Re: [Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

2012-01-21 Thread Joan Goma
From: Ilario Valdelli valde...@gmail.com Why does the Board of Trustees think that WMF should raise the ?maximum possible amount of money?? Why not ask for what is needed and nothing more? I agree. A no profit association should raise the opportune amount otherwise there a profit.

Re: [Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

2012-01-21 Thread FT2
Agree that raise the maximum is a serious concern. Perception of greed and money focus is one. The other problem is it mandates a specific priority on the organizers of all fundraising events which may be incompatible with the best interests of the project. For example I could maximize fundraising

Re: [Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

2012-01-21 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Ting Chen tc...@wikimedia.org wrote: Following consultation with the Wikimedia community on meta, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is now releasing the guiding principles below, which are intended to govern Wikimedia fundraising and funds

Re: [Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

2012-01-20 Thread Ilario Valdelli
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Pronoein prono...@gmail.com wrote: Why does the Board of Trustees think that WMF should raise the «maximum possible amount of money»? Why not ask for what is needed and nothing more? I agree. A no profit association should raise the opportune amount

[Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

2012-01-18 Thread Ting Chen
Hello dear community, the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation passed the following resolution with seven approves and three abstains: Following consultation with the Wikimedia community on meta, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is now releasing the guiding principles

Re: [Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

2012-01-18 Thread Pronoein
Le 18/01/2012 05:25, Ting Chen a écrit : Hello dear community, the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation passed the following resolution with seven approves and three abstains: [...] * Minimal cost and minimal disruption. All Wikimedia fundraising activities must aim to raise

Re: [Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

2012-01-18 Thread Hubert
Thank you for your information: But I´m not able to enter the refering link. http://board.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_fundraising/Guiding_Principles hubertl Am 18.01.2012 09:25, schrieb Ting Chen: Hello dear community, the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation passed the following

Re: [Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

2012-01-18 Thread Hubert
Am 18.01.2012 12:48, schrieb Pronoein: Le 18/01/2012 05:25, Ting Chen a écrit : Hello dear community, the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation passed the following resolution with seven approves and three abstains: [...] * Minimal cost and minimal disruption. All Wikimedia

Re: [Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

2012-01-18 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 18 January 2012 11:48, Pronoein prono...@gmail.com wrote: Le 18/01/2012 05:25, Ting Chen a écrit : * Minimal cost and minimal disruption. All Wikimedia fundraising activities must aim to raise the maximum possible amount of money from donors while minimizing administrative costs as much as

Re: [Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

2012-01-18 Thread Alec Meta
Why does the Board of Trustees think that WMF should raise the «maximum possible amount of money»? Why not ask for what is needed and nothing more? Because we don't expect to be JUST Wikipedia forever. We have a lot of innovation ahead of us. If we stand still, we'll be overtaken. With

Re: [Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

2012-01-18 Thread Pronoein
Le 18/01/2012 10:14, Alec Meta a écrit : Why does the Board of Trustees think that WMF should raise the «maximum possible amount of money»? Why not ask for what is needed and nothing more? Because we don't expect to be JUST Wikipedia forever. We have a lot of innovation ahead of us. If we

Re: [Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

2012-01-18 Thread Emmanuel Engelhart
On 18/01/2012 14:14, Alec Meta wrote: Why does the Board of Trustees think that WMF should raise the «maximum possible amount of money»? Why not ask for what is needed and nothing more? Because we don't expect to be JUST Wikipedia forever. We have a lot of innovation ahead of us. If we