Hi everyone,
I'm delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan for FY18-19 is now on Meta[1].
This year, we have organized our efforts around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our coming work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move us closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3- to 5-year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
As you’ll see, we’ve made some changes to the structure of this year’s annual plan. This year’s plan is organized around three goals for the Foundation’s work in the year to come. By restructuring the Annual Plan, we have written a plan for the whole Foundation, rather than an aggregation of plans from all of our departments and teams. In this sense, we’re seeking to become a better-integrated institution, rather than a collection of teams and departments with disparate goals.
We’ve also reduced the overall length of the published Annual Plan. We wanted to make sure that the focus and goals of our work don’t get lost in the details. Of course, we know that many community members enjoy reading the particulars of our planned work, so you can still access the details of departmental programs through links to their descriptions on Meta or MediaWiki.org. These links will provide interested readers with detailed departmental programs, which describe the specific and detailed program goals, impact and outcomes. This change does not sacrifice the depth and rigor of our planning process, but rather, it is meant to keep the Annual Plan lean and focused while allowing interested readers to dive deep into the details.
Finally, we’ve expanded the planning framework we instituted last year for cross-departmental programs to all of our programs across the Foundation. This allows us to clearly link a program’s resources to outcomes and measures. As such, we’ve presented the Annual Plan budget in terms of our investments in the three defined goals rather than in terms of our internal organizational structure.
Thank you all for your support over the past year. I'm really looking forward to your feedback on this year's proposed plan during the open comment period -- a reminder it runs through May 15th.
Thanks! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ Annual_Plan/2018-2019/Draft [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
Hi,
This seems to be an increase of $15 million USD in the WMF’s budget, with a $0.2 USD million increase in the international Wikimedia budget (through grants to chapters and other affiliates).
That goes against the movement direction of "As a social movement, we will focus our efforts on the knowledge and communities that have been left out by structures of power and privilege”. Why aren’t we increasing our spending in the global south (through local affiliates) at the same rate that we are increasing it in the US?
Thanks, Mike
On 29 Mar 2018, at 17:42, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan for FY18-19 is now on Meta[1].
This year, we have organized our efforts around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our coming work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move us closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3- to 5-year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
As you’ll see, we’ve made some changes to the structure of this year’s annual plan. This year’s plan is organized around three goals for the Foundation’s work in the year to come. By restructuring the Annual Plan, we have written a plan for the whole Foundation, rather than an aggregation of plans from all of our departments and teams. In this sense, we’re seeking to become a better-integrated institution, rather than a collection of teams and departments with disparate goals.
We’ve also reduced the overall length of the published Annual Plan. We wanted to make sure that the focus and goals of our work don’t get lost in the details. Of course, we know that many community members enjoy reading the particulars of our planned work, so you can still access the details of departmental programs through links to their descriptions on Meta or MediaWiki.org. These links will provide interested readers with detailed departmental programs, which describe the specific and detailed program goals, impact and outcomes. This change does not sacrifice the depth and rigor of our planning process, but rather, it is meant to keep the Annual Plan lean and focused while allowing interested readers to dive deep into the details.
Finally, we’ve expanded the planning framework we instituted last year for cross-departmental programs to all of our programs across the Foundation. This allows us to clearly link a program’s resources to outcomes and measures. As such, we’ve presented the Annual Plan budget in terms of our investments in the three defined goals rather than in terms of our internal organizational structure.
Thank you all for your support over the past year. I'm really looking forward to your feedback on this year's proposed plan during the open comment period -- a reminder it runs through May 15th.
Thanks! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ Annual_Plan/2018-2019/Draft [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
-- Katherine Maher
Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
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Could we not conflate the US with the WMF? There are a large number Wikimedia volunteers in the US who fuel a robust group of chapters, user groups, conferences, and individual outreach efforts who act independently of the WMF just like affiliates in the Global South.
On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:05 PM, Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net wrote:
Hi,
This seems to be an increase of $15 million USD in the WMF’s budget, with a $0.2 USD million increase in the international Wikimedia budget (through grants to chapters and other affiliates).
