Fae wrote: >> Fae wrote: >>> Is there a link somewhere to the total budget and actual staff costs >>> of the referendum? >> >> This was asked very early on: >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Image_filter_referendum/Archive1#Cost > > Sorry, not the same question as expected costs of implementation. I am > asking for the actual staff costs for running and analysing the > referendum itself (so far) plus any further planned costs. This should > be entirely known and openly reported.
Oops. My bad. I don't know of any such link and I doubt you'll ever seen one (unless you write the page yourself!). The Wikimedia cost side would largely be focused in Philippe (for organizing the referendum) and maybe in a contractor or two for some work on SecurePoll. Off-hand, I can't think of anyone else who was really involved from Wikimedia's side. I don't know if there's a cost associated with the vote hosting (by SPI, I believe), though I'd assume there is. (Unless the hosting is donated.) Philippe organized a committee of users, so their time and resources would be calculated separately. All of their work was unpaid, as far as I know. Just another thankless task. "On Wikipedia, the reward for a job well done is another three jobs," as Mr. Gerard says. :-) Other than costs noted above, I can't really think of too much else that went into this. Some Board people and staffers have commented on this list and on the talk page, but most of that is negligible cost and/or volunteer cost. There are grey areas to consider as well. For example, would you consider the time and resources that went into the mock-ups as part of the referendum costs? I agree that a proper report would be nice, but I don't see it realistically happening, for a variety of reasons. MZMcBride _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
