No, this was a simple explanation of the facts of the limited authority of the FDC, not an attempt to weasel.
Perhaps something was lost in translation? Fae On 26 Nov 2015 10:58, "Gerard Meijssen" <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hoi, > Sorry but "The FDC provides recommendations to the WMF Board, who then > decide on them. The FDC doesn't handle funds directly, so in no case does > it withhold, or spend, funds, instead it recommends doing so to the WMF > Board." qualify as weasel words. You make proposals and hope, expect that > they will be accepted. Not taking responsibility for your actions and > blaming them is the same as saying "we are only saying and they were not > thinking themselves." > > Not good, not appreciated. > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 25 November 2015 at 15:56, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> wrote: > > > Hi MZMcBride, > > > > > The Wikimedia Foundation has a section under "Organisation-specific > > > remarks", but isn't included in the "Funding recommendations" chart and > > > there's no amount requested, amount allocated, or proposal listed for > the > > > Wikimedia Foundation. Why is that? > > > > They are organisation-specific remarks. :-) The WMF did not apply to the > > FDC this round, hence why there are no amounts requested/allocated, or a > > proposal to link to. The FDC felt it necessary to include recommendations > > about the WMF anyway. > > > > > If Wikimedia Deutschland is required to separate out costs for > Wikidata, > > > does that mean that the Wikimedia Foundation is required to split out > > > costs for Wikipedia and its other projects? I'd be quite curious to > know > > > how much money is being spent by the Wikimedia Foundation on Wiktionary > > or > > > Wikinews or Wikiversity. > > > > It's worth noting that there are two meanings to the word 'project' here > - > > there are the Wikimedia projects, and then there are projects run by the > > Wikimedia organisations (think of, e.g., GLAM or education projects). > It's > > particularly the latter case that is most relevant to the FDC's work, and > > in this case Wikidata falls under both meanings. > > > > > The report includes this note: > > >> The FDC is appalled by the closed way that the WMF has undertaken both > > >> strategic and annual planning, and the WMF’s approach to budget > > >> transparency (or lack thereof). > > > > > > Sort of inline with the first question, but perhaps more direct: what > > > power does the Funds Dissemination Committee have over the amount of > > donor > > > money allocated toward the Wikimedia Foundation? Can the FDC only > > admonish > > > the organization, but not actually withhold funds? > > > > > > The FDC provides recommendations to the WMF Board, who then decide on > > them. The FDC doesn't handle funds directly, so in no case does it > > withhold, or spend, funds, instead it recommends doing so to the WMF > Board. > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
