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[Ray Saintonge]

Nathan wrote:
> Are there long range projections of any sort, or a long term plan that lays out
> goals over 5 or 10 or 15 years? That sort of planning is how you decide what you
> need and whether you need to be doing more or different - without it, its hard to
> say if you are aimed in a particular direction and impossible to see how close
> you are getting to achieving your goals.
>   
I don't know if any such plans exist, especially given that the 
treasurer's position is vacant, but I'm open to be pleasantly surprised.
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vision is one line and was last (and only)
> edited 1 September 2007.
>   
Vision statements don't change much anyway except if you want the whole 
nature of the operation to change.  They're not much concrete help in 
developing a business and financial plan.

Ec
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
>   
>> An endowment fund would be a great idea, but it takes financial
>> discipline to get there.  As long as donations are seen as insufficient
>> to meet budgeted needs it is difficult to find the discipline needed to
>> set aside a portion of those donations for building a fund whose
>> investment income will eventually fund current operations.  Has anybody
>> made long range budget projections that would allow for such a
>> possibility?
>>
>> Ec