Hello:
I am Garfield Byrd, the Chief of Finance and Administration for the Wikimedia Foundation. In have been in accounting for over 22 years with most of that time working with and for not for profits. I have served in both staff and board roles, having served as the Treasurer of the Board of arts and education organizations. In addition to accounting, I have a background in endowment management and human resources. I am looking forward to the conversation on topics of mutual interest.
Garfield Byrd
2012/1/3 Delphine Ménard delphine.menard@wikimedia.de
Hello all,
First of all, many wishes for the new year, may it bring you lots of fun challenges and happiness.
My name is Delphine Ménard and I have been the treasurer of Wikimedia Deutschland since November last year. I have been around the Wikimedia movement since 2004 and have served twice on Wikimedia France's board (2006 and 2009), once as a treasurer (2009) before handing it all to Thierry. As I live in Germany, I decided in 2010 to run for the board of Wikimedia Deutschland and have been a board member there ever since, this is my third mandate within WMDE (due to bylaw changes and calendar mayhaps, the previous 2 terms were quite short). I also worked for the Foundation as Chapters coordinator in for 2 years, in 2007-2008. (none of those positions overlapped!)
I have long worked in marketing, event management and communication, in various agencies in France before moving to Germany where I started a consulting business for intercultural communication, in which I help companies overcome the difficulties that working with and/or within different cultures bring along. I also have a little web design business focused on making small websites for wine producers.
Ever since I have joined Wikimedia, i have been interested mostly in organisation development, on a wide scale, chapters and Foundation alike. Although we have come a long way, there are still a lot of open questions that need answering, both on the accountability and fund dissemination topics.
Having been the treasurer of a "growing chapter", just at the time where Wikimedia France shifted from the "small non-profit focused on bake sales" to "big organisation in need of financial audit and with several 100k€ budget" and now being the treasurer of a "big well developped and functional chapter with staff", I have quite a broad view of what it might be to be the treasurer of a Wikimedia Chapter. Believe it or not, it's actually easier to be the treasurer of a big chapter than that of a small(ish) one :).
I look forward to exchanging ideas and opinions on this list and hope that we can be a part of making sure that Wikimedia grows to be sustainable and accountable, both to its donors and its mission, as well as organisationally functional on an international level.
Best,
Delphine
-- Delphine Ménard Schatzmeisterin Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. http://wikimedia.de
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