James,
the Chief Revenue Officer reported that "significant" increases in
> fundraising would be very difficult
>
I cannot speak for what Zack was thinking -- but I can tell you - as a
member of the fundraising technology team - that I was shocked, utterly
amazed, and astounded at how successful
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Hi all,
Some have asked me to give some thought to various considerations in the
naming of thematic organizations and user groups. I'm putting some ideas
here:
1.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Thematic_Organizations#Thoughts_regarding_the_naming_of_thematic_organizations;
and
2.
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Steven Walling
wrote:
>> - Discussion of proposed changes (e.g. resourcing, targets) and other
>> action items
> One quick item of clarification here Erik: does "Discussion of proposed
> changes" mean proposals by the team, or proposals by those on the review
> p
Hi
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serve on the Ombudsman commission. This commission works on all Wikimedia
projects to investigate complaints about violations of the privacy policy,
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SJ,
Thank you for your reply:
> Fundraising targets have been set to match our projected needs for the
> year, for the past few years.
Does the very recent abandonment of several aspects of the Strategic
Plan, after the July 2012-3 Annual Plan goal was set at $46.1 million,
which itself was subs
On 12/21/2012 10:25 AM, rupert THURNER wrote:
from the german "spendenticker":
... am chronically ill, paraplegic and have to use a wheelchair. but i
do get a small pension, and certainly i donate
"Es ist für mich absolut notwendig für Wikipedia zu spenden. Jeder der
das Internet nutzt, nut
from the german "spendenticker":
... am chronically ill, paraplegic and have to use a wheelchair. but i
do get a small pension, and certainly i donate
"Es ist für mich absolut notwendig für Wikipedia zu spenden. Jeder der
das Internet nutzt, nutzt auch Wikipedia und so ist der Egoismus an
die
Hello James,
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:00 PM, James Salsman wrote:
> > Are you suggesting the Board has a duty to raise as
> > much money as possible?
>
> No. When actual fundraising far exceeded expectations, it was scaled
> back to meet expectations based on the nonquantative predictions of
>
> It's clear that this year, the fundraiser could easily raise much more
> than the revenue goals, thanks to dramatic increases in banner
> effectiveness. It probably wouldn't even "cost" that much in terms of
annoying readers -- not like ~2 months of 100% banners from previous
> years.
While
On Dec 21, 2012 5:48 PM, "James Salsman" wrote:
>
> > Costs don't scale linearly with pageviews. Nor do donations,
> > especially when you consider that much of that growth in pageviews now
> > comes from the 'Global South' (where people generally have less
> > disposable income to donate) and fro
> Costs don't scale linearly with pageviews. Nor do donations,
> especially when you consider that much of that growth in pageviews now
> comes from the 'Global South' (where people generally have less
> disposable income to donate) and from mobile devices (which we don't
> really fundraise on, alt
On 21 December 2012 17:00, James Salsman wrote:
>> How do you see the fiduciary responsibilities of the board playing into
>> fundraising targets?
>
> The employees of the board share their fiduciary responsibilities.
>
>> Are you suggesting the Board has a duty to raise as
>> much money as possib
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo)
wrote:
> Christophe Henner, 21/12/2012 16:43:
>
> Well, feels weird to see french as 1st priority frankly.
>>
>
> That's an old proposal meant to start a discussion, it gives some criteria.
That was based on primary/secondary language users
> How do you see the fiduciary responsibilities of the board playing into
> fundraising targets?
The employees of the board share their fiduciary responsibilities.
> Are you suggesting the Board has a duty to raise as
> much money as possible?
No. When actual fundraising far exceeded expectation
I think raising a lot more money because its possible to raise a lot more
money is a for-profit mentality; the WMF has been actually narrowing its
scope, in the understanding that it can't solve all problems or be all
things, and it makes a lot of sense to me to raise only what it already
knows can
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Mbingu Safidi wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> I see. A text only in English is very welcome to other communities
> know there is a consultation.
