On Jul 15, 2021, at 3:45 PM, Elena Lappen &lt;elappen(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:elappen@wikimedia.org>> wrote: Hi everyone, Kelsi mentioned this in her first email, but I wanted to say a bit more about the Annual Plan Conversations (office hours) that we are coordinating with executives and senior leaders to give you a chance to chat with them about the Annual Plan. Please feel free to bring any questions or comments to the sessions, or submit questions ahead of time. Information about submitting questions and joining the sessions are on the Meta page [1], but I have copied the schedule below. I will record and post the conversations, along with the transcripts, for those that cannot attend. I will also send out a reminder about joining closer to the dates. Thanks and hope to see you there! Annual Plan Conversations schedule: 26 July at 18:00 UTC: Legal and Talent and Culture Departments. Amanda Keton (General Counsel), Maggie Dennis (Vice President of Community Resilience and Sustainability), Vignesh Ashok (Vice President of Global Equity, Diversity and Inclusion), & Robyn Arville (Chief Talent and Culture Officer) 28 July at 15:00 UTC: Product and Technology Departments. Toby Negrin (Chief Product Officer) and Tajh Taylor (Vice President of Data Science and Engineering) 29 July at 17:00 UTC: Finance and Administration and Advancement Departments. Jaime Villagomez (Chief Financial Officer) and Lisa Seitz Gruwell (Chief Advancement Officer) 2 August at 17:00 UTC: Communications Department. Anusha Alikhan (Senior Director of Communications) and Mayur Paul (Director of Movement Communications) Best, Elena [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/… <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/Annual_Plan_2021-2022#Annual_Plan_Conversations> -- Elena Lappen (she/her) Senior Movement Communications Specialist Wikimedia Foundation > On Jul 15, 2021, at 3:21 PM, kstinerowe(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:kstinerowe@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > A few responses to questions raised here about the annual plan: > > Thanks Mike for your question about community input into the annual plan, which I answered briefly on Meta [1]. Yes, you are correct that the annual plan is a finalized product as it has been each year since the launch of the Foundation’s Medium Term Plan (MTP) in 2019 [2]. Basically, the Annual Plan is a set of commitments on areas of work along with goals. It is produced through Foundation teams connecting the long term ambitions voiced through collaboration with volunteer communities with our budget, staff, legal and fiduciary requirements, technical systems, and other constraints. It’s not meant to be a list of activities that we’ll do - this level of detail is worked out (and evolves a lot!) throughout the year in collaboration with volunteers within individual projects. But the annual plan guides Foundation teams in building their strategies and work plans throughout the year. > > Andreas - yes, you are correct that the Foundation’s annual budget has increased by $38 million this year, with the largest part of this growth going to supporting a thriving Wikimedia movement. The Foundation has budgeted for a 157% increase in “Thriving Movement” from last year, meaning this budget category has roughly doubled in size as part of the Foundation’s overall budget. These new funds include an overall grants budget for the movement that has almost doubled (from roughly $8 million to $15.6 million) and support for initiatives like movement governance, movement strategy, better access to data about the Wikimedia movement, and the Universal Code of Conduct. > > In a world of widespread disinformation, sociopolitical instability, and threats to open knowledge, a thriving and independent Wikimedia movement faces more challenges now than ever before - and it is with the generosity of our donors across the world that our movement answers this call. > > Best, > > Kelsi > kstinerowe(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:kstinerowe@wikimedia.org> > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_… > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org… > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org