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

[Florence Devouard]

Thanks for the quick answer Sue.
I'll comment afterwards when I get Veronique further comments next week.

Florence

On 7/23/10 10:37 PM, Sue Gardner wrote:
> 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
>
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