That goes against the movement direction of "As a social movement, we will focus our efforts on the knowledge and communities that have been left out by structures of power and privilege”. Why aren’t we increasing our spending in the global south (through local affiliates) at the same rate that we are increasing it in the US?
Thanks, Mike
On 29 Mar 2018, at 17:42, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan for FY18-19 is now on Meta[1].
This year, we have organized our efforts around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our coming work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move
us
closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3- to 5-year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
As you’ll see, we’ve made some changes to the structure of this year’s annual plan. This year’s plan is organized around three goals for the Foundation’s work in the year to come. By restructuring the Annual Plan,
we
have written a plan for the whole Foundation, rather than an aggregation of plans from all of our departments and teams. In this sense, we’re seeking to become a better-integrated institution, rather than a
collection
of teams and departments with disparate goals.
We’ve also reduced the overall length of the published Annual Plan. We wanted to make sure that the focus and goals of our work don’t get lost
in
the details. Of course, we know that many community members enjoy reading the particulars of our planned work, so you can still access the details
of
departmental programs through links to their descriptions on Meta or MediaWiki.org. These links will provide interested readers with detailed departmental programs, which describe the specific and detailed program goals, impact and outcomes. This change does not sacrifice the depth and rigor of our planning process, but rather, it is meant to keep the Annual Plan lean and focused while allowing interested readers to dive deep into the details.
Finally, we’ve expanded the planning framework we instituted last year
for
cross-departmental programs to all of our programs across the Foundation. This allows us to clearly link a program’s resources to outcomes and measures. As such, we’ve presented the Annual Plan budget in terms of our investments in the three defined goals rather than in terms of our
internal
organizational structure.
Thank you all for your support over the past year. I'm really looking forward to your feedback on this year's proposed plan during the open comment period -- a reminder it runs through May 15th.
Thanks! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ Annual_Plan/2018-2019/Draft [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
-- Katherine Maher
Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
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Hi and thank you for your input,
Please note that the WMF budget supports diversity in two ways : _software and technical support, the most basic exemple being Mediawiki which exists in a huge variety of languages _grants to non-US projects, such a rapid grants and project grants.
Also, there is a lot of people left out of structures of power within the US.
Le ven. 30 mars 2018 à 04:05, Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net a écrit :
Hi,
This seems to be an increase of $15 million USD in the WMF’s budget, with a $0.2 USD million increase in the international Wikimedia budget (through grants to chapters and other affiliates).
That goes against the movement direction of "As a social movement, we will focus our efforts on the knowledge and communities that have been left out by structures of power and privilege”. Why aren’t we increasing our spending in the global south (through local affiliates) at the same rate that we are increasing it in the US?
Thanks, Mike
On 29 Mar 2018, at 17:42, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan for FY18-19 is now on Meta[1].
This year, we have organized our efforts around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our coming work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move
us
closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3- to 5-year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
As you’ll see, we’ve made some changes to the structure of this year’s annual plan. This year’s plan is organized around three goals for the Foundation’s work in the year to come. By restructuring the Annual Plan,
we
have written a plan for the whole Foundation, rather than an aggregation of plans from all of our departments and teams. In this sense, we’re seeking to become a better-integrated institution, rather than a
collection
of teams and departments with disparate goals.
We’ve also reduced the overall length of the published Annual Plan. We wanted to make sure that the focus and goals of our work don’t get lost
in
the details. Of course, we know that many community members enjoy reading the particulars of our planned work, so you can still access the details
of
departmental programs through links to their descriptions on Meta or MediaWiki.org. These links will provide interested readers with detailed departmental programs, which describe the specific and detailed program goals, impact and outcomes. This change does not sacrifice the depth and rigor of our planning process, but rather, it is meant to keep the Annual Plan lean and focused while allowing interested readers to dive deep into the details.
Finally, we’ve expanded the planning framework we instituted last year
for
cross-departmental programs to all of our programs across the Foundation. This allows us to clearly link a program’s resources to outcomes and measures. As such, we’ve presented the Annual Plan budget in terms of our investments in the three defined goals rather than in terms of our
internal
organizational structure.
Thank you all for your support over the past year. I'm really looking forward to your feedback on this year's proposed plan during the open comment period -- a reminder it runs through May 15th.
