Thanks for the quick answer Sue. I'll comment afterwards when I get Veronique further comments next week.
Florence
On 7/23/10 10:37 PM, Sue Gardner wrote:
Hi Florence,
I know Veronique plans to respond to your note, but I have two seconds right now, so I will add a quick comment below.
On 23 July 2010 11:18, Florence DevouardAnthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
- You are maybe aware that some chapter members (deeply) regret that
chapters are not listed as revenu sources in the annual plan and I hope that this will be fixed in the future. But meanwhile... are the revenus to be collected by the chapters and transferred to the Wikimedia Foundation counted in the current annual plan ? or were they not listed at all as WMF is not yet sure practical solutions will be found to transfer money from chapters to the WMF ? Or if the money coming from chapters are listed, is it counted as "donations below 10K" or as "donations above 10K" ?
I had no idea that the chapters had a view on their inclusion / lack of inclusion in the annual plan -- interesting!
Yes, there is some 'plug' in the plan for chapters revenues. It is a ballpark figure -- Veronique will tell us how much. It's based on the assumption that chapters will continue to fundraise, and that their ability to raise money will increase over time. At the same time, that is balanced against the Foundation's reluctance to count on the money too much, because it is far from guaranteed. Basically: we don't have information about chapters' plans/goals/targets (if they have them), and it's not uncommon for chapters to have difficulty transferring money to the Foundation. So for 2010-11, we have a plug, in community giving (since the money originates as small donations). My hope and my expectation is that as time goes on, the chapters' --and everyone's-- ability to plan and predict will increase, and we will work out the money-transferring difficulties, which will enable the Foundation to be able to be confident relying on the chapters' fundraising as part of our targets.
Sorry this note is kind of choppy: I'm replying fast as I run out the door :-)
Thanks, Sue
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