Yes, I think it is the case that Fundraising and other organizations (like
the WLM coordinators, Wikimedia Italia, and Community Resources / FDC) were
working from different playbooks. But now that Fundraising has agreed to
change their plans, I think we should give them some breathing room,
especially because they say that banner scheduling will be coordinated next
year.
Pine
On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Peter Southwood <
peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net> wrote:
Who set the targets that will now not be met, how were
they decided, and
when were they set? I must assume that WLM annual project was not taken
into consideration by these planners.
Cheers,
P
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I just want to respond to this point in particular:
"Postponing the Italian fundraising campaign means for the first time in
at least 4 years, the fundraising team will not be meeting a target. The
team will pick up extra work in October to make up for work missed in
September.
It's not possible to do two months of work in one month, so there will
need to be adjustments later throughout the year to make up for missing the
September target."
It was somewhat courageous for WMF Fundraising to change its schedule and
forecast missing a target as a result. Two quotes seem appropriate in the
context of this conversation, particularly regarding WMF's taking the
community's priorities into account and absorbing the risks to its plans
that come with changing to accommodate WLM:
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it
takes to sit down and listen." -- Winston Churchill.
"Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in
the ocean." --Christopher Reeve
Thanks Megan and all.
Pine
On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Mathias Damour <
mathias.damour(a)laposte.net
wrote:
Le 31/08/2015 13:02, Megan Hernandez a écrit :
Postponing the Italian fundraising campaign means
for the first time
in at least 4 years, the fundraising team will not be meeting a
target. The team will pick up extra work in October to make up for
work missed in September.
It's not possible to do two months of work in one month, so there
will need to be adjustments later throughout the year to make up for
missing the September target.
The WMF team is without any doubt very professional in "meeting its
target" and in smooth communication.
We should also understand that despite the huge growth of the WMF
these last few years, it may feel an inferiority complex and think it
has a backlog to catch up compared to some much richer neighbouring
companies in the San Francisco Bay ! I guess they roughly think: "Why
should we have 15 time less employees than Twitter !" That's why
raising up the fundraising targets can be more important than to
facilitate a WLM event in just one not-so-big country ! :-P
Nevertheless it still give the impression of taking the word-wide
donors, the volunteers and the other entities (chapters) for
pawns/chess pieces that you may move or stop whenever you want or need...
Maybe the ones to blame are the neighbouring internet companies for
setting a bad example to the WMF... :-\
--
Mathias Damour
[[User:Astirmays]]
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