I apologize for the unusually large load of typos, especially misspelling Kaarel's name. Usually I get enough sleep but last night I didn't. Apparently my attention to detail is diminished.
I'm rapidly spending my Wikimedia-l quota of 15 emails per calendar month, so if there is extensive discussion on this topic then I may ask that we move the conversation to a wiki page. Regards, Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 9:02 PM Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello colleagues, > > A topic which I feel that I should address again on this mailing list is > revenue for Wikimedia work, specifically WMF and non-WMF sources of revenue. > > I will start by talking about my personal situation, and then discuss some > related situations. > > I am currently requesting a grant from WMF. I cannot afford afford to work > on this project in a sustainable way without funding, and I feel that I am > making a request that is reasonably aligned with market rates for someone > with my current level of skills and knowledge, but I feel conflicted about > requesting funding from WMF because of the potential for difficulties > between WMF and the community, especially because of the potential that I > would be reluctant to express my views regarding WMF due to fear of losing > WMF funding. (I'm not linking to my grant request here because I don't want > this email to give the impression that I'm using this topic to ask for > community endorsements for my grant request.) > > Similarly, *The Signpost *is labor-intensive to produce, and I would like > for funding to be available for the more prolific *Signpost *contributors > so that they have a good reason to treat their labor for The Signpost as > part time jobs. However, it would be difficult to maintain the editorial > independence of *The Signpost *from WMF if the contributors (especially > contributors to the "News and Notes" and "In the Media" sections, and the > contributors who are responsible for the overall editing and publication of > *The > Signpost*) received funding from WMF. > > There are many other areas in the Wikimedia community where there is > enough work that is not getting done by volunteers, and/or where volunteers > can put in so many hours that they can get burnt out, that I think that > non-WMF funding would be good to make available for contributors who would > like to work in these areas. Two examples are investigations of undisclosed > paid editing, and translation and development of medical content. > > With Kaarl's cooperation (thank you, Kaarl) I have requested that two of > the WMF strategy working groups consider non-WMF funding for Wikimedia work > as a part of their discussions. > > I would like for significant non-WMF revenue to be available for Wikimedia > work. I think that this could be arranged with WMF's cooperation, although > there is a long journey between saying that "I think that this could be > arranged" and having a successful system in place. > > If you have thoughts that you would like to share on this topic, then I > hope that you will comment here on this mailing list, or in some other > appropriate location such as one or both of the relevant strategy talk > pages ([1 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups/Revenue_Streams>] > or [2 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups/Resource_Allocation> > ]). > > Let me make a specific invitation to WMF employees to share your thoughts. > I would like to hear your comments, both official and personal, if that is > okay and if you would like to comment. > > Thank you, > > Pine > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > _______________________________________________ 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: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
