Greetings to all:
We wanted to let you know that the staff proposal assessments have been posted on Meta for all proposals that were submitted in 2013-2014 Round 1: * The proposal assessments are each linked to from the "Proposals" page for this round: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals * All proposal assessments for this round are also found in this category on Meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:FDC_Staff_proposal_assessments_for_2...
You may also visit an overview of the financial information presented in these proposals, which includes information for all proposals in this round: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1/Financi... .
The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to support an organization’s overall annual plan to achieve mission objectives. We encourage you to visit the portal if you would like more information about the FDC process, or would like to discuss the process: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal.
In brief, staff assessments are but one of many inputs into the FDC process. With this round's assessments we (FDC staff) have included a more detailed explanation of our methodology. The assessments reflect the work of FDC staff who read the proposals, review past and current reports, receive internal input from WMF Finance, Programs, Legal, and Grantmaking, and consider a portfolio view across all proposals in this round. They do not reflect the analysis or views of the FDC or any of its individual members. The FDC will meet from 17 November to 22 November to deliberate on these proposals, and will consider these staff proposal assessments along with many other inputs into the FDC process. For more information about the purpose of these assessments and how they fit into the FDC process overall, please visit: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_t... .
We welcome discussion about individual assessments on the discussion page of each assessment, or discussion about the process overall on the FDC portal: *https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Comments https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Comments*.
Best regards from FDC staff!
Winifred Olliff Grants Administrator Wikimedia Foundation
Thank you for the hard work that has gone into the detailed assessments and reports.
I like the look of the assessment framework and the thinking that has gone on behind it. If we continue to refine this assessment process, it would be neat if a hierarchical breakdown of the assessment model and then the detailed workings of each assessment could be openly published. In this way specific areas of improvement could be quite narrowly defined and then compared on a year by year basis as changes are put into action.
Beyond the numbers, I can see a lot of value in the sensible qualitative feedback given, including "soft" areas such as community issues. I hope that chapter board members and employees take some time to seriously reflect on the the feedback for other chapters, as well as their own specific risks and issues highlighted.
Cheers, Fae
On 9 November 2013 16:37, Winifred Olliff wolliff@wikimedia.org wrote:
Greetings to all:
We wanted to let you know that the staff proposal assessments have been posted on Meta for all proposals that were submitted in 2013-2014 Round 1:
- The proposal assessments are each linked to from the "Proposals" page for
this round: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals
- All proposal assessments for this round are also found in this category
on Meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:FDC_Staff_proposal_assessments_for_2...
You may also visit an overview of the financial information presented in these proposals, which includes information for all proposals in this round: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1/Financi... .
The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to support an organization’s overall annual plan to achieve mission objectives. We encourage you to visit the portal if you would like more information about the FDC process, or would like to discuss the process: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal.
In brief, staff assessments are but one of many inputs into the FDC process. With this round's assessments we (FDC staff) have included a more detailed explanation of our methodology. The assessments reflect the work of FDC staff who read the proposals, review past and current reports, receive internal input from WMF Finance, Programs, Legal, and Grantmaking, and consider a portfolio view across all proposals in this round. They do not reflect the analysis or views of the FDC or any of its individual members. The FDC will meet from 17 November to 22 November to deliberate on these proposals, and will consider these staff proposal assessments along with many other inputs into the FDC process. For more information about the purpose of these assessments and how they fit into the FDC process overall, please visit: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_t... .
We welcome discussion about individual assessments on the discussion page of each assessment, or discussion about the process overall on the FDC portal: *https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Comments https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Comments*.
Best regards from FDC staff!
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