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@gmail.com wrote:
> On 27 September 2012 18:15, Chris Keating
chriskeatingwiki@gmail.com
> wrote:
> > Hi Tom;
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Thomas Dalton
thomas.dalton@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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