I read the Report earlier today as it was passed around Twitter. The design
is really a step up from the last report (not that it was bad, just that is
one is so good). The timeline in particular is helpful.
I would like to say that the page about the Mumbai attacks article felt *
slightly* out of context, at least compared to the amount of space devoted
to it versus, say, the NIH Wikipedia Academy. Donors might benefit from a
more frank explanation that the article was just one example of the projects
as a source of breaking news and how our content evolves over time.
Anyway, that's just some nitpicking on a pretty fantastic document. :) Well
done!
Steven Walling
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi all,
In the next day or so Rand and the fundraising team will be sending out an
email to all of our donors (about 230,000 - thanks to a tremendous
fundraiser) recapping the campaign sharing our 2nd annual report, which you
can also read here:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Annual_Report
As with our previous year's report, we make an effort to describe the
year's activities, our major accomplishments, our financial successes, and
where we're heading in the coming year/years. This is a crucial tool for
our fundraisers and for building strong relationships with our major
stakeholders, and of course to let our chapters and our vast community of
volunteers get a snapshot of our work. It's primarily intended to work as a
print document, and one that quickly presents top-line data and key
information, as well as a basic structured narrative about the Foundation
and our volunteer community's work.
You'll note that our report is out later than last year, and this isn't a
pattern we'll duplicate :) We did spend more time on design and narrative
this year, with the intention of bringing more depth to the story,
especially in features like the center-spread anatomy of an article. We
also wanted to put more of a forward-facing direction on the report.
Optimally our report will always come out 2-3 months after the close of
fiscal, as soon as our audited statements are complete.
There's still more good work to be done, but it's a big leap from last
year. This year's designers David Peters and Rhonda Rubenstein did a great
job (collectively known as 'ExBrook design' here in SF
http://www.exbrook.com/). Lane Hartwell's ccbysa photos feature
prominently - she's been shooting our staff portraits for the last two years
(
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photography_by_Lane_Hartwell).
We'll be starting work on the next edition in a few months. About 1500
copies will be printed here in the next week or so. We'll be sure to bring
copies to the chapter meeting and of course Wikimania. We can ship some
copies out as well if there's interest (but in limited quantities only, it's
a pricy shipment after 10 locations :)
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
--
Jay Walsh
Head of Communications
WikimediaFoundation.org
blog.wikimedia.org
+1 (415) 839 6885 x 609, @jansonw
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