The April fundraiser is on translated messages IIRC.
I'm sorry, I don't understand what this means. Where are plans for the April fundraiser being discussed?
No sane person can be expected to be put in a holding pattern for three months before an organizations STARTS to decide what internal projects will be supported.
I didn't mean to suggest that anyone be placed in a holding pattern, or otherwise interrupted. I thought I made it clear that I wanted the Fellowship Program to continue at least until reasonable community consultation could take place.
WMF in terms of compensation. It's below some companies that are similar to us.... Wikimedia is above most non-profits that do tech work
Could we please have some examples? I've been trying to identify any Bay Area tech non-profit or for-profit companies which tend to pay less than the Foundation, and from the extent of public information, I'm having trouble finding any, let alone any possible evidence of "most".
Have any donor surveys asked donors whether they would prefer that the Foundation pay salaries competitive with local software development firms? I want to continue to encourage the use of measured data as opposed to opinion, assumption, and anecdotes. I have reason to believe from a small informal survey that the majority of donors would prefer that Wikimedia *meet or exceed* the prevailing pay for the same labor. I would also love to know how much of a reserve or endowment donors would prefer that we raise. I'm completely convinced that donors, the community, and everyone else who interacts with it in any way would prefer a lot more resources for the Education Program. Have any of these questions ever been included in a donor survey?
The number of community members who found the "Narrowing focus" proposal in time to express a strong opinion on maintaining the Fellowship Program may be less than two dozen, but I can only find a single community member who spoke in support of eliminating it. I've looked at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sue_Gardner/Narrowing_focus and the mailing lists. Can anyone find a second community member who agreed with eliminating the Fellowship Program?
On Dec 30, 2012, at 3:40 AM, James Salsman jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
The April fundraiser is on translated messages IIRC.
I'm sorry, I don't understand what this means. Where are plans for the April fundraiser being discussed?
It means multivariate testing in X languages is siginificantly more resource intensive than A/B testing in one language. Impractibly so for the fundraising team, IMHO. At least that is what I meant with that plus the following statement that you removed. The meaning required both to be read together.
You are subscribed to the same mailing list I am, yet you have been regularly asking people to dig out information that I myself am well aware of. And I do not get any information any place else than this list (except maybe wikitech-l which I am currently months and months behind on). Pay attention or search your own emails.
You may not realize this, but your recent messages seem rather disingenuous. Do your own research. Reply individually to others with the full context intact. Actually address the points of the message you reply to straight on, instead of sending the thread on a tangent. Or else, accept that you will be judged insincere and do not be surprised when people largely stop responding to your emails. I am done myself, unless you alter your approach.
Birgitte SB
(who really hates when people over-snip)
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org