Hi Harry, That may sadly be true now that we have a lot of staff members, but historically that wasn't the case - I know that I volunteered a lot of my time to work on this sort of work, I know that Seddon also did so. I personally found the work I did very much more rewarding than I would have found going out on the high street with a coin collection box, given the cost:benefit ratio, and I'd hope that others would feel the same.
Thanks, Mike On 20 Jul 2014, at 00:33, HJ Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, on your point 4, I don't think you'll realistically find volunteers who > want to do this sort of back-end work (and there are probably good reasons - > eg data protection - for it to be done by staff). > > I don't feel strongly enough to comment on nay of your other points, > especially not at this time of night, but I'm certainly not going to oppose > more volunteer support! > > Harry Mitchell > http://enwp.org/User:HJ > Phone: +44 (0) 7507 536971 > Skype: harry_j_mitchell > From: Michael Peel <[email protected]> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, 20 July 2014, 0:07 > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK are looking for a Fundraising > Assistant > > Hi Richard/WMUK staff, > > I'm rather puzzled by this. Given that: > > 1) WMUK cannot raise funds through the Wikimedia annual fundraising campaign > any more, which means that the number of donors through that method will not > be increasing, and that the apparent alignment of this position with the > fundraising period (the position wraps up at the end of Jan 2015) is rather > misleading (unless WMUK is planning to compete against the annual fundraiser); > 2) WMUK already has a staff member who is focused on fundraising, and many > other staff members who can help with the administration work; > 3) This position wasn't included in WMUK's FDC application last year, with > the implication that funding for this position is not guaranteed in the long > run, despite the comment that the position "may be renewable based on > evaluation of its effect"; > 4) Volunteers are being excluded from assisting with this work; > 5) WMUK has so far done nothing to seek funding outside of individual donors > to the Wikimedia movement via the Wikimedia websites, and has not shared any > plans to do anything along these lines any time soon, > > how is this staff position being justified? Wouldn't it be better to invest > in volunteer support work instead, given the current funding situation? > > Thanks, > Mike > > On 18 Jul 2014, at 14:26, Richard Nevell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Wikimedia UK are now accepting applications for a Fundraising Assistant to > > support the delivery of the charity's fundraising programme, in particular > > working with our donors and undertaking the essential administrative tasks > > involved with donor stewardship. > > > > If you are interested in applying, more details can be found here. The > > deadline for applications is 5pm BST on Friday 1st August 2014. > > > > Regards, > > Richard Nevell > > > > -- > > Richard Nevell > > Assistant Office Manager > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 20 7065 0753 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
