Is there a place where I can find the monthly trend for the number of leading (or active) volunteers? As a KPI agreed with the board of trustees, this is required to be reported at least quarterly, however for this measurement, it would make sense to report the trend in the monthly report so that trustees and members of the charity can judge if we are approaching the target agreed with the board and celebrate the progress being made.[3]
Could someone explain why the operational target for 2014 appeared to be adjusted from 150 in the FDC bid to a more modest 140 in the recently published plan? I do not recall this being discussed with the community, I may have missed it.
BACKGROUND
Reporting the number of active volunteers was a positive commitment the chapter made in the last FDC bid[2] where it was stated that WMUK was going to increase active volunteers from a reported 101 to 150 (in 2014). The specific phrasing was "Increase the number of active volunteers to 150".
In the Strategy Monitoring Plan for this year[3], it was reported to the board that in 2013 the number of "leading volunteers" was estimated at 107 and a new target for 2014 has been set at 140.
Requests for reports on this number have been made for more than six months. An upgrade to the CRM database was a reason for delays in reporting this number in 2013.[1][4] From the monthly reports available (including the drafts for February, March and April 2014, this figure does not appear to be being publicly reported.[5]
Based on recent responses to questions by some trustees, I would like to clarify that this is not a demand for employees of Wikimedia UK to work for me, neither is it intended to be an order, sarcasm, trolling, personal attack or personal criticism; it is an open question. Other volunteers and members are interested in seeing this key performance indicator for the charity as an outcome of the significant investment of donor's funds in growth and improvement of our valued volunteer-centric programmes and staffing, and will have an idea of where to find this number if it has been reported on-wiki, so indeed this may need no employee time to answer.
Links 1. Feb 2014 - https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Engine_room/2014#Community_consultation_-_Fina... 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1/WMUK/P... 3. https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Strategy_monitoring_plan&oldi... 4. https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Volunteers/numbers&oldid=5541... 5. https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports
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