Here's mine: Usuario:Wa17gs <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usuario:Wa17gs>
Walter Gomez Segura *Finance Fellow* *149 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA., 94105* www.wikimediafoundation.org wagseg...@wikimedia.org On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 6:19 PM, MF-Warburg <mfwarb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Could you please also add the names of your normal (aka volunteer) > accounts? :) > Am 30.10.2014 00:16 schrieb "Michael Guss" <mg...@wikimedia.org>: > > > Hi folks, > > > > We are the Finance Fellows, a multicultural team consisting of 4 young > > professionals. We are happy to introduce a 6-month movement-wide project > > that focuses on the consistency of how we operate, which is explained > > further in this announcement. > > > > *But here's some information about us*: > > > > Arda [User:Melmas_(WMF)] < > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Melmas_(WMF)> is > > from Turkey. He holds a BA in Economics. > > > > > > Lene [User:Lgillis_(WMF)] > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lgillis_(WMF)> is from Belgium. > She > > holds a Master's degree in Applied Economics and a Master's degree in > > Business Communication. > > > > Seyi [User:Oolukoya_(WMF)] > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Oolukoya_(WMF)> is from Nigeria. > She > > holds a Master's in International Business and a BSc in Economics. > > > > Walter [User:Wagsegura_(WMF)] > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Wagsegura_(WMF)> is from > Nicaragua. > > He holds a BA in Applied Economics. > > > > *About the project "Movement-wide financial report"* > > > > Driven by the Wikimedia Foundation's guiding principles of transparency > and > > accountability, our goal is to gather data and develop systematic metrics > > in order to provide a better understanding of financial statements. The > aim > > is to help make financial data and statements more consistent and > > comparable across all Wikimedia Chapters, Thematic Organizations, and the > > Wikimedia Foundation, to the benefit of the whole movement. > > > > The idea of this project comes from the WMF Board of Trustee's Audit > > Committee and is supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. An initial > > quantitative > > analysis of Wikimedia Chapters and Thematic Organizations > > < > https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Chapters_in_Numbers> > > demonstrated > > at Wikimania 2013 by Michal Buczyński (User:Aegis Maelstrom) > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Aegis_Maelstrom>, highlighted the > > importance of meaningful, obtainable and unified data. > > > > The Finance Fellows have been formed by WMF to spearhead this project. > The > > intention of this project is to enable Wikimedia Chapters and Thematic > > Organizations to benchmark activities and costs in a consistent way. We > > will begin by gathering comparable quantitative financial data about > > Wikimedia Chapters and Thematic Organizations. Our findings will later be > > released movement-wide, on Meta-Wiki. > > > > Please note that this is not an audit process. We are simply collecting > the > > data and developing global metrics. The metric is an objective > measurement > > that will enable data to be consistent, meaningful and comparable among > the > > Wikimedia Chapters, Thematic Organizations, and the Wikimedia Foundation. > > > > We will build on existing data sets and reach out to Chapters and > Thematic > > Organizations if further information is required. After processing the > > gathered information, we will confirm the data with each organization. > > > > In the long run, we envision that this project could be replicated > > annually. In this attempt to enable Wikimedia Chapters, Thematic > > Organizations, and the Wikimedia Foundation to help make the movement's > > financial data more consistent, we rely on the data provided by the > > organizations. We believe that there is enough data available to make a > new > > attempt on capturing the movement's finances as a whole. > > > > A meta page < > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement-wide_Financial_Report> > > was > > created for the project, in order to make the information accessible to > > everyone and create a space for discussion and/or suggestions. We > strongly > > encourage you to share with us what types of additional information is > > desired. > > > > And of course: This is all an experiment! If it does not work, we will > try > > to apply a modified 'agile' process by iterating, repeating, and trying > > again based on the feedback we are getting. If this does not seem right, > or > > if it appears we are missing something obvious, please let us know! > > > > Thank you, > > > > WMF Finance Fellows (User:WMF Finance Fellows) > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:WMF_Finance_Fellows> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