>
Good point. Is there a short three-word message like "Please translate
this!" that we can put in a template and translate into
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Nathan wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> How do you see the fiduciary responsibilities of the board playing into
> fundraising targets? Are you suggesting the Board has a duty to raise as
> much money as possible? I'm also curious why you highlight "deliberately
> slowing fu
Money for reasonable reserves is money you need...
On Dec 21, 2012 4:22 PM, "David Gerard" wrote:
> On 21 December 2012 16:18, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>
> > Raising money you don't need would be a gross breach of a charity
> trustee's
> > fiduciary duties...
>
>
> Citation needed.
>
> When WMF didn
On 21 December 2012 16:18, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> Raising money you don't need would be a gross breach of a charity trustee's
> fiduciary duties...
Citation needed.
When WMF didn't have a financial buffer, people bitched about it. Now
it's getting one, people are bitching about that. Often the
Hi James,
How do you see the fiduciary responsibilities of the board playing into
fundraising targets? Are you suggesting the Board has a duty to raise as
much money as possible? I'm also curious why you highlight "deliberately
slowing fundraising" despite the 32% increase in revenue goals for the
Raising money you don't need would be a gross breach of a charity trustee's
fiduciary duties...
On Dec 21, 2012 3:55 PM, "James Salsman" wrote:
> Sj,
>
> I appreciate your kind words because I am somewhat frustrated.
>
> > thank you for your nuanced statistical comments; something we could use
>
Christophe Henner, 21/12/2012 16:43:
Well, feels weird to see french as 1st priority frankly.
That's an old proposal meant to start a discussion, it gives some criteria.
That said, I would rather have a document with a medium quality
translation for all languages possible rather than a very
Sj,
I appreciate your kind words because I am somewhat frustrated.
> thank you for your nuanced statistical comments; something we could use more
> of.
Well, I have two additional questions for you and your colleagues
concerning fiduciary duties relative to the observed growth rates. I'm
not go
On 21 December 2012 16:36, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
> Christophe Henner, 21/12/2012 16:27:
>
>> I understand it's frustrating to have these texts only in english, but
>> could you also please try to get things from WMF perspective?
>>
>> In what languages should it translated? The most spoken i
Christophe Henner, 21/12/2012 16:27:
I understand it's frustrating to have these texts only in english, but
could you also please try to get things from WMF perspective?
In what languages should it translated? The most spoken in the world?
The top 10 active communities? The top 10 editing commun
Hi,
Changing topic to keep the COI thread on-topic :)
I understand it's frustrating to have these texts only in english, but
could you also please try to get things from WMF perspective?
In what languages should it translated? The most spoken in the world?
The top 10 active communities? The top
Thanks.
I see. A text only in English is very welcome to other communities
know there is a consultation.
Best,
MS
On 21 December 2012 13:09, Philippe Beaudette wrote:
> Yes. From the linked page:"We encourage international participation,
> and, if more time is needed to allow for translations
There are already a few questions on the talk page.
Mbingu Safidi, 21/12/2012 16:07:
is Wikimedia Foundation interested in involving communities that don't
speak English in this consultation?
Involving more communities is always a good thing, but (for the sake of
clarity) as far as I can unde
Yes. From the linked page:"We encourage international participation,
and, if more time is needed to allow for translations or comments, we
want to take that into consideration."
So please, yes!
PB
—
Philippe Beaudette
Director, Community Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc
On Dec 21, 2
Hello,
is Wikimedia Foundation interested in involving communities that don't
speak English in this consultation?
Thank you,
MS
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Geoff Brigham wrote:
> *Hi all, *
> *
> *
> *We are asking for community consultation on five proposed guidelines
> relating to pote
*Hi all, *
*
*
*We are asking for community consultation on five proposed guidelines
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Eric,
This is great. I think this initiative may lead to benefits on multiple fronts.
Thank you for this good news!
Cheers,
Pine
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