[Wikimedia-l] FDC staff proposal assessments for 2013-2014 Round 1 are posted!

[Winifred Olliff]

Greetings to all:

We wanted to let you know that the staff proposal assessments have been
posted on Meta for all proposals that were submitted in 2013-2014 Round 1:
* The proposal assessments are each linked to from the "Proposals" page for
this round:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals>
* All proposal assessments for this round are also found in this category
on Meta:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:FDC_Staff_proposal_assessments_for_2013-2014_round1

You may also visit an overview of the financial information presented in
these proposals, which includes information for all proposals in this
round:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1/Financial_overview
.

The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to
allocate Wikimedia movement funds to support an organization’s overall
annual plan to achieve mission objectives. We encourage you to visit the
portal if you would like more information about the FDC process, or would
like to discuss the process: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal.

In brief, staff assessments are but one of many inputs into the FDC
process. With this round's assessments we (FDC staff) have included a more
detailed explanation of our methodology. The assessments reflect the work
of FDC staff who read the proposals, review past and current reports,
receive internal input from WMF Finance, Programs, Legal, and Grantmaking,
and consider a portfolio view across all proposals in this round. They do
not reflect the analysis or views of the FDC or any of its individual
members. The FDC will meet from 17 November to 22 November to deliberate on
these proposals, and will consider these staff proposal assessments along
with many other inputs into the FDC process. For more information about the
purpose of these assessments and how they fit into the FDC process overall,
please visit:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC#Process_overview
.

We welcome discussion about individual assessments on the discussion page
of each assessment, or discussion about the process overall on the FDC
portal: *https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Comments
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Comments>*.

Best regards from FDC staff!

Winifred Olliff
Grants Administrator
Wikimedia Foundation