*facepalm*
Do we honestly need 3 more employees all doing the same thing? I really think a dedicated "Donations Coordinator" could accomplish the same thing, rather than making 3 positions, at least at this point in time.
Not to mention, assuming they each start at $80,000/yr, that's nearly a quarter of a million dollars in new salaries. While the new large donations have helped, they by no means have insured a multi-year massive increase in salaries (remember, these aren't the only new hires!). I won't even bother asking if our budget can cover this (the answer, truth or not, will be "yes")...I do however have one question:
How much money does this leave for the kids in Africa we're helping? Or the PDF print-on-demand we're doing? Or even helping Kaltura develop it's for-profit venture, heaven forbid? We've got a long list of things we're helping, and I don't see much work being done towards /that/. As much as these goals strike me as lip-service and promises to woo donations, at least they're a better spending money on excessive jobs with even more excessive titles.
The Foundation getting these large grants reminds me of getting my first credit card...it put this mentality of "I'll buy it now and figure out how to pay it later" into my head. I hope to God the Foundation doesn't make the same mistake.
-Chad
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Mark (Markie) newsmarkie@googlemail.com wrote:
3 people, each working a 8 hrs day (ish) would mean that technically it could be done by one person
mark
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Jon scream@datascreamer.com wrote:
I don't understand, did you mean, 8 hours a day * 5 days = 40 HRS/workweek.
Jon
John at Darkstar wrote:
8 working hours per day, and 24 available hours a day, yes it should be possible for one person... 8D
John
Jon skrev:
Erik Moeller wrote:
The Wikimedia Foundation has three new job openings related to fundraising, open until May 15. The job descriptions and instructions to apply can be found on the Wikimedia Foundation website:
- A Head of Major Gifts (AKA Major Gifts Officer), responsible for
executing our major gifts strategy;
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Head_of_Major_Gifts_%28Majo...
- A Head of Community Giving, responsible for our fundraising efforts
targeting the general public;
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Head_of_Community_Giving
- A Development Specialist responsible for managing donor information
and supporting the above two positions.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Development_Specialist
If you are interested, please apply before May 15. Also, if you know individuals who might be a good fit for any of these positions, please feel free to forward this e-mail. Thank you. :-)
Can these three jobs be tied into one person?
Jon
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