[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: FDC deliberations being hosted at WMF from October 17 - 21

Fri Nov 15 23:44:23 UTC 2013

Thanks, Itzik, for your wishes. Much appreciated!

About Sue, Stephen, Frank and Asaf's sessions, the staff assessments are
the only inputs to the FDC process that are designed to be public at this
time. And of course, the key output that is public is the FDC
recommendations text (to be published by e.o.d December 1).

Just as FYI, the term 'presentations' may be a bit grandiose: many of these
will be conversations around specific queries the FDC may have. Frank and
Asaf's inputs on programmatic work and grants compliance are specifically
designed to help the FDC with proposal review. However, Sue and Stephen are
not offering any inputs into the proposal review: Sue will probably share
her thoughts on the ED transition, the FDC annual report and any other
questions the FDC may have, while Stephen is supporting the FDC in
understanding good practices around CoI issues.

I hope this helps,
Anasuya

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Itzik Edri <itzik at infra.co.il> wrote:

> Thanks Anasuya for this update and I wish the FDC and the FDC's staff good
> luck in this demanding process.
>
> Will Sue, Stephen, Frank and Asaf presentations will be shared with the
> community also?
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 12:06 AM, Anasuya Sengupta
> <asengupta at wikimedia.org>wrote:
>
> > tl;dr The FDC is meeting in San Francisco at the WMF office from November
> > 17-21 for its deliberations on the current round of proposals. To ensure
> > that confidentiality is maintained throughout the process, I sent out a
> > letter to WMF staff with the ground rules established by the FDC.
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Anasuya Sengupta <asengupta at wikimedia.org>
> > Date: Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:02 PM
> > Subject: FDC deliberations being hosted at WMF from October 17 - 21
> > To: Staff All <wmfall at lists.wikimedia.org>
> > Cc: Funds Dissemination Committee List <fdc at lists.wikimedia.org>
> >
> > Dear all (mainly: WMF staff in SF and visiting remote staff),
> >
> > This is a heads up that the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) will be
> in
> > the Wikimedia office for five days starting Sunday: November 17 - 21st,
> to
> > deliberate on the current round of proposals for Annual Plan Grants from
> 11
> > Wikimedia organizations.[1] They will be working in Yongle for most of
> > these five days, and using the Inversion Table/Ford Prefect room on
> > occasion.
> >
> > For those who came in late: the FDC is an advisory committee to the WMF
> > Board, comprising 9 community members (elected and selected from across
> the
> > Wikimedia movement) who meet twice a year to make recommendations on the
> > allocation of movement-resources; specifically annual plan grants/FDC
> > allocations for Wikimedia organizations.[2] They are joined by two Board
> > representatives, who participate as observers during these
> > deliberations.[3] The current FDC members are Arjuna Rao Chavala
> > (Arjunaraoc), Cristian Consonni (CristianCantoro), Dariusz Jemielniak
> > (Pundit), Ali Haidar Khan (Tonmoy), Delphine Ménard (Notafish), Mike
> Peel,
> > Yuri Perohanych (Perohanych), Sydney Poore (FloNight) and Anders
> Wennersten
> > (Yger). The two Board reps are Bishakha Datta and Patricio Lorente.
> >
> > Please welcome them to WMF when you see them! At the same time, I ask for
> > your understanding in appreciating the serious nature of their task. This
> > is really tough work, that takes significant energy and focus to get to a
> > high quality set of recommendations by the end of the meeting. In order
> to
> > also maintain confidentiality while they do so, the FDC has set in place
> a
> > few ground rules that they’ve asked me to share with you. They’ve
> requested
> > that:
> >
> > 1. WMF staff not ask FDC members or any other meeting participants about
> > any of the applications under consideration, or related FDC processes.
> >
> > 2. The outcomes of the deliberations are not shared with WMF staff or
> > others before they’re publicly announced (by e.o.d on December 1).
> >
> > 3. Only those WMF staff members who’ve been asked to support the FDC with
> > inputs attend the meetings.
> >
> > 4. Others supporting the process (logistics etc) can only come in after
> > individual sessions or discussions are over.
> >
> > FYI: these ground rules apply to any Wikimedia organization that might
> host
> > an FDC meeting. Like with WMF in this round (which doesn’t have a
> proposal
> > under consideration), no organization will be applying for funds in the
> > same round of deliberations it hosts.
> >
> > The draft schedule for the meeting is here.[4] For the meeting, here’s
> the
> > list of WMF staff with direct inputs:
> >
> > Katy, Winifred, Jessie, Garfield and Anasuya (will be supporting the FDC
> > throughout the meeting and present for all the deliberations)
> >
> > Sue, Stephen, Frank and Asaf (have scheduled presentations)
> >
> > Adele (logistics) and any other staff (on request from the FDC)
> >
> > To be clear, WMF staff who are present throughout the deliberations do
> not
> > take part in the discussions around proposals. We offer our analysis,
> help
> > facilitate and take notes and respond to any additional queries by the
> FDC.
> >
> > Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
> >
> > And finally, I do hope you have the opportunity to say hello to some of
> the
> > FDC members when possible. They’re inspiring members of our community
> from
> > all over the world, contributing to multiple Wikimedia projects, doing
> > really thoughtful work in the interests of our movement. They’re awesome.
> > :-)
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Anasuya
> >
> > [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1
> >
> > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal
> >
> > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_members/Current_round
> > [4]
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_members/2013-2014_round1/Deliberations
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation*
> >
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> >
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