MZMcBride, that is an *excellent* find -- I had forgotten that it was articulated as a formal policy. I have now updated my blog post on the topic with a link to that email: http://wikistrategies.net/grant-transparency/
Perhaps Lisa can tell us whether that policy was ever rescinded?
-Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]]
On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 5:24 PM, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
MZMcBride wrote:
Wes and Katherine: do you know what steps need to be taken in order to release the documents surrounding this Knight Foundation grant? Or do you know who at the Wikimedia Foundation would be the best/most appropriate contact to figure this out? Geoff and the legal team? One of the grants-related staff such as Janice? Any help would be appreciated!
Remembering that similar questions about grant agreements have come previously, I just dug through my e-mail archives and found a 2011 e-mail from Lisa Gruwell. In the e-mail, she's very supportive of the idea of putting grants documents on Meta-Wiki. Copying her as well on this thread as she's still working with the Wikimedia Foundation, though it's not clear to me whether her role has shifted to other focuses.
In case anyone is curious, here is Sue's response from October 2011: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2011-October/116339.html
MZMcBride
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