Hi,
We are soon gonna meet again in Wikimania 2014, and as many of the chapters
and the WMF already published their final financial numbers for 2013, I
encourage everyone who didn't do it yet - like WMF, WMDE, WMFR, WMAT, and
some others to update their numbers:
And like every year, thank you Jessie for your detailed analysis of the WMF
scholarships!!
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Scholarships/2013
I encourage all the chapters who didn't put their numbers yet to add them
so we will have a full look on Wikimania delegations and scholarships.
Be careful how you measure things, sometimes there will actually be savings
here, often there will be costs that would have been incurred regardless of
Wikimania. For example two chapter staff members at Wikimania discuss
something in person that they would have discussed by phone. If you count
I think it is totally fair to count this as costs - however, you're right
that you should also try to estimate the other side of the equation: gains.
The conversation between two staff members is a gain, as is community
liaison work. Improved networks too, etc. But this is all much more
subjective
Once all the accounts and bills are paid, WMF and the local team will be
producing an accounting of direct expenses
and revenue, which we will put up. But this isn't going to happen right
away. I will do my best to fill in the form.
Ellie
Ellie Young
Conference Coordinator
Wikimedia
Hi,
I know it may be too early to ask that, but I promise to send another
notification related this issue in the coming months :)
We started last year to make the Wikimania costs more transparent.
Wikimania is our biggest and the most expensive project. To ask our self
how much Wikimania costs
Hi Itzik,
probably staff time spent on preparing/attending the conference should also
be included.
And perhaps also how much volunteers spent on attending from their own
budget (this necessarily would have to be an estimate based on flight
accommodation). While this is no 'donor money' it is
