One note -- me not knowing what kind of staff time was reported doesn't mean that reports don't exist; the staff don't report to the board directly. We work on the level of the annual plan, and divergence from it on a broad scale, so I was just speaking generally about the resources used... And while this referendum caused way more discussion than most things the WMF does, and thus had a much higher volunteer and community time cost, in terms of money and staff time it is a pretty tiny piece of the overall picture.
-- phoebe
Oh, I am reassured that the costs are tiny and that project reports might exist.
Can anyone with an understanding of WMF operational reports add a link to where the total actual cost of running the referendum can be seen, or are WMF project reports not available to the community?
It would be nice to give a true dollar value to "tiny" as we may want to commission several more on an improved basis if they can run so cheaply.
Thanks, Fae