On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
Wow. I honestly didn't think the conflict of interest issue was this serious. What does giving up the next fundraiser due to the WM-UK budget? Does this change reflect a lack of trust between the WMF and the current WM-UK leadership?
Hi Nathan,
Just on the fundraiser point -- the idea of the new FDC (funds dissemination committee) process is that chapter budget allocations would be totally independent of how much they do or don't raise via payment-processing -- on the principle that funds should be allocated according to need/impact, rather than tied to or based on in-country fundraising stats. So WMUK's budget planning process shouldn't be changed, aside from maybe how they plan for the fundraiser, since they would prepare a project budget for review either way.
-- Phoebe (not speaking for anyone!)