Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Audit of the Wikimedia Foundation

2013-01-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
On Jan 3, 2013 6:47 PM, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" wrote: > > Also, I found it interesting that donations increased by 52 % and operating expenses for fundraising by 41 %. What did you find interesting about that? ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@li

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Audit of the Wikimedia Foundation

2013-01-03 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Garfield Byrd, 26/12/2012 21:30: The annual audit of the Wikimedia Foundation, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 and the corresponding FAQ have been posted on the financial reports page of the Wikimedia Foundation web site. Please co

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Audit of the Wikimedia Foundation

2012-12-30 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Michael Snow, 28/12/2012 00:12: Donor funds need to be managed wisely, but simply performing a Google search for the best interest rates is not all that useful a tool here. If somebody wants to come to Garfield and tell him, "I've had some of my own money in a CD with Bank or Credit Union X for t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Audit of the Wikimedia Foundation

2012-12-27 Thread Michael Snow
On 12/27/2012 1:46 PM, James Salsman wrote: I'm also rather skeptical of the underlying claim about the superiority of credit union CDs in this context So I googled "credit union 6 month certificates of deposit best rate" and found http://www.gobankingrates.com/cd-rates/6-month-cd/ which shows o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Audit of the Wikimedia Foundation

2012-12-27 Thread James Salsman
> Reviewing the log from those office hours, it appears Garfield did not > "accept and speak highly of the suggestion", he merely said he would > look into the possibility. Well I'm glad someone is sanity-checking me, but the statement "We get some of best ideas from the community" occurred after

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Audit of the Wikimedia Foundation

2012-12-27 Thread Michael Snow
On 12/27/2012 10:30 AM, James Salsman wrote: The annual audit of the Wikimedia Foundation, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 and the corresponding FAQ have been posted on the financial reports page of the Wikimedia Foundation web site

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Audit of the Wikimedia Foundation

2012-12-27 Thread James Salsman
> The annual audit of the Wikimedia Foundation, for the fiscal year ending > June 30, 2012 and the corresponding FAQ have been posted on the financial > reports page of the > Wikimedia Foundation web site. > > Please contact me with any questi

[Wikimedia-l] Annual Audit of the Wikimedia Foundation

2012-12-26 Thread Garfield Byrd
Hello: The annual audit of the Wikimedia Foundation, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 and the corresponding FAQ have been posted on the financial reports page of the Wikimedia Foundation web site. Please contact me with any questions