Thanks Ting for posting, Phoebe for jumping in already, and everyone for questions so far. As the WIkimedia Board member most focused on financial issues, I thought i should share some personal observations on the fundraising letter and issues behind it. See my blog post:
http://wikistu.org/2012/02/fundraising-letter-comments/ On Feb 9, 2012, at 11:17 AM, Alice Wiegand wrote: > Hi Phoebe, > > thank you for the clarification and thanks to the board for sharing > this kind of summary soon after the meeting. > > On 9 February 2012 18:08, phoebe ayers <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Lodewijk, >> >> In this board meeting we were trying to see if we had a general >> consensus on the direction we wanted to go (rather than take a final >> vote). > > You describe the content of the letter as an indication. That leaves > enough room for interpretation and although I understand that you're > still in the process of finding a solution I would like to focus on > the main issues of your letter and ask if I can read the letter as: > > a) Some chapters still will be able to do fundraising; criterias are > not yet fixed and need discussion. > b) The ability to fundraise should not be connected to any type of > entitlement to the raised funds. > c) Funds dissemination will be managed by a new body (Funds > Dissemenation Committee; FDC), how this will be realized is not yet > fixed in detail and needs discussion. > d) These points mark the main direction for the Board's discussions > and decision. > > Regards, Alice. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
