Re: [Foundation-l] Call for volunteers: 2009-2010 Audit Committee
Hoi, Congratulations with this highly qualified list of people for the Audit Committee :) I hope they will have a good time and an uneventful time .. :) Thanks, GerardM 2009/7/20 Stuart West stuw...@gmail.com Just a quick follow-up note to thank everyone who expressed interest in serving on the Foundation's Audit Committee. I'm pleased to announced the following membership of the 2009-2010 Audit Committee, which represents a mix of four community members with financial backgrounds and two San Francisco-area business people who can help provide local oversight: * Matt Bisanz -- Matt was founding treasurer of the Wikimedia New York chapter and is an administrator on the English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons (User:MBisanz). His past experience includes exempt organization tax compliance with a Big Four accounting firm and federal grants reporting compliance in an educational setting. He holds an MBA in accounting from Hofstra University and a graduate certificate in strategy and leadership from NYU. * Ad Huikeshoven -- Ad Huikeshoven lives in the Hague, the Netherlands. He is an economist and a professional auditor, a long time trusted editor (User:Dedalus since 2005) and the longest server member on the Audit Committee (since 2007). * Renata Stasaityte -- Renata has been working as a tax accountant at a mid-size accounting firm in New York City since 2006. She has BBA in Accounting and MS in Taxation. She is an editor (since 2005) and an administrator (since 2006) on English Wikipedia (User:Renata3). * Anders Wennersten -- Anders lives in Stockholm and is now retired after a career including being senior manager at Ericsson and with an university degree in mathematics and economics. He is Treasurer of Wikimedia Sverige, a member of the Chapters Committee, and an active Wikipedian (User:Anders_Wennersten), doing over 30,000 edits a year mainly as patroller on the Swedish Wikipedia reviewing and fixing all new articles. * Alan Bauer -- Alan was most recently a Group President at Progressive Insurance, where he was responsible for $4 billion in revenue and took car insurance online in 1997. His non-profit experience includes serving on the Board of Trustees and Finance/Planning Committee of Carlton College. He has a BA in Math and Philosophy from Carlton and an MBA from the Univ of Chicago. * Sandy Gallanter -- Sandy is CEO of the Aspen Group, a real-estate development company that focuses on low-income housing. His non-profit experience includes serving as an officer and on the Boards of the New Israel Fund and the San Francisco Jewish Community Center. He earned both a BS and JD from Rutgers, and is an attorney and Certified Public Accountant. * Myself * Executive Director Sue Gardner, and Foundation Chair Michael Snow, both as observers On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Stu West s...@wikimedia.org wrote: As many of you know, the Foundation has an Audit Committee which represents the Board in oversight of financial and accounting issues, including planning, reporting, audits, and internal controls (see http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Audit_committee for details). The Committee typically serves for one year, starting in May/June and ending a year later when the Foundation files its annual tax return in the U.S. (the IRS Form 990). For the past year, the committee has consisted of two Board members (Michael Snow and me as Committee chair) and one long-serving and incredibly helpful community member, Ad Huikeshoven. We've recently started forming the 2009-2010 Audit Committee, and the current team has generously agreed to serve another year. We are keenly interested in increasing community participation. The time commitment is modest, as far as Wikimedia goes: review the Foundation's general financial practices and draft financial statements/filings, and then participate in three or four conference calls during the year with the staff and our independent auditors, KPMG. The one requirement for membership is financial literacy, usually some kind of professional experience with finance, accounting or audit. If you're interested in serving on the Committee, please email us at audit-l at lists.wikimedia.org and let us know how you think you could contribute. Thanks. -s === Stu West Wikimedia Foundation Trustee Board Treasurer stu mailto:s...@wikimedia.org at wikimedia.org [User:Stu] ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ foundation-l mailing list
Re: [Foundation-l] Call for volunteers: 2009-2010 Audit Committee
