Re: [Foundation-l] 2007 Form 990 Now Posted

2009-05-15 Thread Florence Devouard
effe iets anders wrote: Hi Veronique, thanks for posting this. In Part VI, question 82b, it is mentioned that 333,125 USD was donated in kind. Can you confirm that this does not include the volunteer contributions to Wikipedia? (assume not, or at least hope that it's not valued that low ;-)

Re: [Foundation-l] 2007 Form 990 Now Posted

2009-05-15 Thread effe iets anders
The affiliate question was mainly triggered by page 1, question H (and might be especially interesting in later files of 990 with US chapters on their way who might or might not be affiliates according to the IRS definition). I noted that question H(c) has not been filled in. I assume that this

Re: [Foundation-l] 2007 Form 990 Now Posted

2009-05-14 Thread effe iets anders
Hi Veronique, thanks for posting this. In Part VI, question 82b, it is mentioned that 333,125 USD was donated in kind. Can you confirm that this does not include the volunteer contributions to Wikipedia? (assume not, or at least hope that it's not valued that low ;-) ) A more general question

Re: [Foundation-l] 2007 Form 990 Now Posted

2009-05-14 Thread Sue Gardner
2009/5/13 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: 2009/5/13 Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com: As it is, this is being released more than 10 months after the end of the fiscal year which is rather a lot. Indeed. Normally waiting a while for this kind of stuff doesn't matter, but an organisation

Re: [Foundation-l] 2007 Form 990 Now Posted

2009-05-14 Thread Veronique Kessler
The account being referred to is our Moneybookers account; Moneybookers is a payment gateway like Paypal and we have had the account for a couple of years. Only a small fraction of donations come via Moneybookers but some folks prefer it over Paypal. geni wrote: 2009/5/13 Veronique Kessler

Re: [Foundation-l] 2007 Form 990 Now Posted

2009-05-14 Thread Casey Brown
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:00 AM, effe iets anders effeietsand...@gmail.com wrote: A more general question for anyone who knows: Part III, question 1 mentions whether the org. tried to influence politics. Does anyone know 1) what this includes (only US politics or also foreign, also mission

Re: [Foundation-l] 2007 Form 990 Now Posted

2009-05-14 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/5/15 Veronique Kessler vkess...@wikimedia.org: The account being referred to is our Moneybookers account; Moneybookers is a payment gateway like Paypal and we have had the account for a couple of years.  Only a small fraction of donations come via Moneybookers but some folks prefer it

Re: [Foundation-l] 2007 Form 990 Now Posted

2009-05-14 Thread Veronique Kessler
Hi, The donations in-kind refer to donated internet hosting costs and legal fees. In our 07-08 audit report, we discuss the volunteer contribution but did not attempt to quantify it in terms of a dollar value. We are investigating how best to reflect this in next year's audit report. I

Re: [Foundation-l] 2007 Form 990 Now Posted

2009-05-14 Thread Veronique Kessler
True. Thomas Dalton wrote: 2009/5/15 Veronique Kessler vkess...@wikimedia.org: The account being referred to is our Moneybookers account; Moneybookers is a payment gateway like Paypal and we have had the account for a couple of years. Only a small fraction of donations come via

Re: [Foundation-l] 2007 Form 990 Now Posted

2009-05-13 Thread geni
2009/5/13 Veronique Kessler vkess...@wikimedia.org: Dear All, Please note that the 2007 Form 990 which covers fiscal year July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008 has been posted to the Wikimedia Foundation website at: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:WMF_2008_Form_990.pdf Also posted are

Re: [Foundation-l] 2007 Form 990 Now Posted

2009-05-13 Thread Robert Rohde
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Veronique Kessler vkess...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear All, Please note that the 2007 Form 990 which covers fiscal year July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008 has been posted to the Wikimedia Foundation website at:

Re: [Foundation-l] 2007 Form 990 Now Posted

2009-05-13 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/5/13 Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com: As it is, this is being released more than 10 months after the end of the fiscal year which is rather a lot. Indeed. Normally waiting a while for this kind of stuff doesn't matter, but an organisation like WMF is moving so quickly that it's pretty much

Re: [Foundation-l] 2007 Form 990 Now Posted

2009-05-13 Thread Brian
Where is the Foundation's public yearly calendar anyway? It would at least be useful for everyone to see what and when the Foundation should be handling certain responsibilities. On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/5/13 Robert Rohde