Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Funds Dissemination Committee: Report on first year of operations

2013-10-04 Thread Manuel Schneider
Hi Itzik, thanks for your analysis and your thoughtful mail. I'd like to echo it! I also had some discussions with my peers in several countries about this report. Comments were made on the time of publication and the aggressiveness towards chapters, the volunteers who worked their as*** off to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Funds Dissemination Committee: Report on first year of operations

2013-10-04 Thread Anders Wennersten
Manuel Schneider skrev 2013-10-04 14:18: I'd also like to see comments from FDC members on that issue as well. We FDC members have also had an internal discussion on these issues, and our comments were not far off what you express, we are also engaged community members with good relations to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Funds Dissemination Committee: Report on first year of operations

2013-10-04 Thread Manuel Schneider
Tack Anders för din snabbt svar! Am 04.10.2013 14:40, schrieb Anders Wennersten: *Key is to balance the increasing bureaucratization of chapters with spontaneity of the voluntary movement. As long as the chapters keep the spirit alive, they are the core of our institutionalized activities. We

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Funds Dissemination Committee: Report on first year of operations

2013-10-04 Thread Chris Keating
For what it's worth, I've posted my own comments on Meta. I'd echo Manuel's comment that it's important to have these discussions in a professional and respectful way. As a movement we are still dealing with the issue of how to make the most of the funds and the opportunities we have. This will

[Wikimedia-l] 1.5 hour fundraising test in the US today

2013-10-04 Thread Megan Hernandez
Hello everyone, Quick heads up: We are running fundraising banners today in the US to 100% of anonymous readers. The test will run for an hour and a half from 6:10am Pacific - 7:45amPacific (13:10--14:45 UTC). Since July, we've had banners up worldwide at a low level (showing to 6%-13% of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 1.5 hour fundraising test in the US today

2013-10-04 Thread Katherine Bavage
Good luck! Will check out the results when they're up :) *Katherine Bavage * *Fundraising Manager * *Wikimedia UK* +44 20 7065 0752 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] : WMF resolution on neutral point of view

2013-10-04 Thread とある白い猫
Indeed larger wikis have vibrant local communities that uphold NPOV for the most part. Such wikis would not be affected by such a board resolution too much as they essentially upload NPOV anyways. Smaller developing wikis on the other hand sometimes have people who even want to create policies