2008/10/31 Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
Hey all,
Very pleased to announce the official release of our first-ever Annual
Report today.
Hosted on-wiki:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Annual_Report
And blogged up here:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/10/31/wikimedias-first-ever-annual-report/
We'll have lots of time to prep for the next annual report, so please
share any feedback or thoughts on how we can make improvements.
Hi Jay,
This is a very beautiful document, in design and meaning, and I think
it represents Wikimedia really well. I would be really proud to show
it to someone and say "I am a part of this".
As a Commoner I am pleased that we have been clear in communicating
our milestones. :)
If anything my only complaint would be that I would like to see two or
four more pages highlighting the work on the projects. One column for
*seven* projects is kind of tragic. Next time ask the community to
help write that part?? I am boggling a bit that that didn't happen
this time.
From Michael's chair letter:
It would be tragic if, 20 years from now, humanity were still
divided into those able to afford edu-
cation and those who could not. The idea of universal access to the
sum of all human knowledge
has been planted in the soil of history. Let us work together in
nourishing it, so that it may become
a garden.
A last comment...with the donor listings, it may be a nice point to
list the number of donors who gave less than $1000 (if not their names
:)) as a point about the long tail and how lots of little
contributions add up to something significant overall, rather like
wiki edits...
cheers
Brianna
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