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

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 &lt;bnewstead(a)wikimedia.org&gt; Reply-To: vorstand(a)wikimedia.at To: vorstand(a)wikimedia.at, Manuel Schneider &lt;manuel.schneider(a)wikimedia.ch&gt;ch>, denis.barthel(a)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 &lt;bnewstead(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:bnewstead@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 Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge www.wikimedia.ch _______________________________________________ VereinAT-l mailing list VereinAT-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/vereinat-l