2009/10/8 Anthony <[email protected]>: > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2009/10/8 George Herbert <[email protected]>: >>> The WMF is not entirely unique in that regard; many other charities >>> are largely volunteer (cf Red Cross). >> >> According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Cross#Activities: >> >> "Altogether, there are about 97 million people worldwide who serve >> with the ICRC, the International Federation, and the National >> Societies. And there are about 12,000 total full time staff members." >> >> That is a ratio of about 8,000 volunteers per staff member. >> >> The Wikimedia movement has perhaps 40 staff including the WMF and >> chapters. At the same ratio, that would give us 320,000 volunteers. I >> don't know how many volunteers we have, but I think it is rather more >> than that. > > Depends how you define "volunteers". How many people were eligible to > vote in the last board election? I have no idea the number, but I > guess that's a reasonable definition of "volunteers".
Indeed, it is difficult to define fairly. The board election requires you to be an active volunteer that has already contributed significantly - I expect the 97 million figure is broader than that. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
