[Wikimedia-l] Introducing the 2011-12 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Report

[Liam Wyatt]

Congrats :-) Interesting format choice too.

I see that "Tripling Elephants" has donated somewhere between $5,000 and
$25,00 dollars! Is this for real, or has Tillman been adding Easter Eggs to
the report? :-)
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiality_and_Other_Tripling_Elephants

(I also see that "Wikimedia Foundation Staff" get mentioned in the $1,000
to $5,000 category - that's dedication to the cause!)

-Liam

wittylama.com
Peace, love & metadata


On 19 December 2012 21:05, Jay Walsh <jwalsh at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Today we’re excited to launch the Wikimedia Foundation’s latest Annual
> Report
> (see today's blog post as well:
>
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/12/19/wikimedia-foundations-2011-12-annual-report/
> )
> (on wiki here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Annual_Report/2011-12
> )
>
> This year marks the fifth edition of our Annual Report, which focuses
> on the achievements and core work of the preceding fiscal year
> (2011-12), and gives us a chance to recognize the amazing
> contributions of our volunteers and the generous support of our
> donors. You can read both the PDF and wiki versions. We welcome your
> comments on the discussion page
> (
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Annual_Report/2011-12
> ).
>
> The Foundation uses the report primarily to support our conversation
> with donors, to help build relationships with prospective partners, to
> recruit new staff, and of course general outreach.
>
> This year’s report is quite different from our previous efforts.
> Instead of a multi-page book format, this year we created a folding,
> vertical brochure (when it’s printed). It’s considerably shorter in
> terms of text and we hope it will help make for a quicker and more
> impactful read.
>
> We’re currently in the midst of a translation effort that will result
> in another 12 language editions to be released in the coming weeks. If
> you have an account on Meta-Wiki and you’re interested in helping with
> the review of these translations and other community translation
> efforts, please sign up. We will be posting this new project for
> translation shortly.
>
> Many thanks to the photographers whose work we used in the report. I'd
> also like to thank David Peters from Exbrook, the design studio that
> has been working with us over the last 4 annual reports. David really
> helped us tackle the shift from the classic book format annual report
> to our new style.
>
> And big thanks to Tilman Bayer in the WMF Communications team for
> driving a complex process around developing translated versions of the
> report - we're pushing the envelope on approaches to automated
> translation, but it's a really important envelope for us :) And thanks
> also to Matthew from Communications for supporting us with a lot of
> the writing and editing.
>
> We’re looking forward to another amazing year in the Wikimedia movement!
>
> --
> Jay Walsh
> Senior Director, Communications
> WikimediaFoundation.org
> blog.wikimedia.org
> +1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw
>
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