. If you are able to, please review the current draft proposal [1] and provide feedback on the talk page [2].
I'm glad that several of you will be at Wikimania (sadly I won't, but a strong WMF contingent will), and I hope that there will be an opportunity there for those who have volunteered to hold an information/discussion session on the FDC process, as I'm sure many who are attending will be curious about it. Please let me know if there is anything you need from us to support you in preparing for this.
Finally, we had tentatively discussed having two more Advisory Group teleconference calls, one in mid-July and one in mid-August. It's my sense, at this point, that it would be best for us to continue to engage instead, on Meta, where others can participate in the conversation. The logistics of conference calls makes it difficult to have a quality discussion. Bridgespan may reach out to some of you regarding specific ares we'd like your advice. Beyond that, we don't think we need to schedule another group meeting at this time. Please do let me know if you have questions on this or would suggest otherwise.
I look forward to our continued work together to develop this process, and appreciate all of the contributions you have made thus far.
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Draft_FDC_Propo... [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Draft_FDC_...
Best, Barry
-- Barry Newstead Chief Global Development Officer Wikimedia Foundation
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