Who set the targets that will now not be met, how were they decided, and when were they set? I must assume that WLM annual project was not taken into consideration by these planners. Cheers, P
-----Original Message----- From: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Pine W Sent: Thursday, 03 September 2015 10:51 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wiki Loves Monuments in Italy largely blocked by WMF fundraising I just want to respond to this point in particular: "Postponing the Italian fundraising campaign means for the first time in at least 4 years, the fundraising team will not be meeting a target. The team will pick up extra work in October to make up for work missed in September. It's not possible to do two months of work in one month, so there will need to be adjustments later throughout the year to make up for missing the September target." It was somewhat courageous for WMF Fundraising to change its schedule and forecast missing a target as a result. Two quotes seem appropriate in the context of this conversation, particularly regarding WMF's taking the community's priorities into account and absorbing the risks to its plans that come with changing to accommodate WLM: "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." -- Winston Churchill. "Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean." --Christopher Reeve Thanks Megan and all. Pine On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Mathias Damour <mathias.dam...@laposte.net > wrote: > Le 31/08/2015 13:02, Megan Hernandez a écrit : > >> Postponing the Italian fundraising campaign means for the first time >> in at least 4 years, the fundraising team will not be meeting a >> target. The team will pick up extra work in October to make up for >> work missed in September. >> It's not possible to do two months of work in one month, so there >> will need to be adjustments later throughout the year to make up for >> missing the September target. >> > > The WMF team is without any doubt very professional in "meeting its > target" and in smooth communication. > > We should also understand that despite the huge growth of the WMF > these last few years, it may feel an inferiority complex and think it > has a backlog to catch up compared to some much richer neighbouring > companies in the San Francisco Bay ! I guess they roughly think: "Why > should we have 15 time less employees than Twitter !" That's why > raising up the fundraising targets can be more important than to > facilitate a WLM event in just one not-so-big country ! :-P > > Nevertheless it still give the impression of taking the word-wide > donors, the volunteers and the other entities (chapters) for > pawns/chess pieces that you may move or stop whenever you want or need... > Maybe the ones to blame are the neighbouring internet companies for > setting a bad example to the WMF... :-\ > > -- > Mathias Damour > [[User:Astirmays]] > > > _______________________________________________ > 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> ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.6086 / Virus Database: 4409/10565 - Release Date: 09/03/15
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