Thanks! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ Annual_Plan/2018-2019/Draft [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
-- Katherine Maher
Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104
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Hoi, Yes, MediaWiki is used for 290+ languages but that does not imply that it is developed with these other languages in mind. The project descriptions are firmly with the best known (ie English) implementation in mind and it is the use and the users of the most used English implementation that determine its project descriptions. One other way to determine it is the lack of support for everything but Wikipedia. Wikidata is a success because it is the German chapter who largely determines how it is developed. Then again we are not seeing Wikidata improve all of Wikipedia, something it could do with the association of blue and red links with Wikidata items. Probably another cultural distance..
The notion that many people in the US are outside the powerstructures ... It is not only about the US and, as an argument it only indicates how much people outside the US and even more people not with a proper understanding are marginalised. Thanks, GerardM
On 30 March 2018 at 21:00, Caroline Becker carobecker54@gmail.com wrote:
Hi and thank you for your input,
Please note that the WMF budget supports diversity in two ways : _software and technical support, the most basic exemple being Mediawiki which exists in a huge variety of languages _grants to non-US projects, such a rapid grants and project grants.
Also, there is a lot of people left out of structures of power within the US.
Le ven. 30 mars 2018 à 04:05, Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net a écrit :
Hi,
This seems to be an increase of $15 million USD in the WMF’s budget, with a $0.2 USD million increase in the international Wikimedia budget
(through
grants to chapters and other affiliates).
That goes against the movement direction of "As a social movement, we
will
focus our efforts on the knowledge and communities that have been left
out
by structures of power and privilege”. Why aren’t we increasing our spending in the global south (through local affiliates) at the same rate that we are increasing it in the US?
Thanks, Mike
On 29 Mar 2018, at 17:42, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan
for
FY18-19 is now on Meta[1].
This year, we have organized our efforts around three goals that focus
on
making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure
that
we’re better positioned for our coming work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move
us
closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3- to 5-year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
As you’ll see, we’ve made some changes to the structure of this year’s annual plan. This year’s plan is organized around three goals for the Foundation’s work in the year to come. By restructuring the Annual
Plan,
we
have written a plan for the whole Foundation, rather than an
aggregation
of plans from all of our departments and teams. In this sense, we’re seeking to become a better-integrated institution, rather than a
collection
of teams and departments with disparate goals.
We’ve also reduced the overall length of the published Annual Plan. We wanted to make sure that the focus and goals of our work don’t get lost
in
the details. Of course, we know that many community members enjoy
reading
the particulars of our planned work, so you can still access the
details
of
departmental programs through links to their descriptions on Meta or MediaWiki.org. These links will provide interested readers with
detailed
departmental programs, which describe the specific and detailed program goals, impact and outcomes. This change does not sacrifice the depth
and
rigor of our planning process, but rather, it is meant to keep the
Annual
Plan lean and focused while allowing interested readers to dive deep
into
the details.
Finally, we’ve expanded the planning framework we instituted last year
for
cross-departmental programs to all of our programs across the
Foundation.
This allows us to clearly link a program’s resources to outcomes and measures. As such, we’ve presented the Annual Plan budget in terms of
our
investments in the three defined goals rather than in terms of our
internal
organizational structure.
Thank you all for your support over the past year. I'm really looking forward to your feedback on this year's proposed plan during the open comment period -- a reminder it runs through May 15th.
Thanks! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ Annual_Plan/2018-2019/Draft [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
-- Katherine Maher
Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104
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Hoi, There is much in the 2018/19 plan that I like. What I like is that it aims to align all Wikimedia efforts into one coherent plan.
There are a few things where a different approach can be considered. Michael Peel made a good suggestion and complementary to this I would increase the fund raising effort away from the United States. People who I do not characterise as trolls tell me that it is justified to spend so much money in the USA because it is where the money has been raised. In addition to this proper fund raising raises visibility profoundly; Wikimedia is a project that deserves (y)our money, (y)our effort!
As it is, too much money is spend on English Wikipedia related activities (including software). The best way to point this out, is comparing it with our traffic; less than 50% of our traffic is English Wikipedia.
