[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: FDC recommendations on funds allocation, Round 1, 2012-13

Thu Nov 15 18:46:08 UTC 2012

Hi Everyone

Rather than repeat everything I would like to point you to a blog post created earlier today.

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/15/fdc-process-milestone-sharing-wikimedia-movement-funds/

I do want to take the opportunity to once again thank all those involved in this first round, including all the participating chapters. As expressed earlier: this is the future of our funds dissemination and we will refine the process, but this first round has exceeded my expectations on all levels. Thanks everyone!

Jan-Bart
(who now goes digging in the attic for some barn stars….)

On 15 Nov 2012, at 19:38, Dariusz Jemielniak <darekj at alk.edu.pl> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dariusz Jemielniak <darekj at alk.edu.pl>
> Date: Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:25 PM
> Subject: FDC recommendations on funds allocation, Round 1, 2012-13
> To: wikimediaannounce-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> 
> 
> The inaugural Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) is pleased to announce
> recommendations [1] on Round 1 of funds allocations for the year 2012-13.
> The WMF Board of Trustees will make a decision on these recommendations by
> December 15, 2012.
> 
> The FDC received proposals from 12 movement entities for Round 1 for a
> total requested amount of 10.4 million USD. These proposals were from 11
> Wikimedia chapters and the Wikimedia Foundation. Three proposals were
> received after the deadline of 1 October had passed, but the FDC decided
> that since it was the first time for the process, the late proposals would
> be accepted and discussed. Since the proposal deadline, the FDC and FDC
> support staff have spent many hours reviewing and assessing these proposals
> to determine a set of allocations that would best support movement goals.
> This assessment included a 4-day in-person deliberation session in San
> Francisco over the period October 28-31, where the FDC members discussed
> the proposals in depth and determined allocation amounts for each applying
> entity.
> 
> The FDC recognizes that this is not a perfect process, and that the process
> and the outcome will improve over time as we learn more about what works in
> the movement and what drives impact. We invite the community to provide
> overall feedback on these recommendations on the talk page for these
> recommendations [2] and to provide feedback about the FDC process on-wiki
> to the Ombudsperson [3], who will collect this feedback and use it in our
> continuous improvement process. For formal complaints about the
> recommendations, there is a separate process, outlined below.
> 
> If any entity has a complaint about the FDC's recommendation, it should be
> submitted by 23:59 UTC on 22 November 2012 in accordance with the complaint
> process outlined in the Framework for the Creation and Initial Operation of
> the FDC [4]:
> 
>   - The complaint should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word summary
>   directed to the two non-voting WMF Board representatives on the FDC
>   (Jan-Bart and Patricio)
>   - The complaint should be submitted on-wiki, through the FDC portal page
>   designated for this purpose [5]
>   - These board representatives will present the complaint to the WMF
>   Board at the same time it considers the FDC recommendation.
>   - Formal complaints can be submitted only by the Board Chair of a
>   funding-seeking entity.
>   - Formal complaints must be filed within seven days of the submission of
>   the FDC slate of recommendations to the WMF Board (by end of day UTC
>   November 22)
>   - Any planned or approved disbursements to the organization filing a
>   complaint will be put on hold until the complaint is resolved.
>   - If the WMF Board's consideration of the complaint results in an
>   amendment of the FDC's recommendations (which is expected only in
>   extraordinary circumstances), the WMF Board may choose to release extra
>   funds from the WMF reserves to provide additional funds not allocated by
>   the FDC's initial recommendation.
>   - Other members of the WMF Board may participate in the investigation if
>   approved by the Chair of the WMF Board.
> 
> 
> 
> on behalf of the FDC
> 
> Dariusz Jemielniak (Chair)
> 
> [1]
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_round1
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [2]
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_round1
> 
> 
> 
> [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Appeals_regarding_FDC_process
> 
> 
> 
> [4]
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC#Complaint_submission_process
> 
> 
> 
> [5]
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Complaints_regarding_FDC_recommendations_to_the_board
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> __________________________
> dr hab. Dariusz Jemielniak
> profesor zarządzania
> kierownik katedry Zarządzania Międzynarodowego
> i centrum badawczego CROW
> Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
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