It is the endowment. Le dim. 13 déc. 2020 à 10:37 AM, Yair Rand <[email protected]> a écrit :
> No, the Wikimedia Endowment is a separate thing. > > -- Yair Rand > > בתאריך יום א׳, 13 בדצמ׳ 2020 ב-4:18 מאת Michael Peel < > [email protected]>: > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment ? >> >> On 13 Dec 2020, at 08:33, Yair Rand <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> According to the recent Independent Auditors' Report of the WMF [1], at >> some point prior to the end of June 2020, an entity called the "Wikimedia >> Knowledge Equity Fund" was established, and $8.723 million was transferred >> to it by the WMF, in the form of an unconditional grant. The Fund is >> "managed and controlled by Tides Advocacy" (a 501(c)(4) advocacy nonprofit >> previously led by the WMF's current General Counsel/Board Secretary, who >> served as CEO, Board Secretary, and Treasurer there). Given that a Google >> search for "Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund" yields zero results prior to >> the release of the report, it is clear that the WMF kept this significant >> move completely secret for over five months, perhaps over a year. The >> Report FAQ additionally emphasizes that the WMF "has no right of return to >> the grant funds provided, with the exception of unexpended funds." >> >> The WMF unilaterally and secretly transferred nearly $9 million of >> movement funds to an outside organization not recognized by the >> Affiliations Committee. No mention of the grant was made in any Board >> resolutions or minutes from the relevant time period. The amount was not >> mentioned in the public annual plan, which set out rather less than this >> amount for the entire grantmaking budget for the year. No application was >> made through any of the various Wikimedia grants processes. No further >> information has been provided on the administration of this new Fund, or on >> the text of the grant agreement. >> >> I am appalled. >> >> -- Yair Rand >> >> [1] >> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/f/f7/Wikimedia_Foundation_FY2019-2020_Audit_Report.pdf >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> <[email protected]?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: [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 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> >
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