Dear SJ, Thank you very much for your questions here and on meta. We are working on answering them and will post the answers on meta (don't worry I will reply to this thread again when the answers are live so people can go and find them).
Best wishes, Julia On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 7:32 PM Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > :) Dimi, do you know of reports on subsets of this, for groups and > projects in Europe? I discovered to my delight a beautiful summary of WMF > grants made up to 2020 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking/Reports/2019-2020> -- thanks > Guillaume! -- which partly answers the first question. But this does not > include donations + external grant funding that directly supports > affiliates. > > One other point -- It was noted that 3a and 3d seem similar. I updated > these Qs on meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:MSIG> to be > clearer. I meant: > > *3a*: What groups do we envision making individual funding > recommendations? [timing, who decides, what constraints] > *3d*: How do we envision reviewing how things are going? [peer > feedback on budgets and plans, reflection on the overall balance of funding > across the movement.] > > These inform one another, but are distinct. And the first is more than > just updating current processes: major gaps to fill include funding for > projects under $500, and multi-year funding for infrastructure and projects > -- among the most common requests. > > SJ > > > On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 6:52 AM Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Samuel, >> >> Thanks for structuring these questions regarding funding and fundraising. >> I just wanted to pitch in a +1. >> >> It would be very useful to have answers to some of these for our public >> facing work. Such questions pop up naturally in conversations and the more >> granular we can be in our answers the better the reaction we get. >> >> Cheers, >> Dimi >> >> На пн, 17.05.2021 г. в 21:13 ч. Samuel Klein <[email protected]> написа: >> >>> Dear list, >>> >>> Risker posed an excellent question in the AffCom thread about *review >>> and development of movement funding*, which could use its own dedicated >>> thread. Riffing on the theme, here are a dozen questions for anyone who >>> knows part of the answer -- particularly those who helped develop the 2019 >>> recommendations on resource allocation >>> <http://Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups/Resource_Allocation#Recommendations> >>> , >>> the 2020 approach to hubs and participatory resource allocation >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Ensure_Equity_in_Decision-making#Participatory_resource_allocation>, >>> and the grants strategy relaunch >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021> >>> . >>> >>> We can move this discussion to meta >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MSIG> if the thread becomes unwieldy. >>> (: >>> >>> *1. Current state of movement funding* >>> >>> 1a. Roughly what % of global fundraising is currently allocated to >>> affiliates, or other entities + projects not run by the WMF? (*my poor >>> guess*) >>> >>> 1b. Roughly how much regional fundraising goes directly to major >>> affiliates? >>> >>> 1c. Which affiliates with annual plan grants have been growing over >>> time, and how is the expansion of existing budgets approved? >>> >>> 1d. Which affiliates have gotten their first APG in the past five >>> years, and how has that developed over time? >>> >>> *2. Current review process* >>> >>> 2a. How is funding by WMF of movement affiliates (general operations, >>> and large specific projects) currently determined? Does the Board engage >>> with this? >>> >>> 2b. Is the funding of affiliate work linked to goals of increasing >>> equity across the world, and supporting underrepresented communities? >>> If so, how / how is this visualized? >>> >>> 2c. What other mechanisms for focusing and allocating resources are >>> good examples to replicate? >>> >>> 2d. What other bilateral projects (such as joint projects, and grant >>> or microgrant programs), run by large affiliates and hubs other than the >>> WMF, currently exist? Which seem like examples to replicate? >>> >>> *3. Desired futures!* >>> >>> 3a. What movement bodies are expected to play any role in >>> recommendations about funding (extending, withdrawing, denying funding) to >>> new and existing affiliates, now that the FDC is inactive? >>> >>> 3b. Is there a possibility of the FDC returning? How do past FDC >>> members have about this? What was found to be good and bad about the FDC >>> process? >>> >>> 3c. What elements of this is the global council expected to take up in >>> its first year? What elements are hubs expected to take up, now and in the >>> future? >>> >>> 3d. What roles do we envision each of {WMF, hubs, affiliates, community >>> members} to play in reviewing movement budgets/plans and the volume and >>> focus of future funding [re]allocation? >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines >>> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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