Hello again FD Advisory Group,

It was wonderful to speak with you all last week and hear your perspectives on the progress of the FDC. Thank you, again, to Richard, for both co-facilitating the call and for providing a good summary of the meeting, too.

At this point, as mentioned before, we'd like to suggest that the Advisory Group share some perspective on the first year of the FDC's existence through some brief inputs for the annual FDC report.

Would one of you be willing to take what Richard has started with the meeting summary and turn it into a few paragraphs for the AG's input to the FDC report? Anasuya posed two questions that could be a useful starting point for your reflection: * Is the FDC proceeding in the right direction for the movement, both in terms of process as well as building up learning around impact? * Are there critical challenges or gaps that the FDC should be mindful about for the coming year?

Kindly let me know if one of you is able and interested to lead this effort. We are hoping to have a few paragraphs in the next few days to get input from the other AG members to then include in the FDC Annual Report. Of course, Anasuya and I would be happy to support you.

Many thanks!

Katy

On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Pavel Richter pavel.richter@wikimedia.dewrote:

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Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Pavel Richter Vorstand

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tel.: +49 - 30 - 219 158 260 Twitter: @pavel

2013/7/11 Richard Ames richard@ames.id.au

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Funds Distribution Comittee (FDC) Advisory Group (AG) teleconference of 11 July 2013

The group met to review the FDC process to date; the FDC AG members present were Richard, Osmar, Pavel, Kathy, Jan-Bart. Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) FDC staff present were Katy, Winifred, Anasuya. An etherpad summary of the discussion is at [1].

The FDC Year 1 Process Review, 2012-13 [2] formed the basis of the discussion and the group felt the survey covered the current state of the FDC effort correctly. There was universal agreement regarding communication between applicants and foundation staff - that this is the most challenging aspect of the relationship; new and inexperienced entities have a difficult time meeting the requirements and communication is the solution. Steering smaller (possibly less mature) entities to simpler grant possibilities may be part of the solution.

The group agreed we were making good progress using the 'framework' [3]. The 2014 review scheduled for March will be delayed to May to better fit the FDC staff workload.

1. http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/**bUK9d3SRUdhttp://etherpad.wikimedia.org/bUK9d3SRUd

2. http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/FDC_portal/Feedback_and_**

continuous_improvement_of_the_**FDC_process/Process_Survey/** 2012-13_Year_Reviewhttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Feedback_and_continuous_improvement_of_the_FDC_process/Process_Survey/2012-13_Year_Review

3. http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Funds_Dissemination_**

Committee/Framework_for_the_**Creation_and_Initial_**Operation_of_the_FDChttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC

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