Grants:APG/Funds Dissemination Committee/FDC process issues list
Appearance
Funds Dissemination Committee – index |
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Guiding principles discussion
Operations |
Issues to cover in the design of the Wikimedia Funds Dissemination Committee
Purpose
[edit]- Overall description of the role of the FDC
Scope of Authority
[edit]- Level of formal decision-making authority
- Balancing FDC authority with role of each entity's board and internal review processes
- Scope of decisions that FDC takes (spectrum from allocation only to line-item level approval of budgets)
- Process for dispute resolution, appeals, vetoes
- Role of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation
- Methods for ensuring Wikimedia Foundation and fund recipients meet their legal and fiduciary responsibilities under governing law
Scope of Responsibility
[edit]- Types of funding requests considered (vs. through other channels)
- Role in interpreting alignment of funding requests with strategic goals and priorities
- Role in conducting due diligence on funding requests
- Role in evaluating the success of grants
- Types of support/capacity building given to those submitting requests
Membership
[edit]- Number of members, composition, and terms
- Eligibility, qualifications and characteristics requirements
- Participation expectations and standards of engagement
- Selection process
- Training and on-boarding process
- Compensation (if any)
Administration
[edit]- Meeting schedule and budget for operations
- Role of support staff to the FDC and organizational structure (part of WMF staff organization or separate)
- Relationship to Foundation, Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Chapters Association, etc.
Definition of Processes
[edit]- Request formulation and submission
- Application preparation requirements and support
- Prerequisite criteria for entity eligibility
- Request review criteria with possible differences by type (e.g., core vs. non-core, program vs. admin, different standards for different levels of funding)
- Request evaluation, approval, fund dissemination schedule
- Aligning funds approvals with each entity's fiscal year and own budget processes (or aligning processes around FDC calendar?)
- Approach to providing entities with stable funding to support core operations and multi-year projects
- Funds handling process for moving money around the movement from sources to uses
- Addressing gridlock, appeals, vetoes
- Renewals vs. new requests
- Methods of providing transparency in the decision-making process
- Reporting requirements and methods of ensuring these are met
- Evaluating and reporting of grant outcomes and use of evaluations in informing future decisions
- Supporting multi-lingual nature of the community
- Assessing the Funds Dissemination Committee’s Performance and refining the approach