Hello all,
Today we opened a discussion asking for community input
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/Creative_Commons_4.0> on a
proposed change to the Wikimedia Terms of Use to upgrade to Creative
Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license
<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>. The new license is
easier to read and more internationally friendly, so we hope it will ensure
that people can easily and freely share or remix Wikimedia content. The
amendment to our Terms of Use is currently available in German, French,
Spanish, Russian, Arabic, and we welcome further translations and
discussion in any language.
For your review, you may find the proposed amendment and background
information here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/
Creative_Commons_4.0/Legal_note
Please join the discussion on the talk page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use/Creative_Commons_4.0
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and comments.
Best,
Stephen
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Stephen LaPorte
Senior Legal Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation
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Dear Wikimedia friends,
For the 9th time since the Funds Dissemination Committee was created, the
Annual Plan Grants process needs your eyes, brains and analytic skills.
Since October 1st, 11 Wikimedia affiliates have posted their proposal for
review by the FDC...and you. These consist of annual plans and budgets,
with a detail of what programs and activities those organizations are
planning for the year 2017.
This opens the time for community review, a month long process in which we
need as many people as possible giving their feedback on the proposals,
asking questions or clarifications and analyzing the initiatives that our
movement affiliates have developped for the year to come.
In November, the FDC will meet to make recommendations to Wikimedia
Foundation's Board of Trustees on how to allocate movement funds to these
affiliates in order to achieve the most impact. Your input and
participation will be valuable as they make these recommendations.
You can find the proposals linked from the Community review portal here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2016-2017_round_1
The organizations whose proposals, plans and budgets are available for your
review include:
Amical Wikimedia, Wikimedia Argentina, Wikimedia CH, Wikimedia Deutschland
e.V., Wikimedia Israel, Wikimedia Nederland, Wikimedia Serbia, Wikimedia
Sverige, Wikimedia UK
Wikimedia Ukraine, Wikimedia Österreich
You can leave your feedback on the proposal discussion page.
Visit the annual plan grant portal [*] for more information about the
program, the FDC, or upcoming milestones. You can reach the FDC support
staff at FDCsupport(a)wikimedia.org. More information about past APG rounds,
recommendations, reports from organizations can be found on the proposal
page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals
*More about community review*:
The APG proposal submission date is followed by a 30-day open comment
period, when anyone is invited to provide input on and ask questions about
a specific proposal on its discussion page.
Applicants are also expected to respond to input and questions during this
period, although they are not able to change the proposal form itself after
the submission date.
The FDC will review the discussion pages during their deliberations in
November as one of many inputs to the decision-making process. While anyone
may comment on proposals after the open comment period closes on 31
October, the FDC may not be able to take comments made after this period
into consideration when reaching its decisions.
*How to review*:
Please visit the community review page to view the proposals being
considered and follow the instructions. While the proposals are only
available in English, your comments can be in any language.
*Why your feedback matters*:
We hope this open comment period will add to an in-depth and robust review
of each proposal, and help keep our grantmaking transparent and
collaborative. The FDC highly values feedback and insights from the
Wikimedia community in making its funding recommendations.
Thank you for the time you’ll take to review these proposals,
Best,
Delphine
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Delphine Ménard
Program Officer, Annual Plan Grants
Wikimedia Foundation