I'm Theo. <div><br></div><div>I have been an editor and contributor to the projects for 3 years. I have no affiliation with any chapter in particular. I have been involved in policy and governance related issues for the past 2 year with WMF. I started contributing to the WMF strategic plan in '09 focusing primarily on Financial sustainability, it was one area I always thought I could have something to contribute. At the time, I was concerned about the projects not being around in the next few years or decade if we didn't have a sustainable model. My personal solution at the time was an endowment fund.</div>
<div><br>I am a finance geek, my business background is strictly from a for-profit perspective. I grew up reading about junk bonds, leverage buy-outs, arbitrages while dealing in currency and commodity exchanges. I spent most of my teenage years studying balance sheets of large companies while working for an investment fund and negotiating international contracts. I have dealt and negotiated with suppliers and clients from Hong kong, Singapore, UK to Riyadh, Qatar, UAE and Nigeria.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I hope I can offer some advice and partake in discussion related to finances, and generally be of some help to treasurers.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards<br>Theo<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Moel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:moel.tj@gmail.com">moel.tj@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Franklin Gothic Book">Allow me to introduce myself, <br>
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My name is Mulwardi Tjitra, easier to be called "Moel" as
nick-name.<br>
I was on my break of office-routine when WMID was looking for a
Project admnistrator. Being an active editor at id.wiki, I am
easily "hook" for the position which then lead as treasurer.<br>
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With WMID, I learn a lot regarding "NGO's accounting
transparencies" as I do not have any experience on non-profit
thingy.<br>
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The more I "play" with the platform [MediaWiki] for accounting
reports etc.. I learn the importance of having a transparent
financial information [perhaps not 100% due to certain sensitive
information etc - though this should be reconsider]<br>
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When Stu mentioned about the "treasurer-list", I am so happy ..
knowing or hoping that I would learn much more about how other
chapters do their financial reports .. and the possibilities of
having a shared information about it. Of course, I am looking
forward to meet other in person for a beer [or two] when the
chance permits me for next-year Wikimania.<br>
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I also hope that with this list, we could share various idea
towars [as what Stu has mentioned] "Best practices around
governance/transparency in the movement" ..<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Moel<br>
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</font><div><div class="h5">On 10/12/11 9:20 0, Stuart West wrote:
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<div>Now that we've had some time for people to sign up for
the list (28 so far), let's kick things off. I'd like to
start with something that's worked well on both the
gendergap and developing countries lists: quick personal
introductions and then description of why we're interested
in this topic and what we hope to get out of the list.<br>
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I'll go first.<br>
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My name is Stu West and I'm a volunteer on the Wikimedia
Foundation's board of trustees. I am the Board's Treasurer
and chair of its Audit Committee. I've been involved with
Wikipedia for about 5-6 years, and on the Board since early
2008. My day job is in Silicon Valley, where I've worked
for private and publicly-traded technology companies in
roles including CFO.<br>
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I'm really interested in
governance/transparency/accountability issues for a few
reasons. In my role as WMF Treasurer, it's my
responsibility to focus on these. More broadly though, my
personal point of view on Wikimedia is very long term. I'm
really amazed at what our community has accomplished, and
want to ensure we continue to have a huge and growing impact
for the next 100 years. To do that, I think we'll need to
give our community the best
possible organizational/legal/governance support.<br>
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As for this list, I'd like it to be a place for high-quality
sharing of ideas and best practices
around governance/transparency in our movement. I hope we
can attract a significant portion of the treasurers,
finance staff, and even Audit Committee members. I hope it
can be a great way for all of us to learn from each other
and hope we can have lots of emails asking for
advice/support/ideas from one another. Finally and most
importantly, I hope we can use this list to plan Wikimania
beers and other in person get-togethers.<br>
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Who's next?<br>
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-s<br>
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<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><b>New "treasurers" mailing list</b><br>
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<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">November 10, 2011 12:15:12 PM PST<br>
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<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">"internal-l" <<a href="mailto:internal-l@lists.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">internal-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a>><br>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">I
set up a new public mailing list called <a href="mailto:treasurers@lists.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">treasurers@lists.wikimedia.org</a> for
discussing and sharing best practices in financial
reporting and financial transparency across the
Wikimedia movement. The primary intended
membership is treasurers, audit committees, and
finance staff of movement organizations, but the
list is public and anyone interested in financial
reporting and transparency is welcome. This list
is archived publicly.
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<div>You can subscribe here:</div>
<div><a href="http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/treasurers" target="_blank">http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/treasurers</a></div>
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<div>Please take a moment to forward this on to
your favorite Treasurer or finance staffer.
Thanks.</div>
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<div>(I thought about just using internal but
decided against because a) there's lots of
traffic on it already and b) i'm not sure all
our various treasurers both subscribe to and
read internal regularly.)</div>
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Stuart West</div>
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<div>Wikimedia Foundation</div>
<div><a href="mailto:stu@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">stu@wikimedia.org</a></div>
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