[Foundation-l] Putting the Foundation back in WMF

[GerardM]

Hoi,
Who says the WMF is not doing its best to achieve the amount of money that
is mentioned in our budget ? Do you really not think people will be upset
when projects are shelved until better times arrive ?

Fraud has really negative implications. Suggesting that the budget is
misleading and fraudulent can get you and the WMF in serious problems.
Thanks,
    GerardM

On Nov 18, 2007 7:34 AM, Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 17, 2007 7:54 PM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 17, 2007 5:04 PM, GerardM <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hoi,
> > > As I am of the opinion that there is a causal relation, and as I am
> > equally
> > > allowed to express my opinion, I can and do blame. When you are of the
> > > opinion that this is not nice. Well, it only proves that it is not a
> > zero
> > > sum game. I hope we will get enough money to cover the budget if not
> > their
> > > will necessarily be cuts.
> > >
> > The budget wasn't met last time either, was it?  Looking back it seems
> > like less than half the budget was raised during the entire fiscal
> > year, and the foundation only spent about half of that ($1.4 million
> > raised, only 0.7 million in expenses).
> >
> > These supposed budgets look completely unrealistic to me.  I assumed
> > that was intentional.  Ask for way more than you need, and then settle
> > for half that.  It's a common strategy.
>
>
> One can pad the budget with programs that you might hope to pursue if
> there
> was enough money, but you can't simply inflate the numbers for no reason.
> Soliciting donations with a budget you know is misleading constitutes
> fraud.  I'd like to assume that the $4.6M in "planned spending" is not so
> ridiculous that it would still be reasonable to have less than $1.5M in
> fundraiser income.
>
> -Robert Rohde
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