Re: [Wikimedia-l] Funds Dissemination Committee Recommendations for Round 1 2016-2017

-- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 2016-11-18 4:23 GMT+01:00 Risker risker.wp@gmail.com: > Dear Wikimedians, > > > The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meets twice a year to make > recommendations about how to effectively allocate movement funds to achieve > the Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. This is now the > 9th round of allocations made by the FDC, and we met in person from > November 13-17 in San Francisco to deliberate on 11 proposals submitted > this round. We would like to thank all of the participating organizations > for the hard work they put into this round’s proposals. > > > Our recommendations for Round 1 2016-2017 on the annual plan grants to the > Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees have now been posted on Meta.[1] The > Board will review our deliberations and make a decision by January 1, 2017. > > > We received grant requests for approximately USD 3,467,000 this round > (including two requests for two-year funding). Before we met, committee > members reviewed all of the proposals and documents submitted. We were > assisted in this review with input from the FDC staff assessments which > included analysis on impact, finances, and programs, as well as community > comments on the proposals. > > > As you may know, there is a formal process to submit complaints or appeals > about these recommendations. Here are the steps for both: > > > Any organization that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s Round 1 > recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives to the FDC by > 23:59 UTC on 8 December 2016 in accord with the appeal process outlined in > the FDC Framework [2]. A formal appeal to challenge the FDC’s > recommendation should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word summary > directed to the two non-voting WMF Board representatives to the FDC, > Dariusz Jemielniak and Guy Kawasaki. The appeal should be submitted > on-wiki, and must be submitted by the Board Chair of a funding-seeking > applicant. The Wikimedia Foundation Board will publish its decision on this > and all recommendations by January 1, 2017. > > > Anyone can file a complaint about the FDC process [3] with the Ombudsperson > at any time. The complaint should be submitted on wiki, as well. The > Ombudsperson will publicly document the complaint, and investigate as > needed. > > > > On behalf of the FDC, > > > Anne Clin / Risker > > FDC Chair > > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2016-2017_ > round_1 > > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Appeals_to_the_Board_on_the_ > recommendations_of_the_FDC > > [3] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Complaints_ > about_the_FDC_process > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe