[Foundation-l] Relocation announcement

[Casey Brown]

Wikimedia*. :-)

On 9/22/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
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> On 9/22/07, Ben McIlwain <cydeweys at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Thomas Dalton wrote:
> > > On 22/09/2007, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Yeah. Financially speaking, moving outside the US would be a big hit
> > >> (now and in the near future) simply due to exchange rates, if nothing
> > >> else.
> > >
> > > I don't see why exchange rates would make much difference. The WMF
> > > recieves donations in all kinds of currencies - just spend the pounds
> > > in the UK and the dollars in the US. Exchange rates only matter if you
> > > are exchanging currency.
> >
> > That's not quite how it works.  The donations that are coming in aren't
> > going to be changing, so WMF will still be getting most donations in
> > USD.  Except, because of the poor exchange rate, it is much more
> > expensive to do just about everything in the UK, including renting
> > flats, renting office space, buying food, buying bandwidth, etc.  The
> > donations wouldn't go nearly as far.
>
> Bottom line is that the cost of living in London, in US dollars, is
> expensive.  Of course, the cost of living in San Francisco, in US
> dollars, is also expensive.  It's not really an exchange rate thing so
> much as a cost of living thing.  A weaker dollar will lead to higher
> rent in San Francisco too, although maybe it'll take a few months to
> kick in.  Anyone have the cost per square foot for office space in San
> Francisco vs. London?
>
> Wikia is in the San Francisco area.  Any chance they'd be willing to
> donate some office space to Wikipedia?
>
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