Hi Gerard, I found this finance report interesting, especially in light of discussions at WMCON. I'll have more to say later but I'm pretty swamped in projects at the moment. I may try to add some thoughts about this finance report into my piece about WMCON that I'm writing for the Signpost.
Pine On Jun 11, 2015 12:49 AM, "Gerard Meijssen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hoi, > it strikes me that when one of the principal activities of chapters is > omitted, the relative value of this research is reduced. > > When you consider that it is EXACTLY the time I had to spend re reporting > that I will think hard to apply again that considering it out of scope is > also really bad business. > > For me you have a report that I find hard to understand what it is I take > away from it. What is left as a lesson learned that I care about? > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 10 June 2015 at 00:10, Lene Gillis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank you for all your supportive feedback, we really appreciate it. > > > > @ Tomasz - This is definitely something we will discuss further. We > replied > > to your question on meta and welcome further comments related to this on > > meta. > > > > @ Pine, Claudia - For 2013, the volunteer and staff time spent on > applying > > for and reporting about WMF grants was not within the scope of our > > financial report. The focus was mainly on aligning the financial data > that > > were in the financial statements of the chapters. We will consider if > > including the estimate of volunteer and staff time spent on applying for > > and reporting about WMF grants would fall within the scope of the report > if > > this is to be repeated. > > > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 3:40 AM, Tomasz Ganicz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Great job and very interesting. > > > > > > I had this tought during sending you data for Wikimedia Polska, so I > want > > > to share it here as well. In the report there is no "projects" entry > for > > > costs but only "events" and "organizational development". Chapters are > > > doing not only events but also projects leading to improvement of free > > > content and data - such as colaboration with GLAMs, software > > developement, > > > developement of wikidata, microgrant systems etc, which are hard to be > > > called "events" and they are also not "organizational developement". I > > > would suggest to add to future reports positions "content and software > > > improvement projects" or something similar. I think especially for > > thematic > > > organizations it is the core of their activity. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2015-06-08 19:00 GMT+02:00 Michael Guss <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > Hello folks, > > > > > > > > After 8 months, over 400 line items and an infinite amount of > emails, I > > > am > > > > very pleased to let everyone know that we the finance fellows have > > > > completed our movement-wide financial report. It is now available for > > > > everyone to read on meta and download. > > > > > > > > Here is the link: > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Movement-wide_Financial_Report > > > > > > > > I have to offer my sincerest gratitude to everyone involved with the > > > > release of this report. Thank you to all the participating chapters > who > > > > helped make this report possible. We cannot express our appreciation > > > enough > > > > for your helpful responses and guidance to develop this final > product. > > > > Hopefully, this report proves insightful for you and help us begin to > > > think > > > > about more consistent financial reporting. > > > > > > > > Thank you Community Engagement, especially Jaime Anstee, Edward > Galvez, > > > > Winifred Olliff and Katy Love for your guidance throughout this > > process. > > > > > > > > But last and not least, thank you to all volunteers who participate > in > > > the > > > > Wikimedia projects. Despite the fiscal emphasis of this report, it is > > > your > > > > work that is most important and completely invaluable to the > movement. > > > > Hopefully, you too will find this report useful. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Walter Alejandro Gomez Segura < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Pine, > > > > > > > > > > Yes, we would like to discuss it. The main goal of this project is > to > > > > > prompt questions, so further along we will carry out a discussion > > about > > > > > this report and try to get as much feedback as we can from the > > > community. > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > > > Walter Gomez Segura > > > > > *Finance Fellow* > > > > > *149 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA., 94105* > > > > > www.wikimediafoundation.org > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:54 AM, Pine W <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Lene, > > > > > > > > > > > > OK, thanks for the update. As you can tell, I am very interested > in > > > > your > > > > > > work. > > > > > > > > > > > > I am sensitized to anything having to do with Meta-type > > documentation > > > > and > > > > > > deadlines at the moment, seeing as I am juggling so many of them > > with > > > > > > intricate dependencies (including weekend projects), but I > suppose > > > > that I > > > > > > will just need to wait until April for this particular report. > > > > > > > > > > > > I am very glad that this report is being done. Perhaps we will > > have a > > > > > > chance to discuss it during an office hour in April? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > Pine > > > > > > > > > > > > *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep > > > rock > > > > of > > > > > > our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear > > > water > > > > > we > > > > > > must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile > earth, > > > in > > > > > > which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And > the > > > > broad > > > > > > fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much > > we > > > do > > > > > not > > > > > > know.* > > > > > > > > > > > > *—Catherine Munro* > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Lene Gillis < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Pine, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your inquiry and for following up the status of > > this > > > > > > project. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We’ve updated the information on our meta page[1], so that it > is > > > more > > > > > > clear > > > > > > > to everyone. We would like to clarify that the Draft Report is > a > > > > > > > finalization of the raw dataset and is not intended to be > > > published. > > > > We > > > > > > are > > > > > > > currently focusing on representing the data, so that everyone > can > > > > > easily > > > > > > > understand the outcomes of our project. This will be revised > > > > internally > > > > > > and > > > > > > > the outcome of that will be the Final Report, which will be > > > published > > > > > in > > > > > > > April. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All the best, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Lene > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement-wide_Financial_Report > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Michael Guss > > > > Research Analyst > > > > Wikimediafoundation.org > > > > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > [email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz > > > http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek > > > http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/ > > > http://www.cbmm.lodz.pl/work.php?id=29&title=tomasz-ganicz > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Lene Gillis* > > Finance Fellow > > Wikimedia Foundation > > www.wikimediafoundation.org > > > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > > the sum of all knowledge. 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