[Wikimedia-l] Join the community review of 11 FDC annual plan grant requests!

[Katy Love]

*Resending with corrected subject line. Sorry for the cross-posting!
*

Isn't it great to make a typo on a mailing list and realize it right after
you hit send? :)

Please note: 11 FDC annual plan grants were submitted. Not four. I hope
this makes you more interested in joining the review!

My apologies for making this mistake!

Cheers,
Katy


On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Katy Love <klove at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Greetings, Wikimedia community,
>
> I am happy to announce that 2013-2014 Round 1 of the Funds Dissemination
> Committee’s (FDC) annual plan grants process has begun! Eleven
> Wikimedia-affiliated entities submitted proposals based on their annual
> plans (which include programmatic and administrative costs) for funding
> requests totaling nearly US$6 million. I want to thank them for their time
> and effort in submitting these annual plan grant proposals to the FDC.
>
>
> We now launch the community review period to help the FDC strategically
> allocate movements funds.  From now until October 31, we invite you,
> members of the Wikimedia community, to review the proposals, provide
> thoughts and ask questions on the discussion pages of the proposals. [1]
>
> More about community review: The FDC proposal submission deadline
> (October 1) is followed by a 30-day open comment period when community
> members are asked to provide input on and ask questions about specific
> proposals. During this period, entities that submitted proposals are asked
> to respond to input and questions about their proposals on the discussion
> pages. Entities are not able to change the proposal itself after the
> submission deadline. All community input and entity responses are submitted
> with the proposal submitted to the FDC. While the community may comment on
> proposals after the open comment period closes on October 31, the FDC may
> not be able to take comments made after this period into consideration.
>
> How to join in the review: To take a look at the FDC round 1 proposals,
> please visit the community review page [1], which links to the submitted
> proposals. While the proposals are unfortunately only available in
> English, we hope that the 30 day review period will help address this
> challenge. Your comments on the discussion pages do not need to be in
> English, however.
>
> *Why your feedback matters: *Community review can help to bring an
> in-depth and robust review to each submitted proposal. The FDC seriously
> values the input and feedback of the Wikimedia community. Therefore, they
> ask for your comments and questions on these proposals in order to consider
> the potential impact of movement funds. Also, the community review process
> helps to ensure that the grantmaking is a transparent and collaborative
> process.
>
>
> Finally, here are a few milestones to keep in mind with the FDC process
> [2]:
>
>
>    - 2-31 Oct 2013: Community review period of Round 1 proposals
>    - 8 Nov 2013: FDC staff assessment of Round 1 proposals published
>    - 8 Nov 2013: Letter of Intent deadline for 2013-2014 Round 2
>    - 17-21 Nov 2013: FDC face-to-face deliberations on Round 1 proposals
>    - 1 Dec 2013: FDC recommendation on Round 1 proposals published
>    - 1 Jan 2014: Board decision on FDC's Round 1 recommendations published
>
> Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or feedback on the
> process. The FDC support staff can be reached at FDCsupport at wikimedia.org
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Katy Love
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/Community/Review
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Timeline
>
> --
> Katy Love
> Senior Program Officer, Funds Dissemination Committee
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>