[Wikimedia-l] proposed urgent Board of Trustees resolution without a meeting

Anders Wennersten mail at anderswennersten.se
Mon Dec 24 13:03:45 UTC 2012


Ahem 2
Federico Leva (Nemo) skrev 2012-12-24 12:46:
> Ahem. :-)
>
> James Salsman, 24/12/2012 07:33:
>> [sniiiiiiiiip]
>
>>
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>> sufficient staff can be added to the Education Program so that program
>> article talk page templates can be provided with their correct
>> academic calendar dates;
>>
>> the Wikimania program can include a telepresence pilot program;
>>
>> and the recent discontinuation of programs approved in the Annual Plan
>> such as the Fellows program can be put to a question of the community
>> with sufficient time for thorough consultation.
>
> Are you asking to amend 
> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Narrowing_Focus>?
>
And then also go against the FDC recommendation, which in essence 
supports the Narrowing focus, express "concerns about impact of these 
programs with respect to the amount of funds invested" and where one 
member, in minority, wanted the WMF budget on these activities to be cut 
further.  (FDC being a fully community based committee)

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_round1

Anders W




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