[Foundation-l] Notes from the first August Board Meeting

[Angela]

A Board meeting was held on IRC on August 14, primarily to discuss the
upcoming fundraising drive and the finances for this quarter. The full
notes from this are at
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Meetings/August_14%2C_2005>. The
following is just a summary.

The budget for the third quarter was approved. The total is
$198,000.00. See Meetings/August 14, 2005 for the details.

A fundraising drive will take place from August 19 to September 9. We
are anticipating donations of $200,000, which will be the first in six
months. Credit card donations should be promoted, the French chapter
is able to receive donations, and donations via transfer to a European
bank account can be made using the Belgian account.

A full time executive assistant for Wikimedia will be hired to work
from the Florida to help with paperwork and distribution of
information. A certified public accountant will be hired to review the
financial records.

Discussions with potential sponsors are ongoing with Apple, Best Buy,
Google, Logos, OSI, and Sun. We are finalists for a $100,000 grant
($50k in cash) from Saatchi and Saatchi. The winners are to be
announced on November 9. Yahoo servers are expected to go online in
South Korea this month.

Differences in the interpretation of the role of Chief Research
Officer were discussed. The outcome of this will be published on
August 17.

It was proposed that the Wikiversity pages on Wikibooks be not deleted
immediately, pending community discussion of where to move them, and
of the best way to incubate new projects. Please discuss this on this
mailing list.

A meeting for Board, Board Officials, and representatives of Local
chapters will be held on August 18. See
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_agenda>.

Angela.