Hoi,
I am glad that it is the enterprise of the Foundation that ensures that we
do not need advertisements. Yay
Thanks,
GerardM
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Brian <Brian.Mingus(a)colorado.edu> wrote:
This is also the first indication I've seen that
this ginormous new
Foundation might actually work! It seems to give us credibility.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Brian <Brian.Mingus(a)colorado.edu> wrote:
That is so awesome. Nice work Erik!
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Sue Gardner <sgardner(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation
> board of directors voted to award the
Wikimedia Foundation USD 1
million
> annually for the coming three years. A total
of USD 3 million, spread
over
> three years.
>
> This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning,
a
> form of grant designed to help us work
towards our general goals – in
our
> case, financial and operational
sustainability, increasing quality,
> increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material
> beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we've recently expanded the
staff
> from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more
positions to fill: this
funding
> will offset those increased costs.
>
> This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected:
> this donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals
that
> Sloan sees our work as important and our
organization as trustworthy.
>
> I'd like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our
first
> contact with Sloan through his work
representing Wikimedia on the
> Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL
funder.)
> Based on that initial relationship, in
January Sloan invited Erik to
> present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a
formal
> request for funding. Without Erik, this
would not have happened. Yay,
Erik
> :-)
>
> We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also
> send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff
and
board of
the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
Thanks,
Sue
--
Sue Gardner
Executive Director,
Wikimedia Foundation
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