[Foundation-l] Wikimedia finances and the economy

[Anthony]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:

> Yes, every year the foundation plans their spending so that they can
> survive even if things go horribly wrong and then, when things don't
> go horribly wrong, they end up with a large surplus. It's called good
> business sense.


That can be done without lying, though, if you plan on the surplus instead
of lying about the expected expenditures.