[Foundation-l] Board letter about fundraising and chapters

[John Vandenberg]

Many chapters are shocked at this announcement, and there is a likely
conversation on internal-l, which has followed after a blog
conversation which was reported in the Signpost (see first item in
"News in brief").

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-08-01/News_and_notes

The chapters organised and sent people to a Fundraising Summit in
June, and the Fundraising Agreement was on the agenda.  The WMF was
there.

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Fundraising_Summit

After the summit, the chapters then signed the Fundraising Agreement
with the WMF.

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Chapter_Fundraising_Agreement

This recent announcement from the WMF has many, albeit minor,
differences to the agreement that was recently signed.

-- 
John Vandenberg

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Theo10011 <de10011 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nathan, there is no reason to single out Beria. She at least responded to
> the questions. There are a lot of people reading this who didn't and have
> far more authority to comment on the matter than her.
>
> Theo
>
> On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Beria, I don't think your views on transparency as stated mesh all
>> that well with the character of this list. I'd suspect the same is
>> true of the wider community of editors and donors; the assertion that
>> details be discussed in private is both improper and at distinct odds
>> with the history of the WMF. If chapters prefer that their actions not
>> be subject to the oversight of the WMF and Wikimedia community, then
>> they should do their own fundraising and develop their own trademarks.
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Béria Lima <berialima at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > If they do revoke (which they can, because do report are part of Chapter
>> > Agreement), will be also a private discussion. I do understand your
>> people
>> > curiosity to know what they discusses, but all the relevant info are
>> public.
>> > Only particular details are handle in private
>> > _____
>> > *Béria Lima*
>> > <http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484
>> >
>> > *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
>> livre
>> > acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a
>> > fazer <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos>.*
>> >
>> >
>>
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-- 
John Vandenberg