The draft Annual Plan for FY 15-16 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2015-16> is available for ​community input and ​ comments. Please post any suggestions on the Talk page < https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Annu… . The objective of this process is to ​make certain that we have community feedback on ​this initial draft ​of the ​ annual plan for next fiscal year (7/1/2015 - 6/30/2016) ​.​ ​We value this input to ​assist in the improvement of the final version ​ .​ This ​draft ​ ​version of the ​ annual plan is also being reviewed by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees so that the Wikimedia Foundation can review input from the Board of Trustees and community at the same time. T ​he final version of the Annual Plan is scheduled to be submitted to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees ​for a vote ​ on June 15, 2015 ​. Best regards, Garfield Best regards, Garfield -- Garfield Byrd Chief of Finance and Administration Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext 6787 415.882.0495 (fax) www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! *https://donate.wikimedia.org <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

Hi Garfield, Thanks for this update. * Is this intended to be the last annual plan, as WMF shifts to a quarterly planning cycle? If so, how will Fundraising know how much money to raise each quarter/year?

* Are SMART goals documented for each department? If so, where can we see them?

* I see that there are many new proposed FTEs but I'm unclear on what SMART goals those FTEs are intended to address. Is there a page that documents clear links between the FTE hires, the SMART goals for their departments, and explanations of how current capacity is insufficient to address the needs that these new hires are addressing?

I support making targeted in FTE increases that are clearly linked to goals and/or filling gaps, and I would like to see those links in this document or in an appendix.

I am very interested in hearing what my fellow Wikimedians think of this document, particularly those who have experience with managing our affiliates and those with FDC experience. Thanks, Pine On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Garfield Byrd &lt;gbyrd(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2015-16> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Annu… _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/GuidelinesWikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

Hi Pine, I have answered your questions in the text of your email. Regards, Garfield On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Pine W &lt;wiki.pine(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

In the quarterly goal setting process, the annual plan will be segmented into quarterly goals for each department or team. The success of the quarterly goals set by each department or team will reported on in the Wikimedia Foundation Quarterly Report <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Quarterly_Report,_FY_2014-15_Q3_(January-March).pdf>.