Hey Deryck, On Apr 29, 2013, at 10:25 PM, Deryck Chan <deryckc...@wikimedia.hk> wrote:
>> >> But you say "we" … We refers to WMHK I assume, but did you do this after a >> discussion with the Grants Programme, or did you decide this on your own? > > I work for the non-profit sector, and there is not way that any >> organisation I know could get away with something like that I am afraid. If >> you are given money for a reason, you cannot simply decide to take it as an >> advance on a possible next grant without agreement of the party that >> supplied you with the grant. I am sorry, but this is not Irony, this is >> governance… >> > > From my reply to THO (also on this thread): "We have replied multiple times > that we want the remaining funds from the 2010-11 grants to be considered > in conjunction with the FDC proposal. (ie. the FDC proposal is the > reallocation request.) This is because it is logistically impractical for > us to return any funds to WMF before the end of Wikimania." > Yes I read your reply, but you keep stating "we want", that is not that same as "together with the grant giver we agreed"… I cannot overstate the importance of the difference between the two… (and again: this is not the only issue with the WMHK request that the FDC pointed out). >> >> Additionally I see that the community consultation phase asked for the >> annual report and you stated that it would be available on the WMHK website >> after the meeting of the 16th of March… I wanted to go through it, but >> could not find it on the home page (I would assume its under >> documentation?) Can you point me to it? >> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Hong_Kong_2011-12_Annual_Report_and_Financial_Report.pdf > (or scroll halfway down the proposal page) > Thanks! Jan-Bart _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l