Rogol I don't understanding how you have interpreted this as a choice between community and stability.
Could you explain? Seddon On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lisa > > Thanks anyway. Perhaps one of the members of the Board will comment, in > the interests of transparency. > > Ronald > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 8:57 PM, Lisa Gruwell <lgruw...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Sorry, I wasn't at the meeting, so I can't speak to that. > > > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Rogol Domedonfors < > domedonf...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > Lisa > > > > > > Thanks for that explanation. If it had already been decided to > > contribute > > > the $5M to the Endowment before the offer of matching funds, then there > > > would be no appearance of the offer influencing the Board's decision. > > Can > > > you confirm that was the case? But the main point of my question to > the > > > Board is to ask why they decided that placing this large sum into the > > > Endowment was more important than using it to support the work of the > > > volunteer community (whether or not the offer of matching funds was > part > > of > > > that decision) directly. Can you throw any light on their reasons? > > > > > > Rudyard > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 6:38 PM, Lisa Gruwell <lgruw...@wikimedia.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Just jumping in with a few points of information regarding the > > Endowment: > > > > > > > > 1) I met with Lukas at Wikimania regarding SRI and the endowment. As > > > James > > > > indicated, the endowment is invested through the Tides Foundation and > > > this > > > > is one of the areas of expertise. We have been looking at > > environmental, > > > > social, and governance (ESG) ratings as well as how funds perform > > against > > > > the benchmarks financially. We are going to be publishing more > > > information > > > > about this soon. > > > > > > > > 2) Regarding the matching grant, this funder has made large grants to > > the > > > > Wikimedia Foundation for general support for our annual work for > > almost a > > > > decade. They have also now provided major support to the endowment. > > > They > > > > have provided generous support for our present work and our future > > work. > > > > It is positive thing that this grant was positioned as a matching > > grant. > > > > It doubles the impact of a portion of the contributions that our > online > > > > donors made this year. It is a great story that we are sharing with > > > other > > > > potential endowment donors. We are hoping to find another major > donor > > > (or > > > > donors) that will match the $5 million for the endowment that is in > the > > > FY > > > > 2017-18 annual plan as well. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > Lisa > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 9:15 AM, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have been send further details. As expected Tides (who runs our > > > > > endowment) has a strong philosophy around social justice. > > > > > > > > > > https://www.tides.org/ > > > > > > > > > > James > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Cristian Consonni < > > > crist...@balist.es> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On 22/08/2017 17:03, James Heilman wrote: > > > > > > > Andrea I agree completely that movement monies should be > invested > > > > > inline > > > > > > > with our values. We should not be invested in stuff that > promotes > > > war > > > > > or > > > > > > > surveillance for example. I would image this is currently the > > case > > > > but > > > > > > > would have to verify. > > > > > > > > > > > > I wholeheartedly agree with Andrea. > > > > > > > > > > > > C > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > > > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/ > > > mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject= > > unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > James Heilman > > > > > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > > > > > > > > > > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > > > New messages to: 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > > New messages to: 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Seddon *Advancement Associate (Community Engagement)* *Wikimedia Foundation* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
