Itzik Edri skrev 2014-02-11 09:26:
makes the FDC kind of powerless, having to face him over the next 2 year with a really hard decisions about really limiting the allocation for the chapters, without of course, having enough time, knowledge or resources for them to prepare for self fundraising.
FDC is a subcommittee to the Board and our prime input is the directives and guidelines from the Board and the FDC framework. This decision does not change this or the role or work of FDC. And limiting allocation we have already done in three Rounds ;)
I personally am not happy with this decision, mainly because it, as it is written, seems to limit the possibilities of growth in new and emerging entities that can give results with good impact for the movement locally. But it is nine months until it will come into actual effect and with some clever thinking and discussion among all of us, I think it would be possible to come to allocations that will mean a "cap" on growth at the same time as we can give proper support to the newer entities
Anders
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:33 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I want to draw your attention to two Wikimedia Board of Trustees decisions that were recently published, regarding funds allocated to the FDC/Annual plan grant process and Board approval of chapter/thematic organization status. In a nutshell, the Board decided to allocate approximately the same amount of funding to the FDC for the next two years. The Board also decided that new organizations should first form as a user group and have two years of programmatic experience before being approved as a legally incorporated entity (either a chapter or thematic organization).
The decisions are published in the meeting minutes here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2013-11-24#Movement_roles
There is also a FAQ on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_roles_FAQ
You will notice these decisions are published in the minutes for the November meeting. We originally took these decisions at that meeting; however as the FAQ explains it took us some time to talk to community groups, clarify our wording and write the FAQ.
Hopefully the FAQ will answer many of your questions about these decisions; however, if there are other questions please do ask them, here or on the meta talk page. Thank you!
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