Just a quick follow-up note to thank everyone who expressed interest in serving on the Foundation's Audit Committee. I'm pleased to announced the following membership of the 2009-2010 Audit Committee, which represents a mix of four community members with financial backgrounds and two San Francisco-area business people who can help provide local oversight: * Matt Bisanz -- Matt was founding treasurer of the Wikimedia New York chapter and is an administrator on the English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons (User:MBisanz). His past experience includes exempt organization tax compliance with a Big Four accounting firm and federal grants reporting compliance in an educational setting. He holds an MBA in accounting from Hofstra University and a graduate certificate in strategy and leadership from NYU. * Ad Huikeshoven -- Ad Huikeshoven lives in the Hague, the Netherlands. He is an economist and a professional auditor, a long time trusted editor (User:Dedalus since 2005) and the longest server member on the Audit Committee (since 2007). * Renata Stasaityte -- Renata has been working as a tax accountant at a mid-size accounting firm in New York City since 2006. She has BBA in Accounting and MS in Taxation. She is an editor (since 2005) and an administrator (since 2006) on English Wikipedia (User:Renata3). * Anders Wennersten -- Anders lives in Stockholm and is now retired after a career including being senior manager at Ericsson and with an university degree in mathematics and economics. He is Treasurer of Wikimedia Sverige, a member of the Chapters Committee, and an active Wikipedian (User:Anders_Wennersten), doing over 30,000 edits a year mainly as patroller on the Swedish Wikipedia reviewing and fixing all new articles. * Alan Bauer -- Alan was most recently a Group President at Progressive Insurance, where he was responsible for $4 billion in revenue and took car insurance online in 1997. His non-profit experience includes serving on the Board of Trustees and Finance/Planning Committee of Carlton College. He has a BA in Math and Philosophy from Carlton and an MBA from the Univ of Chicago. * Sandy Gallanter -- Sandy is CEO of the Aspen Group, a real-estate development company that focuses on low-income housing. His non-profit experience includes serving as an officer and on the Boards of the New Israel Fund and the San Francisco Jewish Community Center. He earned both a BS and JD from Rutgers, and is an attorney and Certified Public Accountant. * Myself * Executive Director Sue Gardner, and Foundation Chair Michael Snow, both as observers On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Stu West s...@wikimedia.org wrote: As many of you know, the Foundation has an Audit Committee which represents the Board in oversight of financial and accounting issues, including planning, reporting, audits, and internal controls (see http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Audit_committee for details). The Committee typically serves for one year, starting in May/June and ending a year later when the Foundation files its annual tax return in the U.S. (the IRS Form 990). For the past year, the committee has consisted of two Board members (Michael Snow and me as Committee chair) and one long-serving and incredibly helpful community member, Ad Huikeshoven. We've recently started forming the 2009-2010 Audit Committee, and the current team has generously agreed to serve another year. We are keenly interested in increasing community participation. The time commitment is modest, as far as Wikimedia goes: review the Foundation's general financial practices and draft financial statements/filings, and then participate in three or four conference calls during the year with the staff and our independent auditors, KPMG. The one requirement for membership is financial literacy, usually some kind of professional experience with finance, accounting or audit. If you're interested in serving on the Committee, please email us at audit-l at lists.wikimedia.org and let us know how you think you could contribute. Thanks. -s === Stu West Wikimedia Foundation Trustee Board Treasurer stu mailto:s...@wikimedia.org at wikimedia.org [User:Stu] ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Call for volunteers: 2009-2010 Audit Committee
As many of you know, the Foundation has an Audit Committee which represents the Board in oversight of financial and accounting issues, including planning, reporting, audits, and internal controls (see http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Audit_committee for details). The Committee typically serves for one year, starting in May/June and ending a year later when the Foundation files its annual tax return in the U.S. (the IRS Form 990). For the past year, the committee has consisted of two Board members (Michael Snow and me as Committee chair) and one long-serving and incredibly helpful community member, Ad Huikeshoven. We've recently started forming the 2009-2010 Audit Committee, and the current team has generously agreed to serve another year. We are keenly interested in increasing community participation. The time commitment is modest, as far as Wikimedia goes: review the Foundation's general financial practices and draft financial statements/filings, and then participate in three or four conference calls during the year with the staff and our independent auditors, KPMG. The one requirement for membership is financial literacy, usually some kind of professional experience with finance, accounting or audit. If you're interested in serving on the Committee, please email us at audit-l at lists.wikimedia.org and let us know how you think you could contribute. Thanks. -s === Stu West Wikimedia Foundation Trustee Board Treasurer stu mailto:s...@wikimedia.org at wikimedia.org [User:Stu] ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
