Thanks for bringing up the subject of financial accounting for major events. I would just like to note that our colleagues at Wikimedia Deutschland who hosted Wikimedia Conference 2015 published an accounting of that conference's finances just a few months after the conference ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Budget_and_finance...). Perhaps other events could use a similar method for budgeting and accounting so that other reports are also produced in a timely manner.
Regards, Pine On Aug 23, 2015 8:04 AM, "Itzik - Wikimedia Israel" itzik@wikimedia.org.il wrote:
This is not my first email about this issue, but I really think it's really important. Wikimania is the highest expense for our movement. From the conference production cost, WMF scholarships, chapter scholarships and WMF and chapters delegations - amounts that is almost one million dollar, if not more.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
Wikimania 2012-2013 budgets were been published but still consider as "draft": https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013/Budget https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Budget
If the conference organization leader can be please approve this numbers and remove the draft template - it will be great.
WMCH, Affcom, WMAR and WMDE are welcome to complete their information regarding their delegations and scholarships given by them.
For 2014 - we don't have any data. Not conference budget, not scholarships and not chapters numbers. Edward - your help will be welcome. I personally asked my ED to complete the information for WMIL, and I welcome others to do so as well.
Ellie and the Wikimania committee - there is something we can do in order to take care for this pages to be update yearly?
Thank you everyone!
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