Some further thoughts about reporting: * Many affiliates already produce quantitative and qualitative information for their grant reports. I would like to see much of that same information about inputs and outputs included in annual reports, both for Global Metrics and for custom metrics.
* I agree that small affiliates might find it to be a more efficient use of their time for volunteers to complete all reporting requirements than to find and delegate a contractor or part time staff person to do the reporting for them. That is a choice that I would be very willing to leave to small affiliates. Perhaps a good option to offer to small affiliates would be that WMF staff or contractors, or staff or contractors of other affiliates that could be shared with the small affiliates, could handle much of the reporting work once the small affiliates have made their raw data available to the administrative staff or contractors. In any case, my hope is to increase the usefulness of affiliates' annual reports while minimizing the administrative burden on volunteers. WMF has ample funding to hire more staff or contractors to handle this reporting work, and I think that volunteers often have other important activities to do with their time than administrative work. * In my willingness to criticize the WMF Community Resources staff I should point out in fairness that I too have made mistakes in the past, and I will likely make mistakes in the future. I hope that I am open to accepting good-faith criticism and making changes. I hope that I adhere to the same standards of accountability that I would expect from anyone else. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
