Lee Daniel Crocker a écrit:
The better solution is simple: total transparency.
It's something
we've always been pretty good at, and that we are uniquely suited to
provide. We should simply guarantee that every penny we spend for
any reason is listed on reports that we publish to the world
frequently and archive indefinitely. Anyone who wants to know how
his money will be spent can just look to see how our money /has been/
spent; if he likes that, he can donate. If he doesn't, he can tell
us why and suggest how me might improve. But in either case, he
has total control, and /informed/ control, and in a way that doesn't
interfere with our management needs.
I rather agree
This said, this suggests me the following improvement.
Till now, our financial reports have been break down in "types" of
spending, rather than "goals" of spending.
For example, we currently have an item called "travel expenses", but
that is all we get to know. Maybe some of these are entirely Jimbo, or
perhaps are they also the board, or perhaps also some developers travel
costs covered for a special occasion, or perhaps even money spend for
travel costs of participants to come to Wikimania.
But right now, all is mixed.
Another perspective we could focus on is rather the issues on which
money is spent.
For example, we should see how much was received (as sponsorship) for
Wikimania, and how much was spend. This would involved possibly
technical costs, perhaps travel costs, perhaps public relation costs.
But it would be nice to see overall how much the whole envelop was in
the budget.
Same for any big relevant issue (which we might have to determine).
Ant