- travel costs include scholarships of wikipedians to go to Wikimania.
This is not really a cost since we got restricted donations from sponsors to precisely cover that cost
In that case, shouldn't it be noted separately on the financial reports? It's rather misleading having something that was paid for by someone else grouped in with something that was paid for from general foundation funds.
I'd love to hear someone say something along those lines
"Thank you to the staff and board to have succeeded to have the Foundation audited for the 4th time"
There are over 200 000 000 people reading Wikipedia everyday. It would be very cool even ONE says "thank you". It would go a long way to keep us working.
Something like
"for every criticism you voice, provide a thank you on another point"
I would say that 200,000,000 people looking at your website everyday and implicitly acknowledging your good work by using it is thank you enough (it is for the vast majority of Wikipedians, I don't see why it should be any different for the staff and board). However, if you want it said explicitly:
Thank you very much to the staff, board and auditors for the work that has gone in to producing and auditing these reports. I acknowledge that a lot of work has gone into them, and appreciate it.