Hi Chuck, since this is hopefully a less busy season of the year, have the internal discussions yielded anything that might help in breaking these numbers down a little bit more? :-)
Best, Philip On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 at 03:59, Chuck Roslof <cros...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Thanks for sharing your thoughts about how this information could be useful > for local affiliates and communities. We'll discuss internally to see if we > might be able to share more information in the future in order to achieve > those benefits in ways that don't raise legal concerns or create excessive > overhead for our fundraising team. We're entering into the busiest time of > the year for online fundraising, though, so it'll be at least a few months > before we are able to address the question internally. > > - Chuck > > == > Charles M. Roslof > Legal Counsel > Wikimedia Foundation > Pronouns: they <http://pronoun.is/they/.../themself>/he > <http://pronoun.is/he> > > NOTICE: As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical > reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community > members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more > on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>. > > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 2:27 AM Philip Kopetzky <philip.kopet...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Thanks Chuck for digging out that old email, it does explain why this > isn't > > done for every country. > > Chris and Sandra have a point though, because this can't be a legal issue > > for most European countries for example. In return, the local > organisations > > and communities would benefit from an added layer of feedback based on > > their work. > > > > Furthermore, how and how much we fundraise will be one of the important > > talking points when implementing the recommendations, especially to set a > > benchmark to evaluate if involving local organisations in the fundraising > > process actually works or not. > > > > Best, > > Philip > > > > On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 09:38, Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia Nederland < > > rient...@wikimedia.nl> wrote: > > > > > I agree with Chris. > > > Furthermore: Wikimedia Nederland, like all chapters, puts a lot of > effort > > > in raising awareness of and support for the Wikimedia projects. I > would > > > really like to know if these efforts 'pay off'. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sandra Rientjes > > > Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland > > > > > > tel. (+31) (0)30 3200238 (ma, di, do) > > > mob. (+31) (0)6 31786379 (wo, vrij) > > > > > > www.wikimedia.nl > > > > > > > > > Mariaplaats 3 > > > 3511 LH Utrecht > > > > > > > > > Op do 3 okt. 2019 om 09:13 schreef Chris Keating < > > > chriskeatingw...@gmail.com > > > >: > > > > > > > Hi Chuck, > > > > > > > > The reasons the question keeps getting asked is because it was never > > > really > > > > answered in the first place. > > > > > > > > The only good reason I can think of for not publishing country-level > > data > > > > is that there are some countries where that could create risks to the > > WMF > > > > or individuals because they're places where giving donations to a US > > > > nonprofit is either illegal or politically risky. > > > > > > > > However that doesn't apply to most countries, so why not publish the > > data > > > > for most of the world? > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:34 AM Chuck Roslof <cros...@wikimedia.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Philip, > > > > > > > > > > We do not publish country-level fundraising numbers. My colleague > > > Stephen > > > > > discussed why on this list a few years back, so rather than > > > paraphrasing > > > > > his previous email I'll just provide a link to it: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-November/085576.html > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > > > > == > > > > > Charles M. Roslof > > > > > Legal Counsel > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > Pronouns: they <http://pronoun.is/they/.../themself>/he > > > > > <http://pronoun.is/he> > > > > > > > > > > NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged > > > > > information in it. If you have received this message by accident, > > > please > > > > > delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal > > > > advice > > > > > to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or > staff > > > > > members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, > > please > > > > see > > > > > our legal disclaimer > > > > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 6:05 AM Philip Kopetzky < > > > > philip.kopet...@gmail.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Patricia, > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks for the report! Is it possible to get a country-by-country > > > > > breakdown > > > > > > of the donations as well? > > > > > > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > Philip > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 at 01:25, Patricia Pena <pp...@wikimedia.org> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I’m excited to share with you our FY1819 Fundraising Report > > > > > > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2018-19_Report>. > > This > > > > > > report > > > > > > > is an opportunity to provide insight into our revenue model and > > the > > > > > > > strategy that goes into creating an impactful fundraising > > > campaign. 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