On 29 April 2013 10:21, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Christophe,
From: christophe.henner@gmail.com Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:07:45 +0200 To: dgerard@gmail.com CC: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resignation announcement, and a parting remark to everyone As I said in my previous email:
- Most of the chapters should go through the GAC first, to get used
with a formal process
Uhm, isn't this what is already happening? All those who are eligible for FDC funding have already gone through the normal Grants Program a multiple times.
Not all, and many only for project grants not for operations grants (like part time accounting). This is a flaw of how the process is perceive I think.
- We need the first employee/office space budget being a specific GAC
or FDC process (there's pros and cons in having one or the other handling it). Because let's be honest, the actual FDC process is way to heavy for those needs and the GAC is not meant to handle such requests
I'm sorry I don't understand that "you need a specific GAC process..." Do you mind rephrasing? Thanks,Abbas.
GAC is not able to provide grant for a full time employee right now. The only way to get funds for that first employee is through the FDC. Which, as I said earlier, is a really heavy process.
That being said, GAC can already provide funds for external contractors on specific tasks, like accounting.
Is my rephrasing better? :s
-- Christophe