>From a good governance point of view "maximum" is a bad idea.
This motion would introduce so very poor governance ideas without clear aims. Tom On Monday, December 24, 2012, James Salsman wrote: > Federico, > > Thank you for your very helpful reply. I'm sorry, I didn't realize > that Glassdoor.com results were client location specific. You can use > a proxy terminating in the U.S. to read about Wikimedia Foundation > employee satisfaction and compensation relative to other San Francisco > technology firms. > > > Your proposal has already been implemented in 2010: > > «All Wikimedia fundraising activities must aim to raise the maximum > > possible amount of money [...]» > > < > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Developing_Scenarios_for_future_of_fundraising > > > > «Fundraising activities in the Wikimedia movement should generally be > > directed at achieving the highest possible overall financial support > [...]» > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Wikimedia_fundraising_principles > > This is most helpful for allowing fundraising to continue without the > need for a Board resolution without a meeting, or for more specific > trustee candidate questions if it does not. > > > Are you asking to amend > > < > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Delegations_of_Financial_and_Spending_Authority > > > > Is there any reason that subsequent specific direction can not be > provided without amending that resolution? > > > Are you asking to amend > > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Narrowing_Focus>? > > Not necessarily, but I am asking that it be reconsidered after > community consultation. That resolution was approved without a widely > announced community discussion, which is so completely unprecedented > for a change of that magnitude that I could not believe it at the > time. The comments at > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sue_Gardner/Narrowing_focus > show that the Foundation staff and trustees are very much opposed to > the opinions of the few members of the community who found that page > in time to comment. > > For that reason I will be recommending specific community initiatives > during next year's Board elections. > > Best regards, > James Salsman > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
