Thanks Tilman. I asked a question on the Annual Plan talk page that's relevant here as
well,
and anyone who knows the answer can respond, especially while Anasuya is busy. Can
someone explain the difference between the functions of the L&E and PED groups, and is
there a plan to integrate them?
Thanks,
Pine
=== Grantmaking Learning and Evaluation, and Program Evaluation & Design ===
/(The Program Evaluation and Design group, formerly situated in the
Programs department, became part of the Grantmaking department in
February, see announcement Q&A
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/QA_Frank_Schulenburg_announcement_February_2014>)/
* Concluded the alpha *test of Fluxx <http://fluxx.io/>, the
grantmaking software*, and worked collaboratively with Fluxx labs to
fix the reported bugs and enhance the user experience based on the
current workflow of WMF grants programs.
* Started a community discussion on ArWp to set up *a new micro-grants
program pilot
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/ARWP_small_individual_grants_pilot>*
that
would directly support the needs of individual contributors via
microgrants from the Wikimedia Foundation for access to sources.
* Prepared development work on *Wikimetrics* (with Analytics), with a
contract starting 3/3/2014.
* In partnership with IEG, set up three Grantmaking portals (IEG,
IdeaLab, and Grants:Start) for *translation*. Developed best
practices and a workflow for separating translatable content from
template structure and style in grantmaking portals (see
Translatable Content Template
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:TCT>).
* In partnership with IEG, began to draft *IdeaLab sprint planning
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Build/March-June_2014_sprint_plan>*.
Focusing
on technical requirements and impact evaluation criteria.
* Grants Programs:
o Annual Plan Grants: published *cost-benefit survey results
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/Feedback_and_continuous_improvement_of_the_FDC_process/Cost-Benefit_Survey>*
o Project & Event Grants: Launched work with consultancy "Inspire"
to *map out the spending over time* and prepare potential framework
* Released revised and expanded *learning module for Wikimetrics
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Learning_modules/1Wikimetrics_Training_Overview>*
* Developed plans for pre-conference workshop sessions for *Wikimedia
Conference 2014*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/News#upcoming-events>
* Hosted two evaluation and learning *virtual meet-ups*:
o The first presented by Jaime Anstee: "Program tracking and
reporting toolkit" (February 13, At least 9 program leaders, 4
GLEE, and 4 PE&D team members attended live; current youtube
view count: 24) View the toolkit
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/Tracking_and_Reporting_Toolkit>
or the recording <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmQ50zm_CtA>
o The second presented by Jessie Wild and Siko Bouterse: "How to
be a Star IEG Grantee" (February 19), attended by at least 7
program leaders, 5 from GLEE, and 1 PE&D member (view count at
25) View the report
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Learning/Round_1_2013/Impact>
or the recording
<https://plus.google.com/events/c5sud44lefi4nv9cpqu4hck9qec>
Revenue for
the month of January is $3.42MM versus plan of $0.01MM,
approximately $3.41MM or 58,335% over plan.
Year-to-date revenue is $38.17MM versus plan of $45.04MM, approximately
$6.87MM or 15% under plan.
Can we please use the word "fiscal" if we don't mean calendar year?
Expenses for the month of January is $3.97MM
versus plan of $4.53MM,
approximately $559K or 12% under plan, primarily due to lower personnel
expenses, capital expenses, internet hosting, legal fees, grants and travel
expenses partially offset by higher outside contract services and payment
processing fees.
Year-to-date expenses is $22.75MM versus plan of $27.39MM, approximately
$4.64MM or 17% under plan,
Cash position is $54.67MM as of January 31, 2014.
Imagine a world in which the Foundation wanted to make life easier for
volunteers.