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