Thanks Tilman. I asked a question on the Annual Plan talk page that's relevant here as well, and anyone who knows the answer can respond, especially while Anasuya is busy. Can someone explain the difference between the functions of the L&E and PED groups, and is there a plan to integrate them?

Thanks,

Pine

=== Grantmaking Learning and Evaluation, and Program Evaluation & Design ===

/(The Program Evaluation and Design group, formerly situated in the Programs department, became part of the Grantmaking department in February, see announcement Q&A https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/QA_Frank_Schulenburg_announcement_February_2014)/

• Concluded the alpha *test of Fluxx http://fluxx.io/, the grantmaking software*, and worked collaboratively with Fluxx labs to fix the reported bugs and enhance the user experience based on the current workflow of WMF grants programs.
• Started a community discussion on ArWp to set up *a new micro-grants program pilot https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/ARWP_small_individual_grants_pilot*

that would directly support the needs of individual contributors via microgrants from the Wikimedia Foundation for access to sources.

• Prepared development work on *Wikimetrics* (with Analytics), with a contract starting 3/3/2014.
• In partnership with IEG, set up three Grantmaking portals (IEG, IdeaLab, and Grants:Start) for *translation*. Developed best practices and a workflow for separating translatable content from template structure and style in grantmaking portals (see Translatable Content Template

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:TCT).

• In partnership with IEG, began to draft *IdeaLab sprint planning https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Build/March-June_2014_sprint_plan*.

Focusing on technical requirements and impact evaluation criteria.

• Grants Programs: o Annual Plan Grants: published *cost-benefit survey results https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/Feedback_and_continuous_improvement_of_the_FDC_process/Cost-Benefit_Survey* o Project & Event Grants: Launched work with consultancy "Inspire" to *map out the spending over time* and prepare potential framework
• Released revised and expanded *learning module for Wikimetrics https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Learning_modules/1Wikimetrics_Training_Overview*
• Developed plans for pre-conference workshop sessions for *Wikimedia Conference 2014*

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/News#upcoming-events

• Hosted two evaluation and learning *virtual meet-ups*: o The first presented by Jaime Anstee: "Program tracking and reporting toolkit" (February 13, At least 9 program leaders, 4 GLEE, and 4 PE&D team members attended live; current youtube view count: 24) View the toolkit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/Tracking_and_Reporting_Toolkit or the recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmQ50zm_CtA o The second presented by Jessie Wild and Siko Bouterse: "How to be a Star IEG Grantee" (February 19), attended by at least 7 program leaders, 5 from GLEE, and 1 PE&D member (view count at 25) View the report https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Learning/Round_1_2013/Impact

or the recording https://plus.google.com/events/c5sud44lefi4nv9cpqu4hck9qec

...

Revenue for the month of January is $3.42MM versus plan of $0.01MM, approximately $3.41MM or 58,335% over plan. Year-to-date revenue is $38.17MM versus plan of $45.04MM, approximately $6.87MM or 15% under plan.

Can we please use the word "fiscal" if we don't mean calendar year?

...

Expenses for the month of January is $3.97MM versus plan of $4.53MM, approximately $559K or 12% under plan, primarily due to lower personnel expenses, capital expenses, internet hosting, legal fees, grants and travel expenses partially offset by higher outside contract services and payment processing fees. Year-to-date expenses is $22.75MM versus plan of $27.39MM, approximately $4.64MM or 17% under plan, Cash position is $54.67MM as of January 31, 2014.

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