[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

Hello Antoine, this certainly does not count for contractors, since there has been at least one case where the WMF left a public bad recommendation in public networks after a contractor did not work for the WMF any more - and this is something that I have never seen from any client or

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

Le 10/05/2023 à 11:01, Paulo Santos Perneta a écrit : Hello, I'm a bit lost on this, probably because I'm not familiar with US Work laws. Why did Katherine Maher received $623,286 on severance pay? Was she fired? Hello Paulo, When an employee leaves, you would always get a statement on the

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

Who approved these severance packages and when? I am not finding anything among Board resolutions/minutes from 2021, perhaps I missed it? ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at:

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

Andreas, You write > Victoria did say last year, on-wiki: The Board has done its main job - changed the CEO. > (Victoria did not provide further details when asked.) I want to say that The Board

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

Flo and Andreas, Have you asked these questions to ask...@wikimedia.org? https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2023-05-18_Conversation_with_Trustees#Submit_your_questions -LW On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 12:22 PM Florence Devouard wrote: > > Speaking of

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

Speaking of which... I was reading with a lot of interest the new policy regarding severance packages... I read on the diff (1) "The guidelines have also provided an opportunity to better align our processes globally when staff leave the Foundation. This includes a new standardized

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

I was wondering the same thing, Paulo. Victoria did say last year, on-wiki: The Board has done its main job - changed the CEO. (Victoria did not provide further details when asked.) Andreas On Wed,

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

Hello, I'm a bit lost on this, probably because I'm not familiar with US Work laws. Why did Katherine Maher received $623,286 on severance pay? Was she fired? Best, Paulo Andreas Kolbe escreveu no dia terça, 9/05/2023 à(s) 22:17: > The information is right there, Lodewijk, all you need to do

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

The information is right there, Lodewijk, all you need to do is click the link. The Form 990 discloses that the WMF paid five executives a combined total of over $1.2 million in severance pay.

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

Hi Andreas, just one page further (page 50) it would have become clear that the WMF spent 1,247,211 USD on severance for five people. Why not ask that question instead? Don't distract from the actual issues ;-) On Tue, 9 May 2023 at 19:03, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > Dear all, > > Page 49 of the

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

I'm sure someone at the Foundation will have a better response, and you may have puzzled this together yourself already, but we've seen in previous years that the reported salary went up in the last year of someone's service, possibly due to consulting fees and severance packages. Both Maher and

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

Dear all, Page 49 of the new Form 990 (2021) shows the following total compensation figures for former CEO Katherine Maher and Janeen Uzzell in that year: *$798,632 and $515,553 *respectively. Both figures far exceed all prior records.