The FundCom is developing ideas for a fundraising appeal to present to the Board. Please help us edit the text at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_committee/Fundraising_appeal to improve it, or create different versions to develop alternative texts.
A good fundraising appeal succinctly presents some of the great things we previously have done (with an emphasis on what has been done since the last fundraiser) and presents some ideas on what can be done in the future with additional funds. The point is to impress potential donors on our track record and instill in them confidence that their support will be well spent and they can be part of something revolutionary.
The final appeal will be created using ideas generated from this process. That document will then be translated.
Thank you,
Daniel Mayer, Secretary PT and Organizer, Wikimedia Fundaising Committee
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On 11/6/06, Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
The FundCom is developing ideas for a fundraising appeal to present to the Board. Please help us edit the text at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_committee/Fundraising_appeal to improve it, or create different versions to develop alternative texts.
A good fundraising appeal succinctly presents some of the great things we previously have done (with an emphasis on what has been done since the last fundraiser) and presents some ideas on what can be done in the future with additional funds. The point is to impress potential donors on our track record and instill in them confidence that their support will be well spent and they can be part of something revolutionary.
The final appeal will be created using ideas generated from this process. That document will then be translated.
Thank you,
Daniel Mayer, Secretary PT and Organizer, Wikimedia Fundaising Committee
Sponsored Link
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On 11/6/06, Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
A good fundraising appeal succinctly presents some of the great things we previously have done (with an emphasis on what has been done since the last fundraiser) and presents some ideas on what can be done in the future with additional funds. The point is to impress potential donors on our track record and instill in them confidence that their support will be well spent and they can be part of something revolutionary.
How much does Wikimedia currently have in cash?
How much does the Foundation need for the next 6 months?
Anthony
How much downtime have we had recently, and is that significant compared to sites with similar popularities?
How many new servers do we need right now? How many over the next few months?
On 11/6/06, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 11/6/06, Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
A good fundraising appeal succinctly presents some of the great things
we previously have done
(with an emphasis on what has been done since the last fundraiser) and
presents some ideas on what
can be done in the future with additional funds. The point is to impress
potential donors on our
track record and instill in them confidence that their support will be
well spent and they can be
part of something revolutionary.
How much does Wikimedia currently have in cash?
How much does the Foundation need for the next 6 months?
Anthony _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
WMF has around $500k in its bank account last I heard, though they're going to be spending AT LEAST that on servers. Keep in mind nothing I say is official.
Downtime? I think the concern is more with slowness than downtime.
On 11/6/06, Rory Stolzenberg rory096@gmail.com wrote:
How much downtime have we had recently, and is that significant compared to sites with similar popularities?
How many new servers do we need right now? How many over the next few months?
On 11/6/06, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 11/6/06, Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
A good fundraising appeal succinctly presents some of the great things
we previously have done
(with an emphasis on what has been done since the last fundraiser) and
presents some ideas on what
can be done in the future with additional funds. The point is to
impress
potential donors on our
track record and instill in them confidence that their support will be
well spent and they can be
part of something revolutionary.
How much does Wikimedia currently have in cash?
How much does the Foundation need for the next 6 months?
Anthony _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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--- Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
How much does Wikimedia currently have in cash?
How much does the Foundation need for the next 6 months?
I've been told that audited financial data and some indication of need (not necessarily an official budget) will be available before the start of the drive.
-- mav
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On 11/6/06, Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
--- Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
How much does Wikimedia currently have in cash?
How much does the Foundation need for the next 6 months?
I've been told that audited financial data and some indication of need (not necessarily an official budget) will be available before the start of the drive.
-- mav
I certainly hope so. I've never heard of an audit taking nearly 7 months to complete when nothing criminal was going on.
Anthony
The book-keeping must have been that awful, I guess.
On 11/7/06, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 11/6/06, Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
--- Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
How much does Wikimedia currently have in cash?
How much does the Foundation need for the next 6 months?
I've been told that audited financial data and some indication of need
(not necessarily an
official budget) will be available before the start of the drive.
-- mav
I certainly hope so. I've never heard of an audit taking nearly 7 months to complete when nothing criminal was going on.
Anthony _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
The audit includes Wikimedia's 2005/6 fiscal year which ended on June 30, 2006. It is hard to complete an audit for a year until after the end of that year.
Michael
James Hare wrote:
The book-keeping must have been that awful, I guess.
On 11/7/06, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 11/6/06, Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
--- Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
How much does Wikimedia currently have in cash?
How much does the Foundation need for the next 6 months?
I've been told that audited financial data and some indication of need
(not necessarily an
official budget) will be available before the start of the drive.
-- mav
I certainly hope so. I've never heard of an audit taking nearly 7 months to complete when nothing criminal was going on.
Anthony _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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I would also add that the audit covers the entire span of financial history of WMF since inception, so three years worth of data. Also, this is the first audit of the organization.
On 11/7/06, Michael Davis mdavis@wikia.com wrote:
The audit includes Wikimedia's 2005/6 fiscal year which ended on June 30, 2006. It is hard to complete an audit for a year until after the end of that year.
Michael
James Hare wrote:
The book-keeping must have been that awful, I guess.
On 11/7/06, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 11/6/06, Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
--- Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
How much does Wikimedia currently have in cash?
How much does the Foundation need for the next 6 months?
I've been told that audited financial data and some indication of need
(not necessarily an
official budget) will be available before the start of the drive.
-- mav
I certainly hope so. I've never heard of an audit taking nearly 7 months to complete when nothing criminal was going on.
Anthony _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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On 11/7/06, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 11/6/06, Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
--- Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
How much does Wikimedia currently have in cash?
How much does the Foundation need for the next 6 months?
I've been told that audited financial data and some indication of need
(not necessarily an
official budget) will be available before the start of the drive.
-- mav
I certainly hope so. I've never heard of an audit taking nearly 7 months to complete when nothing criminal was going on.
I don't have any inside insight into what's going on at WMF, however...
Audit by itself no; audit plus putting into place a new, professional, properly managed financial management operations system (software, procedures, databases, etc), and merging the old data into the new system?
Sure. That takes more than 6 months all the time.
Commons is going to hit 1M files soon! http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics
I can't remember when the last fundraiser was, but maybe it was actually before enwp hit 1M as well?
Brianna user:pfctdayelise
Why don't we have some fun with it? Set up a page for ideas and try to get it on Slashdot,, Digg, etcetera. What you'll get is attention for the funddrive and great ideas :)
Yorian
Daniel Mayer schreef:
The FundCom is developing ideas for a fundraising appeal to present to the Board. Please help us edit the text at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_committee/Fundraising_appeal to improve it, or create different versions to develop alternative texts.
A good fundraising appeal succinctly presents some of the great things we previously have done (with an emphasis on what has been done since the last fundraiser) and presents some ideas on what can be done in the future with additional funds. The point is to impress potential donors on our track record and instill in them confidence that their support will be well spent and they can be part of something revolutionary.
The final appeal will be created using ideas generated from this process. That document will then be translated.
Thank you,
Daniel Mayer, Secretary PT and Organizer, Wikimedia Fundaising Committee
Sponsored Link
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