A couple quick points: * Average rent for an apartment in San Francisco is $2,282/month. If you exclude the neighborhoods where you're likely to get shot, it's more like $2500-$3000. * I believe "Salary and other compensation" includes payment to contractors, of which we currently have about 20-30 (which aren't counted as employees).
If you factor those in you may understand why I spend over 50% of my paycheck on rent, commute 45 minutes to work, drive a car from 1973, and eat microwave burritos. Either that or my "western, capitalist, materialist and proprietary cultural bias" has gone seriously haywire :) Ryan Kaldari On 11/20/10 4:16 AM, Fred Bauder wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 19/11/2010 21:31, Risker wrote: >> >>> The last one is for the fiscal year ending June 2009, and was filed on >>> 29 >>> April 2010. Link: >>> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/5/54/WMF_2008_2009_Form_990.pdf >>> >>> The section on salaries begins on Page 7. >>> >> Thank you for the links. I'm consulting the 990 form for 2008-2009 right >> now [1]. Sadly, I already have questions: >> >> Item 15 of page 1 says: >> Salaries, other compensation, employee benefits: >> Current year (2008-2009): 2,073,313 dollars. >> (By the way, the annual report states another number: 2,257,621$. Why?) >> With 26 employees declared at that time, it gives a mean salary of 6645$ >> a month for each employee. Isn't it morally a little high for a >> non-profit organization and unfair towards the current 80 000 volunteers? >> >> Also, at page 7, three major compensations are described: >> Sue Gardner was compensated 175050$ (equivalent to a monthly 14587$ >> income) >> Veronique Kessler was compensated 121859$ (equivalent to a monthly >> 10155$ income) >> Mike Godwin was compensated 128139$ (equivalent to a monthly 10678$ >> income). >> >> I don't live in the USA, but I'm surprised about these numbers. Frank >> Bauer estimates that they "don't have the money to begin to pay for such >> services at market rate". >> >> The fact that this is legal or traditional is beside my point. >> Though I'm willing to listen and understand the Foundation's way of >> thinking, I'd like to express that for the cultural and ethical grounds >> from where I come, it is unacceptable for someone to profit from >> volunteers' efforts and from donations aimed at a cause. I'm not saying >> this is the case, but I would gladly receive insightful answers because >> I'm currently at loss about what to think of the Foundation. >> > Top law school graduates in the United States are offered salaries in > that range for their first job. It is a modest salary for highly > experienced counsel as are the other salaries disclosed. > > Fred Bauder > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
