Thanks for the quick answer Sue. I'll comment afterwards when I get Veronique further comments next week.
Florence On 7/23/10 10:37 PM, Sue Gardner wrote: > Hi Florence, > > I know Veronique plans to respond to your note, but I have two seconds > right now, so I will add a quick comment below. > > > On 23 July 2010 11:18, Florence Devouard<[email protected]> wrote: >> 2) You are maybe aware that some chapter members (deeply) regret that >> chapters are not listed as revenu sources in the annual plan and I hope >> that this will be fixed in the future. >> But meanwhile... are the revenus to be collected by the chapters and >> transferred to the Wikimedia Foundation counted in the current annual >> plan ? or were they not listed at all as WMF is not yet sure practical >> solutions will be found to transfer money from chapters to the WMF ? >> Or if the money coming from chapters are listed, is it counted as >> "donations below 10K" or as "donations above 10K" ? > > > I had no idea that the chapters had a view on their inclusion / lack > of inclusion in the annual plan -- interesting! > > Yes, there is some 'plug' in the plan for chapters revenues. It is a > ballpark figure -- Veronique will tell us how much. It's based on the > assumption that chapters will continue to fundraise, and that their > ability to raise money will increase over time. At the same time, > that is balanced against the Foundation's reluctance to count on the > money too much, because it is far from guaranteed. Basically: we > don't have information about chapters' plans/goals/targets (if they > have them), and it's not uncommon for chapters to have difficulty > transferring money to the Foundation. So for 2010-11, we have a plug, > in community giving (since the money originates as small donations). > My hope and my expectation is that as time goes on, the chapters' > --and everyone's-- ability to plan and predict will increase, and we > will work out the money-transferring difficulties, which will enable > the Foundation to be able to be confident relying on the chapters' > fundraising as part of our targets. > > Sorry this note is kind of choppy: I'm replying fast as I run out the door :-) > > Thanks, > Sue > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
