On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Sydney sydney.poore@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, with the narrowing focus last year the community will need to take the lead. But from the meeting earlier this year it is clear that there definitely is talented people on staff at WMF who are more than willing to assist as their time permits.
That's unfortunate. I understood the narrowing focus to mean not placing WMF offices and contractors around the world, or doing sort of boots on the ground face to face outreach. Since usability initiatives and some other programs are still ongoing, it seems like the gender gap should've stayed on the table for direct involvement even if not through the vehicle of the fellowship program. Too bad.
That said, there are chapters who receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding from the FDC despite having objectively achieved very little to date; certainly that means there is an opportunity there for people with an interest in dedicating themselves full time to this work to be compensated fairly through a funded WMF affiliate.