[VereinAT-l] Fwd: Re: [WMAT Vorstand] Following up on our conversation at Wikimania

Mo Aug 22 08:59:58 UTC 2011

Hallo zusammen,

Neues bezüglichen Spendensammelaktion.

Wie ich nun von meinen schweizer Kollegen mitbekommen habe, hat die
Wikimedia Foundation den Vorstandbeschluss noch verschärft:
Es darf nun _gar_kein_ Wikimedia-Verein teilnehmen, ausser Wikimedia
Deutschland.

Dh. auch die Schweizer, die die vom WMF Board geforderte
Spendenabsetzbarkeit besitzen wurden ausgeschlossen.

Holger von Wikimedia Schweden erzählt mir, dass die Äusserungen der WMF
auch unmissverständlich waren, dass sie das bereits geschlossene
Fundraising Agreement nicht interessiert, sie (die WMF) hätten es nicht
unterschrieben.

Wie dem auch sei, lamentieren hilft nichts, es wird weiter verhandelt.
Die Lösung mit den Grants statt Spendensammeln haben wir bereits in
Haifa diskutiert und unsere Vorstellungen Barry als Hausaufgaben
mitgegeben. Diese hat er nun gemacht und uns untenstehend einen Entwurf
für ein "Grant Agreement" zugesandt.

Ich habe es ins Mitgliederwiki geladen und kommentiert:
* http://mitglieder.wikimedia.at/Archiv/2011-09_Grant_Agreement

Unser "Program Plan" bzw. Voranschlag 2012 ist in der Zielgeraden, Kurt,
Christoph, Beppo und Reiner sassen das ganze Wochenende in Wien zusammen
und haben die Buchhaltung überarbeitet und den Voranschlag erstellt.
Beppo ist derzeit damit beschäftigt die einzelnen Posten auf deutsch und
englisch auszuformulieren.
Damit wäre er rechtzeitig vor dem 1. September fertig obwohl die
Deadline bereits auf 1. Oktober verschoben wurde. Wir werden ihn
natürlich vorab Euch zur Verfügung stellen (in den nächsten Tagen).

Grüsse,

Manuel

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [WMAT Vorstand] Following up on our conversation at Wikimania
Date: 	Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:33:16 -0700
From: 	Barry Newstead <bnewstead at wikimedia.org>
Reply-To: 	vorstand at wikimedia.at
To: 	vorstand at wikimedia.at, Manuel Schneider
<manuel.schneider at wikimedia.ch>, denis.barthel at wikimedia.de

Dear all,

As promised, here is the draft grant agreement for your review. I hope
that the substantial points that we discussed are in here.

You will notice that there is quite a bit of legal language in there.
Don't let that overwhelm you. ;)  The language is there mostly to ensure
that we a) ensure that it is clear that our organizations are
independent to protect you from legal challenges relating to content on
the projects; b) don't get in trouble with US or other country's laws
relating to international grants; c) so that we actually have an
agreement that, in the very remote chance that things go wrong on either
end or with a third party, we have a solid document to go to a court
with. That being said, I'm going to work with Geoff Brigham next week to
see if there are areas that can be simplified.

One issue that WM-Australia raised on our call is the idea of making the
grant renewable, so that we don't have to start fresh next year again.
 I think it is a good idea and will try to work on something that
provides greater medium term stability.

Happy to have your feedback on the agreement before we finalize.

Best,
Barry

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Barry Newstead <bnewstead at wikimedia.org
<mailto:bnewstead at wikimedia.org>> wrote:

    Hi Wikimedia Austria board and advisers:

    Hope all is well. I want to follow up on our good conversation at
    Wikimania following the WMF Board's letter about fundraising.

    I would like to propose that we work together to put a grant
    agreement in place that would provide the funding needed to support
    the work of WM Austria over the next year and can for the basis for
    longer term funding support for the chapter's work.  I will be
    working on a grant agreement over the next week, but the basic
    arrangement will aim to provide the funding that you have sought in
    your fundraising program plan for 2012.  The requirements will be
    quite simple - you'll still need to complete the program plan and
    you'll need to continue to provide regular activity and financial
    reports, which are consistent with your obligations to your members
    and the Wikimedia movement.  We will not add additional requirements
    to the grant and overall it should be easier to comply with than the
    fundraising agreement. I plan to have the agreement ready soon and
    we should be able to sign the grant by mid-September at the latest.

    This arrangement will enable you to have certainty that your plan
    will be funded for the year and you won't need to dedicate
    additional time and energy to the administration of the fundraiser.
     If during the year there are additional needs, you'll continue to
    have access to the pre-existing grants process.

    I hope that this approach works well for you. I look forward to
    following up soon.

    Best,
    Barry

    --
    Barry Newstead
    Chief Global Development Officer
    Wikimedia Foundation

    Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
    the sum of all knowledge.  Help us make it a reality!

    http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

-- 
Barry Newstead
Chief Global Development Officer
Wikimedia Foundation

Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
the sum of all knowledge.  Help us make it a reality!

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

-- 
Regards
Manuel Schneider

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