I am looking forward to the year ahead too. However, for the record, I am disappointed
with several aspects of the AP document as currently written, and it is not a document
that I would have approved in its current form. I think that WMF should have its APs
scrubbed by an uninvolved expert party, similar to how the FDC scrubs the APs of Wikimedia
affiliates that submit AP funding requests to WMF. I am unhappy about WMF approving its
own APs, particularly given how the WMF APs consistently fail to meet my expectations, and
if given the choice I would put a stop to this practice.
Pine
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https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
-------- Original message --------From: Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> Date:
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<wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia
Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is
on Meta-wiki
Hi all,
The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce that our final FY18-19
Annual Plan[1] is now available on Meta. The Annual Plan was approved by
the Board of Trustees on June 12th.
This Annual Plan remains organized around three goals that focus on making
critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re
better positioned for our ongoing work against the strategic direction[2].
The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move us closer to
knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3
to 5 year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to
guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
From all of us here at the Foundation, we thank everyone who engaged with
the process by asking questions and providing feedback on the Annual Plan
throughout its development. This insight continues to push us to improve
our planning, our programs, and the way that we share our work. Based on
this feedback and our continued refinement of our plans, we have updated
the budget and several of the specific program plans that are linked in the
Appendix.
We look forward to the year ahead!
Katherine
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2018-2019/…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:42 PM, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan for
FY18-19 is now on Meta[1].
This year, we have organized our efforts around three goals that focus on
making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that
we’re better positioned for our coming work against the strategic
direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move us
closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute
against the 3- to 5-year strategic plan which we intend to develop this
year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
As you’ll see, we’ve made some changes to the structure of this year’s
annual plan. This year’s plan is organized around three goals for the
Foundation’s work in the year to come. By restructuring the Annual Plan, we
have written a plan for the whole Foundation, rather than an aggregation
of plans from all of our departments and teams. In this sense, we’re
seeking to become a better-integrated institution, rather than a collection
of teams and departments with disparate goals.
We’ve also reduced the overall length of the published Annual Plan. We
wanted to make sure that the focus and goals of our work don’t get lost in
the details. Of course, we know that many community members enjoy reading
the particulars of our planned work, so you can still access the details of
departmental programs through links to their descriptions on Meta or
MediaWiki.org. These links will provide interested readers with detailed
departmental programs, which describe the specific and detailed program
goals, impact and outcomes. This change does not sacrifice the depth and
rigor of our planning process, but rather, it is meant to keep the Annual
Plan lean and focused while allowing interested readers to dive deep into
the details.
Finally, we’ve expanded the planning framework we instituted last year for
cross-departmental programs to all of our programs across the Foundation.
This allows us to clearly link a program’s resources to outcomes and
measures. As such, we’ve presented the Annual Plan budget in terms of our
investments in the three defined goals rather than in terms of our internal
organizational structure.
Thank you all for your support over the past year. I'm really looking
forward to your feedback on this year's proposed plan during the open
comment period -- a reminder it runs through May 15th.
Thanks!
Katherine
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_
Plan/2018-2019/Draft
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
--
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Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation
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San Francisco, CA 94104
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+1 (415) 712 4873 <(415)%20712-4873>
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https://annual.wikimedia.org
--
Katherine Maher
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94104
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
+1 (415) 712 4873
kmaher(a)wikimedia.org
https://annual.wikimedia.org
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