[Foundation-l] [Announcement] New Head of Business Development: Kul Wadhwa

[Chad]

Doesn't mean we have enough money to suddenly start expanding the staff.
Just means the lights aren't going dark for another year. Enough money to
sustain and enough money to expand are two different things.

Chad H.

On Jan 4, 2008 8:58 PM, Casey Brown <cbrown1023.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe see this might give a little insight?
>
> <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Summary_of_a_year-_2007>, 5th line:
>
> "We successfully were able to collect enough funds to run through the
> year, whilst retaining our independence;"
>
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 8:50 PM, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This is great and all Sue, but I'd love to know how we're financing
> > all this. I mean,
> > the fundraiser did great, but not quite as high as we'd like. Things
> > like keeping the
> > servers online would be a slightly higher priority in my book.
> >
> > But maybe that's just me.
> >
> > Chad
> >
> >
> > On Jan 3, 2008 7:26 PM, Sue Gardner <sgardner at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > > Brianna Laugher wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thankyou to Vishal and welcome to Kul.
> > > > I am happy to hear he is familiar with Wikimedia Commons and Wikiversity. :)
> > > > Media is much more flexible than text and there are many, many
> > > > interesting things (partnerships aimed at spreading Wikimedia Commons
> > > > content) that could happen. So I look forward to seeing what might be
> > > > in store.
> > > >
> > > > BTW, I what happened to "Head of Development" (fundraising person)?
> > > > The job opening came and went with no word so far.
> > > >
> > >
> > > You're right - here's a quick update on where we are with all the active
> > > hiring. I just happen to have this on a whiteboard in front of me :-)
> > >
> > >  * Head of Communications: This is the position replacing Sandy, who
> > > can't move with us to San Francisco.
> > > We have found a great person, and we're just finalizing some last bits &
> > > pieces. I'll probably send out the announcement early next week.
> > >
> > >  * Head of Development (fundraising): We're in the middle of the
> > > interviewing process. That means the new person will probably be
> > > announced towards the end of January, with an end-of-January start
> > > date.  This is a new job: we have never had, to date, a staff position
> > > dedicated to fundraising.
> > >
> > >  * Chief Financial & Operating Officer:  Same thing: we're in the middle
> > > of interviewing, and will probably have a late January start.  This
> > > position is currently vacant, but we've had consultant support since July.
> > >
> > > That's basically it at the moment. Upshot: we've had really terrific
> > > applicants, and I'm very happy with the people we're recruiting. I think
> > > it will be a very good team.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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