Greetings, Wikimedia community,
It is my pleasure to share with you that the Funds Dissemination Committee has received four proposals in Round 2 of funding from entities seeking funds for their annual plans. An additional proposal was withdrawn. These four proposals from Wikimedia Czech Republic, France, Hong Kong, and Norway request a total of over $1.2 million USD:
WM Czech Republic: $14,084.50 WM France: $747,259 WM Hong Kong: $211,916.67 WM Norway: $235,715
We need your help in reviewing the proposals in order to consider the potential impact of movement funds. To this end, we have launched the community review period to help the FDC strategically allocate Wikimedia movements funds. We invite you, members of the Wikimedia community, to review the proposals and provide thoughts and ask questions. [1] The community review period is open until March 31.
A bit more about the community review period: the FDC proposal submission deadline (March 1) is followed by a 30-day open comment period when community members are invited to provide input on and ask questions about each proposal. During this period, fund-seeking entities (that is, those that submitted proposals) are requested to respond to questions about their proposals on the proposal discussion pages. All community input and entity responses are submitted as part of each proposal package to the FDC. While the community may comment on proposals after the open comment period closes on March 31, the FDC may not be able to take comments made after this period into consideration. After this, on April 8, the FDC staff will share their assessments of the proposals, which will take into account the community input. On May 1, the FDC announces its recommendations to the WMF Board, and on June 1, the Board will make decisions about funding allocations.
To join the community review for Round 2 proposals, please visit the FDC proposal page [1], which links to all current proposals and their discussion pages. You can review the proposal by opening the proposal form for each entity, and submit questions or comments on the proposal discussion pages. While the proposals are unfortunately only available in English, we hope that the longer period for review this round will help address this challenge. We hope that this community review period will bring an in-depth and robust review to each of the four proposals.
The FDC seriously values the input and feedback of the Wikimedia community. Therefore, they ask for your comments and questions on these proposals. The community review process helps to ensure that this is a transparent and collaborative process. We look forward to hearing from you on the discussion pages of the four proposals!
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. The FDC support staff can be reached at FDCsupport@wikimedia.org
Warm regards,
Katy Love and the FDC support team
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals
-- Katy Love Senior Program Officer, Funds Dissemination Committee Wikimedia Foundation