[treasurers] Welcome, and introductions

[Delphine Ménard]

Hello all,

First of all, many wishes for the new year, may it bring you lots of fun 
challenges and happiness.

My name is Delphine Ménard and I have been the treasurer of Wikimedia 
Deutschland since November last year.
I have been around the Wikimedia movement since 2004 and have served 
twice on Wikimedia France's board (2006 and 2009), once as a treasurer 
(2009) before handing it all to Thierry.
As I live in Germany, I decided in 2010 to run for the board of 
Wikimedia Deutschland and have been a board member there ever since, 
this is my third mandate within WMDE (due to bylaw changes and calendar 
mayhaps, the previous 2 terms were quite short).
I also worked for the Foundation as Chapters coordinator in for 2 years, 
in 2007-2008.
(none of those positions overlapped!)

I have long worked in marketing, event management and communication, in 
various agencies in France before moving to Germany where I started a 
consulting business for intercultural communication, in which I help 
companies overcome the difficulties that working with and/or within 
different cultures bring along. I also have a little web design business 
focused on making small websites for wine producers.

Ever since I have joined Wikimedia, i have been interested mostly in 
organisation development, on a wide scale, chapters and Foundation 
alike. Although we have come a long way, there are still a lot of open 
questions that need answering, both on the accountability and fund 
dissemination topics.

Having been the treasurer of a "growing chapter", just at the time where 
Wikimedia France shifted from the "small non-profit focused on bake 
sales" to "big organisation in need of financial audit and with several 
100k€ budget" and now being the treasurer of a "big well developped and 
functional chapter with staff", I have quite a broad view of what it 
might be to be the treasurer of a Wikimedia Chapter. Believe it or not, 
it's actually easier to be the treasurer of a big chapter than that of a 
small(ish) one :).

I look forward to exchanging ideas and opinions on this list and hope 
that we can be a part of making sure that Wikimedia grows to be 
sustainable and accountable, both to its donors and its mission, as well 
as organisationally functional on an international level.

Best,

Delphine


-- 
Delphine Ménard
Schatzmeisterin
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
http://wikimedia.de

Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen 
Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
http://spenden.wikimedia.de/

Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. 
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts
Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig 
anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 
27/681/51985.