Hello Everyone :-) I'm writing to extend an invitation to people interested in increasing female participation in Wikimedia Foundation projects to join the discussion about creating a Funds Dissemination Committee. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Draft_FDC_Prop… The purpose of the FDC will be to make recommendations to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees for funding activities and initiatives in support of the mission goals of the Wikimedia movement. It would be great to have people from this mailing list chime in to decrease the likelihood of adding systemic bias to the fund dissemination process. Also, since one of the Strategic Planning goals is to encourage diversity, a review of the plan from people on this list will be helpful to make sure we are putting a process in place that is friendly towards a variety of populations of people. The Fund Dissemination Committee Advisory Group is meeting next week to finalize our recommendations, so it would be good to hear comments right away. Sydney Poore User:FloNight