[Foundation-l] Re: Directed donations

[Anthere]

Lee Daniel Crocker a écrit:
 > The better solution is simple: total transparency.  It's something
 > we've always been pretty good at, and that we are uniquely suited to
 > provide.  We should simply guarantee that every penny we spend for
 > any reason is listed on reports that we publish to the world
 > frequently and archive indefinitely.  Anyone who wants to know how
 > his money will be spent can just look to see how our money /has been/
 > spent; if he likes that, he can donate.  If he doesn't, he can tell
 > us why and suggest how me might improve.  But in either case, he
 > has total control, and /informed/ control, and in a way that doesn't
 > interfere with our management needs.

I rather agree

This said, this suggests me the following improvement.
Till now, our financial reports have been break down in "types" of 
spending, rather than "goals" of spending.
For example, we currently have an item called "travel expenses", but 
that is all we get to know. Maybe some of these are entirely Jimbo, or 
perhaps are they also the board, or perhaps also some developers travel 
costs covered for a special occasion, or perhaps even money spend for 
travel costs of participants to come to Wikimania.

But right now, all is mixed.

Another perspective we could focus on is rather the issues on which 
money is spent.

For example, we should see how much was received (as sponsorship) for 
Wikimania, and how much was spend. This would involved possibly 
technical costs, perhaps travel costs, perhaps public relation costs. 
But it would be nice to see overall how much the whole envelop was in 
the budget.

Same for any big relevant issue (which we might have to determine).

Ant