User:Mike Cline/USCAN Working Group Drafts/Phase I Milestones

By December 1st, we need money to operate during Phase II (hiring staff and other expenses to get the structure up and running by May)
By November 15th, we need to have a finalized budget for Phase III (Finance Task Force should do this)
To get this, we'll need to submit a grant proposal to WMF by November 15th.
So, we should have the grant proposal draft to the Working Group for review by November 7th.
The Task Force writing the grant proposal should begin writing by October 24th.
To write the grant proposal, that Task Force will need a finalized budget for Phase II by that same day, October 24th.
The draft budget for Phase II should be sent to the Working Group by October 17th.
We'll need some time to incorporate final comments from the RFC on-wiki into our proposal to WMF. So we need to close the RFC by October 10th.
Which means we have to open RFC on September 10th.

Milestones by Pine

I would like to push the date for the Phase III budget to November 30, since I don’t see a reason to have it due on November 15 and this would provide an opportunity for Finance to transmit a draft Phase III budget to the whole group for review mid-November and for Finance to incorporate feedback into a final the Phase III budget by November 30.

I would like to verify the governance structure that we’re planning to use during Phase II. My understanding is that the program will remain in WMF during that time but work will be proceeding toward a full spinoff in Phase III, with the governance in Phase III to be determined by the Legal and Structure task forces in accordance with the decisions made at the all-group meeting in August or September. Is that correct?

Comments on this timeline are welcome and appreciated!

August 15: Working Group Deliberation and Decision Process Task Force work complete (leader: P.J. Tabit)
August 15: Working Group Communication Process Task Force work complete (leader: Jami Mathewson)
August 15: Working Group Strategic Planning and Execution Process work complete (leader: Mike Cline)
Aug-Sept: undecided In-person meeting to finalize decisions on organizational structure and Phase II plans (leader: everyone)
September 3: Wikipedia Community Engagement Process Task Force begins writing the RFC by this date (leader: Mike Christie)
September 10: Open the RFC (leader: Mike Christie)
October 1: Wikimedia Foundation Education Program Consensus Building Process Task Force work complete (leader: Frank Schulenburg)
October 10: Close the RFC and begin to incorporate final comments from the RFC on-wiki into the proposal to WMF (leader: Mike Christie)
October 17: Finance transmits the draft Phase II budget to the Working Group for review and feedback (leader: TBD)
October 21: Working Group finishes providing feedback to Finance on the Phase II budget (leader: everyone)
October 24: Finance finalizes the budget for Phase II (leader: TBD)
October 24: Finance begins writing the grant proposal for the Phase II budget (leader: TBD)
November 7: Finance transmits the Phase II draft grant proposal to the Working Group for review (leader: TBD)
November 11: Working Group finishes providing feedback to Finance on the Phase II draft grant proposal (leader: everyone)
November 15: Finance finalizes the budget for Phase III (leader: TBD)
November 15: Finance transmits the Phase II grant proposal to WMF (leader: TBD)
November 30: Key Wikipedia Chapters Task Force work complete (leader: Mike Christie)
November 30: Professors in Education Program Task Force work complete (leader: Bob Cummings)
November 30: Key Wikipedia Ambassadors Task Force work complete (leader: Chanitra Bishop)
November 30: Key WikiProjects Task Force work complete (leader: Patrick Earley)
November 30: Wikipedia Community Engagement Process Task Force work complete (leader: Mike Christie)
November 30: Working Group Legal Process Task Force work complete (leader: Bryan Cox)
November 30: US-CAN Education Program Proposed Structure Task Force work complete (leader: Brian Carver)
November 30: US-CAN Education Program Scope and Philosophy Task Force work complete (leader: Richard Jensen)
December 1: By this date, we need money to operate during Phase II e.g. hiring staff and other expenses to get the structure up and running by May.