[Wikimedia-l] RFC about the scope of the Ombudsman Commission
Dear all, the Ombudsman Commission has started a request for comments on Meta about its scope: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Scope_of_Ombudsman_Commission We invite everyone to comment on this proposal (preferably on the page linked above in order to have all discussions at one place). For the OC, Thogo. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] The world's most efficient charity?
In the light of some of the discussion about overhead and fundraising cost ratios on this list, I would like to congratulate the Arrythmia Alliance, a UK registered charity, for two remarkable feats revealed in its annual return to the Charity Commission: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1107496SubsidiaryNumber=0 * Raising £800K GBP without spending anything at all on fundraising, a totally unbeatable fundraising ROI of infinity * Incurring only £10,000 in overheads on their total expenditure of £1.24M GBP These figures are literally unbelievably good, and I hope we see nothing similar in the Wikimedia movement in the future. Chris ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] The world's most efficient charity?
Interesting case of a low percentage of common sense. At the moment, I believe that none of our chapters publish figures or estimates for the ratio between admin, fundraising and admin work, even if we publish detailed annual reports. Personally, I don't feel we are in a strong position to be amused by inadequate reporting by other organizations when we are not clear on this ourselves. It would be a great improvement to transparency if I could say, even roughly, whether my own chapter were spending 90%, 80% or 70% of our donated funds and grants on planned charitable outcomes, rather than having no figures, and having to defend the position of not knowing and finding reasons why we would never try to calculate it from the figures sitting in our reports. If it turns out that less than 70% of the money was being spent on the outcomes defined in our shared mission, this might encourage us to look rather carefully at exactly where the rest was going, don't you think? Thanks, Fae -- fae...@gmail.com http://j.mp/faewm Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/mfae ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [okfn-discuss] OKCon 2013 Call for Proposals – out now!
It'd be great to see wikimedians there. Tom -- Forwarded message -- From: Beatrice Martini beatrice.mart...@okfn.org Date: 2013/5/7 Subject: [okfn-discuss] OKCon 2013 Call for Proposals – out now! To: Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list okfn-disc...@lists.okfn.org Hi! We are glad and excited to give you the news: the *OKCon Call for Proposals is launched today*! Read all about it on the OKCon websitehttp://okcon.org/call-for-proposals/ . Submit your proposals and share the news – we are looking forward to your ideas! Best, Beatrice -- Beatrice Martini Events Coordinator Open Knowledge Foundation Skype: beatricemartini Twitter: @beatricemartini Support OKF: okfn.org/support ___ okfn-discuss mailing list okfn-disc...@lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) OKFN Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre http://br.okfn.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] The world's most efficient charity?
Well, It might be a little hard to penetrate and realise what is what in this huge page, but we do have our accounting public here: https://donera.wikimedia.se/en/wmse/audit/public/3 If you have any specific questions, please direct them to me or User:Prolineserver, our treasurer and Master of CiviCRM. *Med vänliga hälsningar, Jan Ainali* Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida 0729 - 67 20 48 2013/5/7 Fae fae...@gmail.com Interesting case of a low percentage of common sense. At the moment, I believe that none of our chapters publish figures or estimates for the ratio between admin, fundraising and admin work, even if we publish detailed annual reports. Personally, I don't feel we are in a strong position to be amused by inadequate reporting by other organizations when we are not clear on this ourselves. It would be a great improvement to transparency if I could say, even roughly, whether my own chapter were spending 90%, 80% or 70% of our donated funds and grants on planned charitable outcomes, rather than having no figures, and having to defend the position of not knowing and finding reasons why we would never try to calculate it from the figures sitting in our reports. If it turns out that less than 70% of the money was being spent on the outcomes defined in our shared mission, this might encourage us to look rather carefully at exactly where the rest was going, don't you think? Thanks, Fae -- fae...@gmail.com http://j.mp/faewm Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/mfae ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] The world's most efficient charity?
Chris Keating, 07/05/2013 18:28: These figures are literally unbelievably good, and I hope we see nothing similar in the Wikimedia movement in the future. That seems a rather standard example of semi-empty container entity whose (administrative) costs are on some other orgs' shoulders and which exists to support some other activity executed outside it. Very common in universities, AFAICS. Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Jared Zimmerman joins Wikimedia Foundation as Director of UX
Woot! On 06/05/13 17:44, Erik Moeller wrote: Hi folks, It’s my great pleasure to announce that today, Jared Zimmerman will start as Wikimedia Foundation’s Director of User Experience. As UX Director, Jared will lead the design team and have a hands-on role on the team, contributing his own design work. It’s still a small team (Brandon, Vibha, May, and Pau), but we expect to hire an additional 3-4 designers in the coming 12-18 months. Prior to Wikimedia, Jared was Principal Interaction Designer at Autodesk, where he worked with engineers, visual artists, and user experience researchers to create new software solutions for architecture and design professionals with an emphasis on AutoCAD for Mac and soon to be released online design collaboration tools. Jared has led cross-disciplinary design teams in his roles at Autodesk, Ammunition Group, and iconmobile, including creative direction. At Autodesk, he was part of the transition to agile development and helped his design teams apply those principles to their work. During his time there he worked with design management to establish designers as product owners in the scrum process, to further integrate them into the development process from start to finish, as well as teaching his team best practices for use of agile design tools. Jared has degrees in Graphic Design (BGD) and Fine Art Photography (BFA) from the Rhode Island School of Design. His photography has been in featured in publications such as Travel + Leisure Magazine, ZonaRetiro, and Huffington Post. In addition to starting in his new job, Jared is also planning his wedding in July to his fiancée Shannon. [1] In his spare time Jared is wrapping up a remodel to their home, working on his first iPhone app, experimental cooking, photographing the bay area abroad [2], and answering questions on Quora. [3] I look forward to Jared’s leadership in helping elevate a delightful, consistent and efficient User Experience to becoming a key measure of success for our work. Please join me in welcoming Jared! :-) Erik [1] http://shannonbadiee.com/ [2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/spoinknet/ [3] https://www.quora.com/Jared-Zimmerman/answers -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- -— Isarra ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