While I applaud the use of artificial intelligence, it has one huge problem. It is what the data is uses is based on. Arguably this works well for the subjects we already cover well. But what about the subjects we do not properly cover, the subjects that matter more outside our comfort zone. Subjects like the Ottoman Empire, pre Raj India..
We also miss opportunities when we remain as inward looking as we have been. We have done well is libraries and librarians (particularly in English). The question is what is our aim? Is it our own good; citations for articles so that we become more robust or is our intention to have our audience, our readers read more (an objective we share with librarians). Read more books for instance. Once the links hidden in Freebase pointers to OpenLibrary becomes available, the OL folks will disambiguate its identifiers and provide us with their latest links. As a consequence we can easily open up books available for reading.. There are many high quality citations in there, there is no cost and, it is legally ok.
So yes, we are doing well. It is just that we could be more effective. Thanks, GerardM
[1] https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?&q=12560
On 29 March 2018 at 22:42, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan for FY18-19 is now on Meta[1].
This year, we have organized our efforts around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our coming work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move us closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3- to 5-year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
As you’ll see, we’ve made some changes to the structure of this year’s annual plan. This year’s plan is organized around three goals for the Foundation’s work in the year to come. By restructuring the Annual Plan, we have written a plan for the whole Foundation, rather than an aggregation of plans from all of our departments and teams. In this sense, we’re seeking to become a better-integrated institution, rather than a collection of teams and departments with disparate goals.
We’ve also reduced the overall length of the published Annual Plan. We wanted to make sure that the focus and goals of our work don’t get lost in the details. Of course, we know that many community members enjoy reading the particulars of our planned work, so you can still access the details of departmental programs through links to their descriptions on Meta or MediaWiki.org. These links will provide interested readers with detailed departmental programs, which describe the specific and detailed program goals, impact and outcomes. This change does not sacrifice the depth and rigor of our planning process, but rather, it is meant to keep the Annual Plan lean and focused while allowing interested readers to dive deep into the details.
Finally, we’ve expanded the planning framework we instituted last year for cross-departmental programs to all of our programs across the Foundation. This allows us to clearly link a program’s resources to outcomes and measures. As such, we’ve presented the Annual Plan budget in terms of our investments in the three defined goals rather than in terms of our internal organizational structure.
Thank you all for your support over the past year. I'm really looking forward to your feedback on this year's proposed plan during the open comment period -- a reminder it runs through May 15th.
Thanks! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ Annual_Plan/2018-2019/Draft [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
-- Katherine Maher
Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104
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Hi all,
The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce that our final FY18-19 Annual Plan[1] is now available on Meta. The Annual Plan was approved by the Board of Trustees on June 12th.
This Annual Plan remains organized around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our ongoing work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move us closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3 to 5 year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
From all of us here at the Foundation, we thank everyone who engaged with
the process by asking questions and providing feedback on the Annual Plan throughout its development. This insight continues to push us to improve our planning, our programs, and the way that we share our work. Based on this feedback and our continued refinement of our plans, we have updated the budget and several of the specific program plans that are linked in the Appendix.
We look forward to the year ahead! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2018-2019/F... [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:42 PM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan for FY18-19 is now on Meta[1].
This year, we have organized our efforts around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our coming work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move us closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3- to 5-year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
As you’ll see, we’ve made some changes to the structure of this year’s annual plan. This year’s plan is organized around three goals for the Foundation’s work in the year to come. By restructuring the Annual Plan, we have written a plan for the whole Foundation, rather than an aggregation of plans from all of our departments and teams. In this sense, we’re seeking to become a better-integrated institution, rather than a collection of teams and departments with disparate goals.
We’ve also reduced the overall length of the published Annual Plan. We wanted to make sure that the focus and goals of our work don’t get lost in the details. Of course, we know that many community members enjoy reading the particulars of our planned work, so you can still access the details of departmental programs through links to their descriptions on Meta or MediaWiki.org. These links will provide interested readers with detailed departmental programs, which describe the specific and detailed program goals, impact and outcomes. This change does not sacrifice the depth and rigor of our planning process, but rather, it is meant to keep the Annual Plan lean and focused while allowing interested readers to dive deep into the details.
