Thanks, Itzik, for your wishes. Much appreciated!
About Sue, Stephen, Frank and Asaf's sessions, the staff assessments are
the only inputs to the FDC process that are designed to be public at this
time. And of course, the key output that is public is the FDC
recommendations text (to be published by e.o.d December 1).
Just as FYI, the term 'presentations' may be a bit grandiose: many of these
will be conversations around specific queries the FDC may have. Frank and
Asaf's inputs on programmatic work and grants compliance are specifically
designed to help the FDC with proposal review. However, Sue and Stephen are
not offering any inputs into the proposal review: Sue will probably share
her thoughts on the ED transition, the FDC annual report and any other
questions the FDC may have, while Stephen is supporting the FDC in
understanding good practices around CoI issues.
I hope this helps,
Anasuya
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Itzik Edri <itzik(a)infra.co.il> wrote:
Thanks Anasuya for this update and I wish the FDC and
the FDC's staff good
luck in this demanding process.
Will Sue, Stephen, Frank and Asaf presentations will be shared with the
community also?
On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 12:06 AM, Anasuya Sengupta
<asengupta(a)wikimedia.org>wrote;wrote:
tl;dr The FDC is meeting in San Francisco at the
WMF office from November
17-21 for its deliberations on the current round of proposals. To ensure
that confidentiality is maintained throughout the process, I sent out a
letter to WMF staff with the ground rules established by the FDC.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Anasuya Sengupta <asengupta(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:02 PM
Subject: FDC deliberations being hosted at WMF from October 17 - 21
To: Staff All <wmfall(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: Funds Dissemination Committee List <fdc(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear all (mainly: WMF staff in SF and visiting remote staff),
This is a heads up that the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) will be
in
the Wikimedia office for five days starting
Sunday: November 17 - 21st,
to
deliberate on the current round of proposals for
Annual Plan Grants from
11
Wikimedia organizations.[1] They will be working
in Yongle for most of
these five days, and using the Inversion Table/Ford Prefect room on
occasion.
For those who came in late: the FDC is an advisory committee to the WMF
Board, comprising 9 community members (elected and selected from across
the
Wikimedia movement) who meet twice a year to make
recommendations on the
allocation of movement-resources; specifically annual plan grants/FDC
allocations for Wikimedia organizations.[2] They are joined by two Board
representatives, who participate as observers during these
deliberations.[3] The current FDC members are Arjuna Rao Chavala
(Arjunaraoc), Cristian Consonni (CristianCantoro), Dariusz Jemielniak
(Pundit), Ali Haidar Khan (Tonmoy), Delphine Ménard (Notafish), Mike
Peel,
Yuri Perohanych (Perohanych), Sydney Poore
(FloNight) and Anders
Wennersten
(Yger). The two Board reps are Bishakha Datta and
Patricio Lorente.
Please welcome them to WMF when you see them! At the same time, I ask for
your understanding in appreciating the serious nature of their task. This
is really tough work, that takes significant energy and focus to get to a
high quality set of recommendations by the end of the meeting. In order
to
also maintain confidentiality while they do so,
the FDC has set in place
a
few ground rules that they’ve asked me to share
with you. They’ve
requested
that:
1. WMF staff not ask FDC members or any other meeting participants about
any of the applications under consideration, or related FDC processes.
2. The outcomes of the deliberations are not shared with WMF staff or
others before they’re publicly announced (by e.o.d on December 1).
3. Only those WMF staff members who’ve been asked to support the FDC with
inputs attend the meetings.
4. Others supporting the process (logistics etc) can only come in after
individual sessions or discussions are over.
FYI: these ground rules apply to any Wikimedia organization that might
host
an FDC meeting. Like with WMF in this round
(which doesn’t have a
proposal
under consideration), no organization will be
applying for funds in the
same round of deliberations it hosts.
The draft schedule for the meeting is here.[4] For the meeting, here’s
the
list of WMF staff with direct inputs:
Katy, Winifred, Jessie, Garfield and Anasuya (will be supporting the FDC
throughout the meeting and present for all the deliberations)
Sue, Stephen, Frank and Asaf (have scheduled presentations)
Adele (logistics) and any other staff (on request from the FDC)
To be clear, WMF staff who are present throughout the deliberations do
not
take part in the discussions around proposals. We
offer our analysis,
help
facilitate and take notes and respond to any
additional queries by the
FDC.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
And finally, I do hope you have the opportunity to say hello to some of
the
FDC members when possible. They’re inspiring
members of our community
from
all over the world, contributing to multiple
Wikimedia projects, doing
really thoughtful work in the interests of our movement. They’re awesome.
:-)
thanks,
Anasuya
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_members/2013-2014_round1/Del…
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