Hi Kelsi, Surely you realise I was commenting about the cognitive gap between fundraising banners saying "This Wednesday, for the 1st time recently, we humbly ask you to defend Wikipedia's independence" – as though you were facing a financial threat – and your plans to increase your overall spending by 35%.
This said, I am glad the current fundraising banners no longer tell people to donate in order to "show the volunteers that their work matters". If that's a sign of progress, then I for one am happy to see it. Best, Andreas On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 11:22 PM <kstiner...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > A few responses to questions raised here about the annual plan: > > Thanks Mike for your question about community input into the annual plan, > which I answered briefly on Meta [1]. Yes, you are correct that the annual > plan is a finalized product as it has been each year since the launch of > the Foundation’s Medium Term Plan (MTP) in 2019 [2]. Basically, the Annual > Plan is a set of commitments on areas of work along with goals. It is > produced through Foundation teams connecting the long term ambitions voiced > through collaboration with volunteer communities with our budget, staff, > legal and fiduciary requirements, technical systems, and other constraints. > It’s not meant to be a list of activities that we’ll do - this level of > detail is worked out (and evolves a lot!) throughout the year in > collaboration with volunteers within individual projects. But the annual > plan guides Foundation teams in building their strategies and work plans > throughout the year. > > Andreas - yes, you are correct that the Foundation’s annual budget has > increased by $38 million this year, with the largest part of this growth > going to supporting a thriving Wikimedia movement. The Foundation has > budgeted for a 157% increase in “Thriving Movement” from last year, meaning > this budget category has roughly doubled in size as part of the > Foundation’s overall budget. These new funds include an overall grants > budget for the movement that has almost doubled (from roughly $8 million to > $15.6 million) and support for initiatives like movement governance, > movement strategy, better access to data about the Wikimedia movement, and > the Universal Code of Conduct. > > In a world of widespread disinformation, sociopolitical instability, and > threats to open knowledge, a thriving and independent Wikimedia movement > faces more challenges now than ever before - and it is with the generosity > of our donors across the world that our movement answers this call. > > Best, > > Kelsi > kstiner...@wikimedia.org > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/Annual_Plan_2021-2022 > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/KC3QLHOZRLETC6W5VLMPPOSWN2MQLPFN/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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