Many thanks (and much kudos to) Barry for responding in detail to my question on-wiki at:
Hi Barry,
It's great to see this moving forward, and for there to be an Advisory Group
established to facilitate this process.
However, I'm concerned that the process of appointing this Advisory Group is not
particularly transparent. It's unclear as to why these members were selected rather
than the others that were nominated, particularly given the fairly generic criteria that
were (somewhat arbitrarily) set out by the WMF. Given that this committee is intended to
advise the dissemination of funds for the movement at large, it would be good if this
could be expanded upon in public rather than kept confidential within the WMF.
(I'm copying this query to
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Funds_Dissemination_Committee/FDC_Advis… -
please also respond there.)
Thanks,
Mike
On 23 Apr 2012, at 20:04, Barry Newstead (WMF) wrote:
Hi -
Per earlier communications, we have selected the Advisory Group to support the design
process for the Funds Dissemination Committee in accordance with the formation process we
laid out on Meta.[1]
The FDC Advisory Group role and the names of the members can be found on Meta.[2]
Thanks to all who were nominated for the Group and we hope that everyone will contribute
to the process.
Please do "watch" the Funds Dissemination Committee pages and contribute to the
design process.[3]
[1]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/FDC_Advisory_G…
[2]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/FDC_Advisory_G…
[3]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee
Thanks,
Barry
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Barry Newstead
Chief Global Development Officer
Wikimedia Foundation
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