Dear Advisory Group,
We are looking forward to seeing you in San Francisco this coming weekend! Our meeting will be held at the Wikimedia Foundation offices and starts on Saturday at 9:30, with breakfast at 9:00.
We’ve outlined a detailed agenda of the weekend here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/FDC_Advisory_Group/Meeting_2
In advance of the meeting, we hope you do several things to prepare for our conversation:
1. Read the full draft of the FDC recommendation being drafted on Meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Draft_FDC_Proposal_for_the_Board
2. If you have time, read the additional input materials that have been developed in support of this work:
· Drafts of key templates to support the recommendation: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Templates
· The talk page discussion of the recommendation: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Draft_FDC_Proposal_for_the_Board
· Notes and insights from interviews: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Additional_Information_and_Analysis/Interviews
· Notes and insights from benchmark interviews: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Benchmarking_analysis
· Financial data and responses from the chapter finance survey: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Key_financial_data_and_insights_from_Chapters
3. Provide your insights on the key issues left to discuss by answering Sue’s three questions: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Draft_FDC_Proposal_for_the_Board#Three_questions_in_advance_of_the_FDC_Advisory_Group_meeting_this_weekend
4. Bring a Wikimedia-related item (a story, an article, a photo, etc.) to share in opening exercise
Please set aside several hours to prepare. The objective of our meeting is to provide input to Sue to solidify and finalize the FDC recommendation to the Board at the end of June. The more prepared and up-to-date everyone is on the recommendation that has been drafted and the input that has informed this work, the deeper the conversation we have on the remaining issues to be discussed.
We’re excited to see you! Please don’t hesitate to reach out with questions in the meantime.
All the best,
Libbie
Libbie Landles
Manager
The Bridgespan Group
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