Well if you look at the costs of VLE, for example, there are hosting and
development costs and then the costs of writing new modules. £4.5K would
still buy quite a few new modules, just not as many as £9.5K would - and
asyou say, there's always next year. Similarly I would expect that a
one-day GLAM conference would cost a little more than half of a two-day
conference. It wouldn't cover so much, but it still would be a conference.
Nevertheless, if there are particular activities that you think we ought
not to be doing, please make a case. I can't guarantee that the Board will
agree with you, but I do promise we'll give serious consideration to all
the feedback we get from the community.
--
Doug
On 27 September 2012 18:18, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 27 September 2012 18:15, Chris Keating
<chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi Tom;
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I see Jon has gone through the 2013 plan cutting it back:
>
>
>
http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=2013_Activity_Plan&diff=29303…
With a comment on the talk page saying: "adjusted to reflect board
agreement to draw back on 2013 commitments".
I don't know if my suggestion to it cut it back played a part in the
board's decision, but if it did than thank you for listening! However,
I am concerned about the way the budget has been cut back. They've
just gone through reducing each budget item, rather than actually
removing anything (apart from two of the developer posts).
Yes, your suggestion has had an impact, and yes, we feel that on
reflection
we need to scale back our growth.
However, we are still working on the basis of hitting the 1 October
deadline
for the FDC bid.
Essentially we are paring back some estimates that were either cautious
(in
the sense of "what's the most we could
spend on the GLAM conference?") or
optimistic (in the sense of "What's the most we could spend on
Wikimedians
in Residence"?) while leaving the direction
of travel unchanged. This
will,
indeed, result in somewhat less work overall -
but just as importantly it
will mean less risk of underspent budgets, which are in themselves a bit
unhealthy.
That's sounds very reminisent of politicians saying they are going to
make budget cuts by cutting waste. I don't believe them either...
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