[Foundation-l] FAQ for fundraising resolutions

phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki at gmail.com
Thu Apr 5 18:14:42 UTC 2012


Thanks, Tom. If you don't mind I'll put it on the talk page; this will
likely require some discussion to answer.
 -- phoebe


On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for posting this, Phoebe. My question about what you intend to
> do over the next 3 years wasn't answered. There is no point waiting
> three years and then re-evaluating the situation if you haven't made
> sure you've been gathering all the right information during those 3
> years and that you are clear on what the questions you are actually
> trying to answer are. As a movement, we have a very poor record of
> following through on our trials with proper evaluations and that is
> because we never actually plan them out at the start. It is really
> important that we don't make that mistake again here.
>
> On 5 April 2012 18:35, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The Board has published a Q&A document around the recently published
>> fundraising & funds dissemination resolutions.
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_and_Funds_Dissemination/Board_FAQ
>>
>> It's quite long -- sorry! -- but hopefully informative. Note that we
>> did this as everyone was traveling and, in the interests of time,
>> didn't put it up for a final vote -- so not every trustee may agree
>> with every word, and we reserve the right to edit :)
>>
>> The first section of the FAQ, "overview", focuses on board process for
>> coming to a decision and a summary of the decisions; the next two
>> sections focus on specific questions about the resolutions' content
>> regarding fundraising & funds dissemination plans. Some of the
>> questions we were asked this past weekend already, and some of them we
>> are anticipating might be asked.
>>
>> If you've got more questions, please put them on the talk page; if you
>> want to discuss the resolutions themselves, there's a talk page on
>> meta:
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising_and_Funds_Dissemination/Final_Board_resolutions
>>
>> all best,
>> phoebe
>>
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