Dear Samuel, Just a note...
"The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/mission/ But not "increasing equity across the world". You can create separate funds for this and other good purposes. sasha. On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 12:05 PM Julia Brungs <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -- 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 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 , the 2020 approach to hubs and >>>> participatory resource allocation, and the grants strategy relaunch. >>>> >>>> We can move this discussion to meta 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] > > _______________________________________________ > 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]
