Hi SJ,
We posted an answer to your questions on meta [1] and will update that
answer when reports become available in the next few months.
Best wishes,
Julia
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_2030/2021_Call_for_Movement_Strategy_Implementation_Grants#Making_progress_on_questions_of_resource_allocation
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 5:51 AM Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com> wrote:
> Adam: well put.
>
> We may want to translate '*Service and equity*', from recent strategy
> discussions, more widely: into a range of contexts as well as languages.
>
> ????????????????
>
> On Thu., May 20, 2021, 3:19 a.m. Adam Wight, <adam.wight@wikimedia.de>
> wrote:
>
>> In case there really is a question about whether we should be working
>> towards greater equity, please see the Wikimedia Foundation's vision
>> statement [1],
>>
>> > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
>> the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment
>>
>> and in more detail [2],
>>
>> > ... our goal is to impact the largest-possible number of readers and
>> contributors, and to eliminate barriers that could preclude people from
>> accessing or contributing to our projects ...
>>
>> Since sj's point is in the context of Wikimedia, "goals of increasing
>> equity across the world, and supporting underrepresented communities"
>> should be understood as "goals of increasing equity [to read and
>> contribute to Wikimedia projects] across the world, and supporting
>> underrepresented [Wikimedia] communities". Please correct me if I've
>> misunderstood these affiliate review suggestions.
>>
>> Regards,
>> [[mw:User:Adamw]]
>>
>> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Vision
>> [2]
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Guiding_Principles#Serving_every_human_being
>>
>> On 5/20/21 7:34 AM, Alexander N Krassotkin wrote:
>> > 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 <jbrungs@wikimedia.org>
>> 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 <meta.sj@gmail.com>
>> 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 <
>> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com> 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
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ?? ??, 17.05.2021 ?. ? 21:13 ?. Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com>
>> ??????:
>> >>>>> 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?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> _______________________________________________
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>> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines
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>> >>> --
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>> 4266
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We posted an answer to your questions on meta [1] and will update that
answer when reports become available in the next few months.
Best wishes,
Julia
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_2030/2021_Call_for_Movement_Strategy_Implementation_Grants#Making_progress_on_questions_of_resource_allocation
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 5:51 AM Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com> wrote:
> Adam: well put.
>
> We may want to translate '*Service and equity*', from recent strategy
> discussions, more widely: into a range of contexts as well as languages.
>
> ????????????????
>
> On Thu., May 20, 2021, 3:19 a.m. Adam Wight, <adam.wight@wikimedia.de>
> wrote:
>
>> In case there really is a question about whether we should be working
>> towards greater equity, please see the Wikimedia Foundation's vision
>> statement [1],
>>
>> > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
>> the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment
>>
>> and in more detail [2],
>>
>> > ... our goal is to impact the largest-possible number of readers and
>> contributors, and to eliminate barriers that could preclude people from
>> accessing or contributing to our projects ...
>>
>> Since sj's point is in the context of Wikimedia, "goals of increasing
>> equity across the world, and supporting underrepresented communities"
>> should be understood as "goals of increasing equity [to read and
>> contribute to Wikimedia projects] across the world, and supporting
>> underrepresented [Wikimedia] communities". Please correct me if I've
>> misunderstood these affiliate review suggestions.
>>
>> Regards,
>> [[mw:User:Adamw]]
>>
>> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Vision
>> [2]
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Guiding_Principles#Serving_every_human_being
>>
>> On 5/20/21 7:34 AM, Alexander N Krassotkin wrote:
>> > 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 <jbrungs@wikimedia.org>
>> 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 <meta.sj@gmail.com>
>> 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 <
>> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com> 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
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ?? ??, 17.05.2021 ?. ? 21:13 ?. Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com>
>> ??????:
>> >>>>> 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 -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org,
>> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines
>> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
>> >>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to
>> wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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>> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines
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>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529
>> 4266
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