Hoi, Congratulations with this highly qualified list of people for the Audit Committee :) I hope they will have a good time and an uneventful time .. :) Thanks, GerardM
2009/7/20 Stuart West <stuw...@gmail.com> > Just a quick follow-up note to thank everyone who expressed interest in > serving on the Foundation's Audit Committee. I'm pleased to announced the > following membership of the 2009-2010 Audit Committee, which represents a > mix of four community members with financial backgrounds and two San > Francisco-area business people who can help provide local oversight: > > * Matt Bisanz -- Matt was founding treasurer of the Wikimedia New York > chapter and is an administrator on the English Wikipedia and Wikimedia > Commons (User:MBisanz). His past experience includes exempt organization > tax > compliance with a Big Four accounting firm and federal grants reporting > compliance in an educational setting. He holds an MBA in accounting from > Hofstra University and a graduate certificate in strategy and leadership > from NYU. > * Ad Huikeshoven -- Ad Huikeshoven lives in the Hague, the Netherlands. He > is an economist and a professional auditor, a long time trusted editor > (User:Dedalus since 2005) and the longest server member on the Audit > Committee (since 2007). > * Renata Stasaityte -- Renata has been working as a tax accountant at a > mid-size accounting firm in New York City since 2006. She has BBA in > Accounting and MS in Taxation. She is an editor (since 2005) and an > administrator (since 2006) on English Wikipedia (User:Renata3). > * Anders Wennersten -- Anders lives in Stockholm and is now retired after a > career including being senior manager at Ericsson and with an university > degree in mathematics and economics. He is Treasurer of Wikimedia Sverige, > a > member of the Chapters Committee, and an active Wikipedian > (User:Anders_Wennersten), doing over 30,000 edits a year mainly as > patroller > on the Swedish Wikipedia reviewing and fixing all new articles. > * Alan Bauer -- Alan was most recently a Group President at Progressive > Insurance, where he was responsible for $4 billion in revenue and took car > insurance online in 1997. His non-profit experience includes serving on the > Board of Trustees and Finance/Planning Committee of Carlton College. He has > a BA in Math and Philosophy from Carlton and an MBA from the Univ of > Chicago. > * Sandy Gallanter -- Sandy is CEO of the Aspen Group, a real-estate > development company that focuses on low-income housing. His non-profit > experience includes serving as an officer and on the Boards of the New > Israel Fund and the San Francisco Jewish Community Center. He earned both a > BS and JD from Rutgers, and is an attorney and Certified Public Accountant. > * Myself > * Executive Director Sue Gardner, and Foundation Chair Michael Snow, both > as > observers > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Stu West <s...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > As many of you know, the Foundation has an Audit Committee which > > represents the Board in oversight of financial and accounting > > issues, including planning, reporting, audits, and internal > > controls (see http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Audit_committee > > for details). The Committee typically serves for one year, > > starting in May/June and ending a year later when the Foundation > > files its annual tax return in the U.S. (the IRS Form 990). For > > the past year, the committee has consisted of two Board members > > (Michael Snow and me as Committee chair) and one long-serving and > > incredibly helpful community member, Ad Huikeshoven. We've > > recently started forming the 2009-2010 Audit Committee, and the > > current team has generously agreed to serve another year. > > > > > > > > We are keenly interested in increasing community participation. > > The time commitment is modest, as far as Wikimedia goes: review > > the Foundation's general financial practices and draft financial > > statements/filings, and then participate in three or four > > conference calls during the year with the staff and our > > independent auditors, KPMG. The one requirement for membership > > is "financial literacy", usually some kind of professional > > experience with finance, accounting or audit. > > > > > > > > If you're interested in serving on the Committee, please email us > > at audit-l <at> lists.wikimedia.org and let us know how you think > > you could contribute. Thanks. > > > > > > > > -s > > > > > > > > =========================== > > > > Stu West > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > Trustee & Board Treasurer > > > > stu <mailto:s...@wikimedia.org> <at> wikimedia.org > > > > [User:Stu] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l