Dear Katy,
Perhaps I've missed it, but do we have a written assignment or remit or
what the FDC AG is supposed to do or accomplish at this meeting?
I'd think that is important enough to be signed off on by the board (if
possible), even if it is a short (I hope it is short) 5 point bullet list,
or even a very general "Please give your impressions of how well the FDC
has worked in its 1st 2 years."
I suppose this is related to your "2. We would like to suggest a small
group of AG members help the FDC staff (that is Anasuya, Winifred, and
me) to plan the agenda and create a list of issues for the AG to address.
Can you let me know if you'd like to join this group?"
(yes, I will if it comes to that, but I think we should do what the entire
Wiki-movement wants us to do, which is best expressed by the WMF Board)
Without having thought much about it, I'll suggest a list that looks
something like:
1. Evaluate reactions to the FDC process from the FDC, staff, applicants,
and the general Wikimedia community (including ad hoc feedback and material
collected by the FDC staff)
2. Review the original founding documents for the FDC and it's purpose and
goals. To what extent have the goals been realized? What have been the
obstacles to achieving these goals? Do these goals still seem appropriate?
3. What surprises or unexpected events and issues have occurred that were
not considered in the founding documents that effect the FDC's operations?
4. Review the mechanical operations of the FDC and staff - do they meet the
FDC's goals. (a micro viewpoint)
5. Review the overall operations. Are they in general accomplishing what we
want them to? (a macro viewpoint)
6. Make any recommendations of needed changes.
I'm certainly not married to any of these. Some folks might only want 4
and 6, other people might only want 5 and be opposed to making any detailed
recommendations. But in any case we need to know what we should
accomplish, and prepare for the task.
Sincerely,
Pete Ekman
User:Smallbones
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 4:38 AM, Ting Chen <wing2004philopp(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Hello Katy,
May in Germany would be fine for me. Before the meeting, is it possible to
have a compiled file of last years request from the partner organizations,
response and proposal of the FDC and response and feedback from the partner
organizations sent to the advisory group please? I know they are all on
meta but it would be more convenient to have a compiled file with them
altogether.
Greetings
Ting
Am 18.01.2014 21:38, schrieb Katy Love:
Hello again, members of the Advisory Group,
I have heard back from some but not all of you about your availability
for these proposed dates in May. Several of you have confirmed
availability, while others have noted some challenges in scheduling and
logistics.
Please note that costs associated with your participation in the
Advisory Group meeting will be covered by the WMF/FDC budget.
To those of you I haven't heard from yet, I look forward to hearing
about your availability!
Cheers, and with sincere gratitude for your work,
Katy
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Katy Love <klove(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hello members of the FDC Advisory Group!
Happy New Year to you all! As you know, the Advisory Group will
evaluate the first two year's of existence of the FDC and make
recommendations to the Executive Director on how to proceed. The FDC staff
would like to begin planning for the Advisory Group meeting, which will be
in May 2014.
Based on your suggestion, and confirmed by the FDC, we would like to
plan for a half-day of overlap with the FDC members themselves. The FDC
deliberation timeline tight, and is likely to be held May 21-24. The
location has not been confirmed, but is likely to be in Europe, quite
possibly in Germany.
Therefore, we'd like to propose to you that the *Advisory Group meeting
be held on the 25-26 May (Sunday and Monday) in Europe *(again, likely
in Germany). We suggest two days, though you may feel more or less time is
needed. Note that these dates overlap with the US holiday weekend (Memorial
Day).
I have two requests for you:
1. Can you kindly confirm to me off-list whether you would be able to
attend this meeting?
2. We would like to suggest a small group of AG members help the FDC
staff (that is Anasuya, Winifred, and me) to plan the agenda and create a
list of issues for the AG to address. Can you let me know if you'd like to
join this group?
Please let me know if you have questions or concerns. Looking forward
to your engagement on this work.
Many thanks to you all!
Katy
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Richard Ames <richard(a)ames.id.au> wrote:
I think a 'day overlapping' would be a
good idea.
Time and place - I am willing to go most places, Dates need to be
settled soon as my family are making tourism plans.
Regards, Richard.
On 11/12/13 21:45, Anasuya Sengupta wrote:
Thanks, Richard! Here's a quick question for
"all of you". :-) Would
you
like to have a day overlapping with the FDC members so you get detailed
feedback from them, or are you fine with simply getting written
recommendations from them for your task? The FDC is open to a f2f
meeting, and that will also influence timing abdominal venue, of course.
Warmly,
Anasuya
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