I hope the always-welcome discussion here about non-profit logistics and online civility doesn't derail an answer to Andreas's question, which is important and remains unanswered.
On Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 5:36 PM Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > The statements are not mutually exclusive. They are likely both true, and > what one might expect from governance decisions to date. > > WME got its 501c3 status last year, expanded its Board, and is working on > its structure. It will start emitting 501c3 reports this year. It will > need staff to take over any of the investment management Tides currently > provides; I would expect the current endowment fund (the collective action > fund) to remain there until an alternative is in place. > > The sorts of regular reports we care about (reflections on organizational > structure, timelines, goals and budgeting, coordination with WMF, > practicalities of how an endowment functions) are only partly related to > the mandatory reports of a charity. Lodewijk, agreed that those sorts of > clarifications are great, and relevant to how we all plan for the future; > perhaps we can catalyze a public conversation about such things. > > Warmly, SJ > (still hoping for part of our movement to put out a series of plans for > maximizing project functionality on a minimal budget) > > Dan S writes: > > Since the answers express mutually exclusive propositions... > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/2JBV2WWRWVS5FOXRG4NZYKAOJK6X3XCX/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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