Clearly intended for "all of you" .....
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Fd-advisorygroup] FDC AG meeting, May 2014 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:57:21 -0800 From: Anasuya Sengupta asengupta@wikimedia.org To: Katy Love klove@wikimedia.org CC: richard@ames.id.au
Hi Richard,
Yes, thanks very much for asking! We are trying to finalise our next year's schedule asap, so this is a helpful question.
As Katy said, we're trying to figure out a few key pieces, including when the next *FDC* meeting will be held and where :-) - but I can tell you that the FDC AG meeting is unlikely to be held before the middle of May, given all other balls in the air. I will hopefully be able to confirm all this by next week, so my apologies for not being as definitive as I'd like to be.
More very soon for all of you, Anasuya
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Katy Love <klove@wikimedia.org mailto:klove@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Richard!
Great to hear from you. I am glad to hear you are thinking about this right now as well. There have been a number of conversations about this important event, but there are a few key pieces that are being decided now that will affect the AG meeting. We hoped to have those decided and resolved very soon so we can begin planning this event.
Also, Anasuya is out of the office until Thursday, I believe, so she may be delayed in responding.
More from our team soon!
Cheers, Katy
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Richard Ames <richard@ames.id.au mailto:richard@ames.id.au> wrote:
Anasuya -
Congratulations on (almost) completing another round!!
Could you assign some dates to the next AG meeting??? Sue and I are planning a holiday in April - and it would be good to know when / if I am expected in SF.
Thanks, Richard.
On 01/07/13 15:59, Anasuya Sengupta wrote:
Dear FDC Advisory Group,
Greetings from San Francisco! It has been a very busy past few months
<snip>
post the FDC deliberations for Round 2. Please let us know if you're comfortable with moving the face-to-face meeting originally intended to be for March 2014 to May 2014.
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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 On Dec 11, 2013 10:30 AM, "Richard Ames" richard@ames.id.au wrote:
Clearly intended for "all of you" .....
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Fd-advisorygroup] FDC AG meeting, May 2014 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:57:21 -0800 From: Anasuya Sengupta asengupta@wikimedia.org To: Katy Love klove@wikimedia.org CC: richard@ames.id.au
Hi Richard,
Yes, thanks very much for asking! We are trying to finalise our next year's schedule asap, so this is a helpful question.
As Katy said, we're trying to figure out a few key pieces, including when the next *FDC* meeting will be held and where :-) - but I can tell you that the FDC AG meeting is unlikely to be held before the middle of May, given all other balls in the air. I will hopefully be able to confirm all this by next week, so my apologies for not being as definitive as I'd like to be.
More very soon for all of you, Anasuya
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Katy Love <klove@wikimedia.org mailto:klove@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Richard! Great to hear from you. I am glad to hear you are thinking about this right now as well. There have been a number of conversations about this important event, but there are a few key pieces that are being decided now that will affect the AG meeting. We hoped to have those decided and resolved very soon so we can begin planning this event. Also, Anasuya is out of the office until Thursday, I believe, so she may be delayed in responding. More from our team soon! Cheers, Katy On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Richard Ames <richard@ames.id.au <mailto:richard@ames.id.au>> wrote: Anasuya - Congratulations on (almost) completing another round!! Could you assign some dates to the next AG meeting??? Sue and I are planning a holiday in April - and it would be good to know when / if I am expected in SF. Thanks, Richard. On 01/07/13 15:59, Anasuya Sengupta wrote: Dear FDC Advisory Group, Greetings from San Francisco! It has been a very busy past few months <snip> post the FDC deliberations for Round 2. Please let us know if you're comfortable with moving the face-to-face meeting originally intended to be for March 2014 to May 2014. <cut> _________________________________________________ Fd-advisorygroup mailing list Fd-advisorygroup@lists.__wikimedia.org <mailto:Fd-advisorygroup@lists.wikimedia.org>https://lists.wikimedia.org/__mailman/listinfo/fd-__advisorygroup < https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/fd-advisorygroup%3E
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And this is what happens when replying to email by phone at an airport with auto fill turned on. :-)
Please read the much more innocuous *and for *abdominal (believe me, my mind boggles too)! On Dec 11, 2013 10:45 AM, "Anasuya Sengupta" asengupta@wikimedia.org 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 On Dec 11, 2013 10:30 AM, "Richard Ames" richard@ames.id.au wrote:
Clearly intended for "all of you" .....
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Fd-advisorygroup] FDC AG meeting, May 2014 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:57:21 -0800 From: Anasuya Sengupta asengupta@wikimedia.org To: Katy Love klove@wikimedia.org CC: richard@ames.id.au
Hi Richard,
Yes, thanks very much for asking! We are trying to finalise our next year's schedule asap, so this is a helpful question.
As Katy said, we're trying to figure out a few key pieces, including when the next *FDC* meeting will be held and where :-) - but I can tell you that the FDC AG meeting is unlikely to be held before the middle of May, given all other balls in the air. I will hopefully be able to confirm all this by next week, so my apologies for not being as definitive as I'd like to be.
