It is troubling to read that overspend on an event was not known about until four months after the event finished. On 29 Mar 2015 10:00, "Michael Maggs" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tom, the board has not 'allowed' anything to happen. As we made clear, > action was taken immediately the Wikimania overspend became known (when the > draft quarterly accounts became available, shortly before the December > board meeting). There was no overspend earlier in the year. The decision to > seek an interim CEO [1] was made in November and pre-dates knowledge of the > Wikimania figures. It's not legally possible to move Wikimania 2014 > expenditure into the 2015 accounts. > > ____________ > Michael Maggs > Chair, Wikimedia UK > > [1] > https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Water_cooler&diff=62893&oldid=62892 > > Thomas Morton <[email protected]> > 28 March 2015 21:20 > > Sorry; I have been away without internet so only just able to turn my > attention to this. > > I am probably talking to the wind anyway as, sadly, our community seems a > little thin at the moment.. (as thin as our books ;)) but nevertheless. > > I can appreciate that the board is on difficult territory due to > confidentiality (sigh!) but I think this is a serious matter that needs to > be understood. Namely why the board allowed such an expensive out-of-budget > spend when finances were in flux (and now emerge to be very problematic). > It seems a little negligent to not find a way to take this expenditure into > the next financial year where it could be budgeted. > > As has emerged in the last few weeks D'arcy is clearly a "transitional" > CEO (aka downsizing, re-organisation, whatever it is PC to call it :)) so > it is clear the board understood the financial situation going into this > transition. Why was this not communicated and discussed prior to the > December board meeting? In fact, the community seems to have been > explicitly cut out of this process (e.g. cancellation of the strategy day, > which would have presented a suitable opportunity to discuss these > challenges). > > I feel the board owes the community an explanation of the sequence of > events over the previous months. Particularly how we have gone from the > high of hosting Wikimania to the low that is March 2015. Ultimately the > board holds responsibility for these matters and so surely its in their > remit to communicate with the community. > > Cheers, > > Tom > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > Michael Maggs <[email protected]> > 24 March 2015 17:56 > Hi Peter > > I don't think it's possible to provide a full breakdown, I'm afraid, > without breaching the standard obligations of confidentiality we have > concerning HR matters. However, I can say that of the £57k total, around > £3600 was for legal and professional services and £4900 was for > recruitment/interview. > > Best regards > > Michael > > ____________ > Michael Maggs > Chair, Wikimedia UK > > Peter Cohen <[email protected]> > 24 March 2015 17:24 > In-Reply-To: < > CAEgLstR6hEym_xvq6ugVynKacLpkELQgBUecD4=RrkJnkLau6Q@mail.gmail.c- > om> > What might be useful is an indication as to how the £57,000 breaks down. > In other words how much is down to recruitment costs (e.g. advertising) > how much is down to maybe an interim CE demanding more pay and how much to > a period in which more than one person being paid a salary related to the > post (e.g. due to accumulated untaken annual leave amounting to several > months pay or an unworked notice period or paid sick leave entitlement, > you needn't specify which) or ex gratia payments being made to the > departing CE. > > Also are there any plans being put into place to try to reduce the > potential for the next transition costing as much? > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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