On 25 Oct 2012, at 08:10, Dariusz Jemielniak darekj@alk.edu.pl wrote:
Finally, my understanding is that formally the big general governance picture is that FDC is meant for the largest proposals from Wikimedia entities, while grants are meant for the smaller ones and individuals, so the whole discussion clearly does not apply to FDC concern.
That's also my understanding. The recommendations that the FDC make do connect to grant-making to individuals, but at a step or two removed - e.g. the WMF's GAC budget is part of the WMF's FDC application [1], and various chapters also have grant-making processes (e.g. [2] [3]) described in their FDC applications.
[1] See row 4 of http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round1/Wikimed... [2] search for 'grant' in http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round1/Wikimed... [3] see row 3 of http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round1/Wikim%C...
Thanks, Mike (FDC member)