[Foundation-l] 2010-11 Annual Plan Now Posted to Foundation Website

[Sue Gardner]

Hi Florence,

I know Veronique plans to respond to your note, but I have two seconds
right now, so I will add a quick comment below.


On 23 July 2010 11:18, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 2) You are maybe aware that some chapter members (deeply) regret that
> chapters are not listed as revenu sources in the annual plan and I hope
> that this will be fixed in the future.
> But meanwhile... are the revenus to be collected by the chapters and
> transferred to the Wikimedia Foundation counted in the current annual
> plan ? or were they not listed at all as WMF is not yet sure practical
> solutions will be found to transfer money from chapters to the WMF ?
> Or if the money coming from chapters are listed, is it counted as
> "donations below 10K" or as "donations above 10K" ?


I had no idea that the chapters had a view on their inclusion / lack
of inclusion in the annual plan -- interesting!

Yes, there is some 'plug' in the plan for chapters revenues.  It is a
ballpark figure -- Veronique will tell us how much.  It's based on the
assumption that chapters will continue to fundraise, and that their
ability to raise money will increase over time.  At the same time,
that is balanced against the Foundation's reluctance to count on the
money too much, because it is far from guaranteed.  Basically: we
don't have information about chapters' plans/goals/targets (if they
have them), and it's not uncommon for chapters to have difficulty
transferring money to the Foundation.  So for 2010-11, we have a plug,
in community giving (since the money originates as small donations).
My hope and my expectation is that as time goes on, the chapters'
--and everyone's-- ability to plan and predict will increase, and we
will work out the money-transferring difficulties, which will enable
the Foundation to be able to be confident relying on the chapters'
fundraising as part of our targets.

Sorry this note is kind of choppy: I'm replying fast as I run out the door :-)

Thanks,
Sue