On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Sydney <sydney.poore@gmail.com> wrote:That's unfortunate. I understood the narrowing focus to mean not
> 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.
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.
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