Finally, we’ve expanded the planning framework we instituted last year for cross-departmental programs to all of our programs across the Foundation. This allows us to clearly link a program’s resources to outcomes and measures. As such, we’ve presented the Annual Plan budget in terms of our investments in the three defined goals rather than in terms of our internal organizational structure.
Thank you all for your support over the past year. I'm really looking forward to your feedback on this year's proposed plan during the open comment period -- a reminder it runs through May 15th.
Thanks! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_ Plan/2018-2019/Draft [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
-- Katherine Maher
Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 <(415)%20839-6885> +1 (415) 712 4873 <(415)%20712-4873> kmaher@wikimedia.org https://annual.wikimedia.org
I am looking forward to the year ahead too. However, for the record, I am disappointed with several aspects of the AP document as currently written, and it is not a document that I would have approved in its current form. I think that WMF should have its APs scrubbed by an uninvolved expert party, similar to how the FDC scrubs the APs of Wikimedia affiliates that submit AP funding requests to WMF. I am unhappy about WMF approving its own APs, particularly given how the WMF APs consistently fail to meet my expectations, and if given the choice I would put a stop to this practice.
Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -------- Original message --------From: Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org Date: 6/29/18 5:43 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, Funds Dissemination Committee List fdc@lists.wikimedia.org, "Staff (All)" wmfall@lists.wikimedia.org, wikimediaannounce-l wikimediaannounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki Hi all,
The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce that our final FY18-19 Annual Plan[1] is now available on Meta. The Annual Plan was approved by the Board of Trustees on June 12th.
This Annual Plan remains organized around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our ongoing work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move us closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3 to 5 year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
From all of us here at the Foundation, we thank everyone who engaged with the process by asking questions and providing feedback on the Annual Plan throughout its development. This insight continues to push us to improve our planning, our programs, and the way that we share our work. Based on this feedback and our continued refinement of our plans, we have updated the budget and several of the specific program plans that are linked in the Appendix.
We look forward to the year ahead! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2018-2019/F... [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:42 PM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan for FY18-19 is now on Meta[1].
This year, we have organized our efforts around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our coming work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move us closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3- to 5-year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
As you’ll see, we’ve made some changes to the structure of this year’s annual plan. This year’s plan is organized around three goals for the Foundation’s work in the year to come. By restructuring the Annual Plan, we have written a plan for the whole Foundation, rather than an aggregation of plans from all of our departments and teams. In this sense, we’re seeking to become a better-integrated institution, rather than a collection of teams and departments with disparate goals.
We’ve also reduced the overall length of the published Annual Plan. We wanted to make sure that the focus and goals of our work don’t get lost in the details. Of course, we know that many community members enjoy reading the particulars of our planned work, so you can still access the details of departmental programs through links to their descriptions on Meta or MediaWiki.org. These links will provide interested readers with detailed departmental programs, which describe the specific and detailed program goals, impact and outcomes. This change does not sacrifice the depth and rigor of our planning process, but rather, it is meant to keep the Annual Plan lean and focused while allowing interested readers to dive deep into the details.
Finally, we’ve expanded the planning framework we instituted last year for cross-departmental programs to all of our programs across the Foundation. This allows us to clearly link a program’s resources to outcomes and measures. As such, we’ve presented the Annual Plan budget in terms of our investments in the three defined goals rather than in terms of our internal organizational structure.
Thank you all for your support over the past year. I'm really looking forward to your feedback on this year's proposed plan during the open comment period -- a reminder it runs through May 15th.
Thanks! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_ Plan/2018-2019/Draft [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
-- Katherine Maher
Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 <(415)%20839-6885> +1 (415) 712 4873 <(415)%20712-4873> kmaher@wikimedia.org https://annual.wikimedia.org
WMF APs consistently fail to meet my expectations
Pine do you have a list of specific flaws somewhere? You have good advice, but I've lost track of much of it.
Did you participate in the AP talk page discussions? Did you try editing it to meet your standards?
