[Foundation-l] [Announcement] New Head of Business Development: Kul Wadhwa

[Casey Brown]

Maybe see this might give a little insight?

<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Summary_of_a_year-_2007>, 5th line:

"We successfully were able to collect enough funds to run through the
year, whilst retaining our independence;"

On Jan 4, 2008 8:50 PM, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is great and all Sue, but I'd love to know how we're financing
> all this. I mean,
> the fundraiser did great, but not quite as high as we'd like. Things
> like keeping the
> servers online would be a slightly higher priority in my book.
>
> But maybe that's just me.
>
> Chad
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 7:26 PM, Sue Gardner <sgardner at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > Brianna Laugher wrote:
> > >
> > > Thankyou to Vishal and welcome to Kul.
> > > I am happy to hear he is familiar with Wikimedia Commons and Wikiversity. :)
> > > Media is much more flexible than text and there are many, many
> > > interesting things (partnerships aimed at spreading Wikimedia Commons
> > > content) that could happen. So I look forward to seeing what might be
> > > in store.
> > >
> > > BTW, I what happened to "Head of Development" (fundraising person)?
> > > The job opening came and went with no word so far.
> > >
> >
> > You're right - here's a quick update on where we are with all the active
> > hiring. I just happen to have this on a whiteboard in front of me :-)
> >
> >  * Head of Communications: This is the position replacing Sandy, who
> > can't move with us to San Francisco.
> > We have found a great person, and we're just finalizing some last bits &
> > pieces. I'll probably send out the announcement early next week.
> >
> >  * Head of Development (fundraising): We're in the middle of the
> > interviewing process. That means the new person will probably be
> > announced towards the end of January, with an end-of-January start
> > date.  This is a new job: we have never had, to date, a staff position
> > dedicated to fundraising.
> >
> >  * Chief Financial & Operating Officer:  Same thing: we're in the middle
> > of interviewing, and will probably have a late January start.  This
> > position is currently vacant, but we've had consultant support since July.
> >
> > That's basically it at the moment. Upshot: we've had really terrific
> > applicants, and I'm very happy with the people we're recruiting. I think
> > it will be a very good team.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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