Thanks Anasuya and to the FDC AG. These points make sense to me as someone who's actively talking with fellow Wikimedians about forming a Wikimedia thorg.
Goodness, what happened on Wikimedia-l today? So many good things were announced. Pine On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Anasuya Sengupta <asengu...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear friends and colleagues, > > As you know, the FDC Advisory Group met in Frankfurt at the end of May to > discuss the past two years of the FDC pilot process and to deliberate on > its future. You will be glad to know that they unanimously agreed to advise > the WMF Executive Director (ED) that the FDC process should continue, with > some suggested modifications and improvements. > > Please find the main recommendations and thoughts from the Advisory Group > here.[1] The Advisory Group (AG) also decided to share an appendix with the > range of thoughts and opinions it had on some key modifications or changes > to the FDC; you will find that there was considerable diversity of opinion > with some of these ideas, but the AG felt it might be useful for Lila to > see the range! > > As you know, the next steps will now be for Lila, as ED, to consult with > WMF staff and to decide with the Board on the future of the FDC. We hope > this decision will be shared with you by the end of July. > > Once again, I'd like to thank all the FDC AG members for their > extraordinary work setting up the FDC and for their work on these > recommendations. As the Framework outlines, the FDC AG will formally > disband in September 2014. > > The inaugural members of the AG were Richard Ames/Ariconte, Ting Chen > (former member of WMF Board), Jan-Bart de Vreede (WMF > Board), Thomas d'Souza Buckup/TSB, Peter Ekman/Smallbones, Sue Gardner (WMF > ED), Ali Haidar Khan/Tonmoy (WMBN), Crystal Hayling Philanthropy > Advisor), Christophe Henner (WMFR), Sydney Poore/FloNight, Kathy Reich > (Packard Foundation), Pavel Richter ( WMDE), Osmar Valdebenito/B1mbo (WMAR) > and Stu West (WMF Board). With Ali and Sydney on the current FDC, they were > no longer part of the AG meeting in Frankfurt, though their thoughts were > considered as part of the FDC feedback to the Advisory Group; Kathy Reich > and Thomas Buckup were also unable to attend. However, Bishakha Datta and > Patricio Lorente as the two Board representatives on the FDC, joined the AG > for its deliberations, as did I, replacing Barry Newstead. > > Please don't hesitate to add your comments and suggestions on the > discussion page of the Recommendations. > > Warmly, > Anasuya > > [1] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Advisory_Group/Recommendations/2014 > > -- > > > *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > Support Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