More very soon for all of you, Anasuya
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Katy Love <klove@wikimedia.org mailto:klove@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Richard! Great to hear from you. I am glad to hear you are thinking about this right now as well. There have been a number of conversations about this important event, but there are a few key pieces that are being decided now that will affect the AG meeting. We hoped to have those decided and resolved very soon so we can begin planning this event. Also, Anasuya is out of the office until Thursday, I believe, so she may be delayed in responding. More from our team soon! Cheers, Katy On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Richard Ames <richard@ames.id.au <mailto:richard@ames.id.au>> wrote: Anasuya - Congratulations on (almost) completing another round!! Could you assign some dates to the next AG meeting??? Sue and I are planning a holiday in April - and it would be good to know when / if I am expected in SF. Thanks, Richard. On 01/07/13 15:59, Anasuya Sengupta wrote: Dear FDC Advisory Group, Greetings from San Francisco! It has been a very busy past few months <snip> post the FDC deliberations for Round 2. Please let us know if you're comfortable with moving the face-to-face meeting originally intended to be for March 2014 to May 2014. <cut> _________________________________________________ Fd-advisorygroup mailing list Fd-advisorygroup@lists.__wikimedia.org <mailto:Fd-advisorygroup@lists.wikimedia.org>https://lists.wikimedia.org/__mailman/listinfo/fd-__advisorygroup < https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/fd-advisorygroup%3E
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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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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@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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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@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:
- 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@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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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@wikimedia.org mailto:klove@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@ames.id.au <mailto:richard@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 <cut> _______________________________________________ Fd-advisorygroup mailing list Fd-advisorygroup@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Fd-advisorygroup@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/fd-advisorygroup
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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@gmail.comwrote:
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@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:
- 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@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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Hi Ting, and all,
We will be compiling a number of inputs for the Advisory Group to review in the coming months. In the mean time, here is a list of the three rounds of funding requests and the FDC recommendations. The best go-to spot for all proposals and recommendations is on the FDC portal under the Proposals section: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals
Here's a bit more, with the requests broken out from the recommendations:
*Round 1 2012-2013* Funding requests: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2012-2013_round1 Recommendations: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_rou...
*Round 2 2012-2013* Funding requests: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2012-2013_round2 Recommendations: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_rou...
*Round 1 2013-2014* Funding requests: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1 Recommendations: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2013-2014_rou...
If there are other documents you'd like to see compiled, please let me know.
Warm regards, Katy
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:38 AM, Ting Chen wing2004philopp@gmail.comwrote:
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@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:
- 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@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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Hello FDC Advisory Group,
Over the last several weeks, as we waited for responses, we have been working to determine the logistics for this meeting.
I wanted to confirm the dates as *25-26 May (Sunday/Monday) in Frankfurt, Germany*. We expect to begin with an optional dinner on 24th May with the Funds Dissemination Committee and then move into a half day meeting with them in the morning of the 25th May (Sunday). Venue and accommodation options are being investigated. I am also pleased to say that the majority of the Advisory Group members have confirmed that they will be able to attend the meeting, which is terrific news. Again, note that the costs of your attendance at this meeting will be covered by the Wikimedia Foundation.
I want to thank Pete and Richard for agreeing to join the small group of those working on the agenda. If there is one more person who would like to join, please let us know. Our team will reach out to you in the coming weeks to begin planning the agenda, and we will be sure to secure inputs from members of the Board. Pete, you had asked about the written assignment or remit for the meeting. The FDC Framework outlines the goals for this meeting as:
The Advisory Group will return in a formal capacity at two points before disbanding in September of 2014: <<snip>> 2. After 1.5 years (three rounds) of funds dissemination has been completed and assessed (roughly, in mid-March 2014), the Advisory Group will meet again to advise the WMF Executive Director on improvements to the process based on updated assessment and learnings. [1]
Pete, I believe your suggested agenda points are very much on target with that outlined goal above, and can be further refined with the small group.
Our travel team will be reaching out to you shortly to begin to support you with visa requests (if needed) as well as to book your travel.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Also, kindly cc: FDCsupport@wikimedia.org to ensure no gaps in communication.
Warm regards to all, and a happy valentine's day to those celebrating it! Katy
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Fra... *(see "Two-year Trial Period") *
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Katy Love klove@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Ting, and all,
We will be compiling a number of inputs for the Advisory Group to review
in the coming months. In the mean time, here is a list of the three rounds of funding requests and the FDC recommendations. The best go-to spot for all proposals and recommendations is on the FDC portal under the Proposals section: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals
Here's a bit more, with the requests broken out from the recommendations:
Round 1 2012-2013 Funding requests:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2012-2013_round1
Recommendations:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_rou...
Round 2 2012-2013 Funding requests:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2012-2013_round2
Recommendations:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_rou...
Round 1 2013-2014 Funding requests:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1
Recommendations:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2013-2014_rou...
If there are other documents you'd like to see compiled, please let me
know.
Warm regards, Katy
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:38 AM, Ting Chen wing2004philopp@gmail.com
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@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:
- Can you kindly confirm to me off-list whether you would be able to
attend this meeting?
- 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@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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