Beautiful document. I like the ongoing calendar running across the bottom of
each page. It gives a sort of narrative structure. I also would like to know
what material the Wikipedia globe on the front page is made out of? Also,
has anyone contacted Naresh Sharma's teacher or parents (see the last page
of the report)? What a cute story :-)
Would it be possible to produce a version of the PDF that is single-page
like the previous report instead of double-page, to make for easier online
reading (rather than having to zoom in to be able to read the text, and then
scroll sideways)? I understand that "It's primarily intended to work as a
print document" but perhaps you could place two versions online - the "print
version" and the "view online" version? You would probably have to leave
the
double-page spreads (pages 7 and 12) as they are.
Finally, if there is still time for comment/changes, with regards to the NIH
section - should it be made more explicit that the chapters have the primary
responsibility for undertaking outreach activities "on the ground" - and
that the WMF allocates some of its program money for that purpose? It states
on Sue's Feb. report to the Board that "investing directly in staging
events" is an area the WMF will not
instead it wishes the Chapters to be the drivers of these kinds of
activities. So, in the context of highlighting the NIH event which was an
outreach activity the WMF ran, it might be useful to point out that the WMF
does not generally intend to be using its funding to undertake such
activities *itself* - but rather to use those funds to encourage chapters to
do so. I'm not suggesting removing the NIH example from the page, but
perhaps it could be clarified a little bit?
Best,
-Liam [[witty lama]]
Peace, love & metadata
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Steven Walling <steven.walling(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
I read the Report earlier today as it was passed
around Twitter. The design
is really a step up from the last report (not that it was bad, just that is
one is so good). The timeline in particular is helpful.
I would like to say that the page about the Mumbai attacks article felt *
slightly* out of context, at least compared to the amount of space devoted
to it versus, say, the NIH Wikipedia Academy. Donors might benefit from a
more frank explanation that the article was just one example of the
projects
as a source of breaking news and how our content evolves over time.
Anyway, that's just some nitpicking on a pretty fantastic document. :) Well
done!
Steven Walling
http://enwp.org/User:Steven_Walling
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi all,
In the next day or so Rand and the fundraising team will be sending out
an
email to all of our donors (about 230,000 -
thanks to a tremendous
fundraiser) recapping the campaign sharing our 2nd annual report, which
you
can also read here:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Annual_Report
As with our previous year's report, we make an effort to describe the
year's activities, our major accomplishments, our financial successes,
and
where we're heading in the coming year/years.
This is a crucial tool for
our fundraisers and for building strong relationships with our major
stakeholders, and of course to let our chapters and our vast community of
volunteers get a snapshot of our work. It's primarily intended to work
as a
print document, and one that quickly presents
top-line data and key
information, as well as a basic structured narrative about the Foundation
and our volunteer community's work.
You'll note that our report is out later than last year, and this isn't a
pattern we'll duplicate :) We did spend more time on design and
narrative
this year, with the intention of bringing more
depth to the story,
especially in features like the center-spread anatomy of an article. We
also wanted to put more of a forward-facing direction on the report.
Optimally our report will always come out 2-3 months after the close of
fiscal, as soon as our audited statements are complete.
There's still more good work to be done, but it's a big leap from last
year. This year's designers David Peters and Rhonda Rubenstein did a
great
job (collectively known as 'ExBrook
design' here in SF
http://www.exbrook.com/). Lane Hartwell's ccbysa photos feature
prominently - she's been shooting our staff portraits for the last two
years
).
We'll be starting work on the next edition in a few months. About 1500
copies will be printed here in the next week or so. We'll be sure to
bring
copies to the chapter meeting and of course
Wikimania. We can ship some
copies out as well if there's interest (but in limited quantities only,
it's
a pricy shipment after 10 locations :)
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
--
Jay Walsh
Head of Communications
WikimediaFoundation.org
blog.wikimedia.org
+1 (415) 839 6885 x 609, @jansonw
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