Best regards, Jim
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 10:15 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
I am looking forward to the year ahead too. However, for the record, I am disappointed with several aspects of the AP document as currently written, and it is not a document that I would have approved in its current form. I think that WMF should have its APs scrubbed by an uninvolved expert party, similar to how the FDC scrubs the APs of Wikimedia affiliates that submit AP funding requests to WMF. I am unhappy about WMF approving its own APs, particularly given how the WMF APs consistently fail to meet my expectations, and if given the choice I would put a stop to this practice.
Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -------- Original message --------From: Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org Date: 6/29/18 5:43 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, Funds Dissemination Committee List fdc@lists.wikimedia.org, "Staff (All)" wmfall@lists.wikimedia.org, wikimediaannounce-l wikimediaannounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki Hi all,
The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce that our final FY18-19 Annual Plan[1] is now available on Meta. The Annual Plan was approved by the Board of Trustees on June 12th.
This Annual Plan remains organized around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our ongoing work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move us closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3 to 5 year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
From all of us here at the Foundation, we thank everyone who engaged with the process by asking questions and providing feedback on the Annual Plan throughout its development. This insight continues to push us to improve our planning, our programs, and the way that we share our work. Based on this feedback and our continued refinement of our plans, we have updated the budget and several of the specific program plans that are linked in the Appendix.
We look forward to the year ahead! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2018-2019/F... [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:42 PM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan for FY18-19 is now on Meta[1].
This year, we have organized our efforts around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our coming work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move us closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3- to 5-year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
As you’ll see, we’ve made some changes to the structure of this year’s annual plan. This year’s plan is organized around three goals for the Foundation’s work in the year to come. By restructuring the Annual Plan, we have written a plan for the whole Foundation, rather than an aggregation of plans from all of our departments and teams. In this sense, we’re seeking to become a better-integrated institution, rather than a collection of teams and departments with disparate goals.
We’ve also reduced the overall length of the published Annual Plan. We wanted to make sure that the focus and goals of our work don’t get lost in the details. Of course, we know that many community members enjoy reading the particulars of our planned work, so you can still access the details of departmental programs through links to their descriptions on Meta or MediaWiki.org. These links will provide interested readers with detailed departmental programs, which describe the specific and detailed program goals, impact and outcomes. This change does not sacrifice the depth and rigor of our planning process, but rather, it is meant to keep the Annual Plan lean and focused while allowing interested readers to dive deep into the details.
Finally, we’ve expanded the planning framework we instituted last year for cross-departmental programs to all of our programs across the Foundation. This allows us to clearly link a program’s resources to outcomes and measures. As such, we’ve presented the Annual Plan budget in terms of our investments in the three defined goals rather than in terms of our internal organizational structure.
Thank you all for your support over the past year. I'm really looking forward to your feedback on this year's proposed plan during the open comment period -- a reminder it runs through May 15th.
Thanks! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_ Plan/2018-2019/Draft [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
-- Katherine Maher
Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 <(415)%20839-6885> +1 (415) 712 4873 <(415)%20712-4873> kmaher@wikimedia.org https://annual.wikimedia.org
-- Katherine Maher
Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104
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On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 3:36 PM James Salsman jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 10:15 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
WMF APs consistently fail to meet my expectations
Pine do you have a list of specific flaws somewhere? You have good advice, but I've lost track of much of it.
ha, yes, me too. i particularly love measurements like "Wikipedia is meaningful to 1 billion women", or "The number of English Wikipedia administrators who report having the skills and tools to intervene in cases of harassment increases by 25%". my first thought WMF wants to fire somebody and assign measuring the two to this person :) but this cannot be, there must be something i do not know behind it.
the 25% growth in budget is impressive, from 76 mio to 93 mio. the global economy gows by 3.1 % [r1]. currently 5-10 pages are viewed per person [r2] - to me a penetration hard to beat without offering additional content. i'd be really interested about the reasoning behind this growth target.
[r1] http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2018/06/05/global-economy-to-... having [r2] every person views 10 pages a month: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/WiViVI_panel_breakdown_b...
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From: Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org Date: 6/29/18 5:43 PM
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on Meta-wikiThe Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce that our final FY18-19 Annual Plan[1] is now available on Meta.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2018-2019/F...
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
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