Well if you look at the costs of VLE, for example, there are hosting and development costs and then the costs of writing new modules. £4.5K would still buy quite a few new modules, just not as many as £9.5K would - and asyou say, there's always next year. Similarly I would expect that a one-day GLAM conference would cost a little more than half of a two-day conference. It wouldn't cover so much, but it still would be a conference.
Nevertheless, if there are particular activities that you think we ought not to be doing, please make a case. I can't guarantee that the Board will agree with you, but I do promise we'll give serious consideration to all the feedback we get from the community. -- Doug On 27 September 2012 18:18, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 27 September 2012 18:15, Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Tom; > > > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> I see Jon has gone through the 2013 plan cutting it back: > >> > >> > >> > http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=2013_Activity_Plan&diff=29303&oldid=29136 > >> > >> With a comment on the talk page saying: "adjusted to reflect board > >> agreement to draw back on 2013 commitments". > >> > >> I don't know if my suggestion to it cut it back played a part in the > >> board's decision, but if it did than thank you for listening! However, > >> I am concerned about the way the budget has been cut back. They've > >> just gone through reducing each budget item, rather than actually > >> removing anything (apart from two of the developer posts). > > > > > > Yes, your suggestion has had an impact, and yes, we feel that on > reflection > > we need to scale back our growth. > > > > However, we are still working on the basis of hitting the 1 October > deadline > > for the FDC bid. > > > > Essentially we are paring back some estimates that were either cautious > (in > > the sense of "what's the most we could spend on the GLAM conference?") or > > optimistic (in the sense of "What's the most we could spend on > Wikimedians > > in Residence"?) while leaving the direction of travel unchanged. This > will, > > indeed, result in somewhat less work overall - but just as importantly it > > will mean less risk of underspent budgets, which are in themselves a bit > > unhealthy. > > That's sounds very reminisent of politicians saying they are going to > make budget cuts by cutting waste. I don't believe them either... > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
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