[Wikimedia-l] fundraising status?

[James Salsman]

> Your posts are assuming a ridiculous degree of bad faith, where you
> you start from your own confusion and extrapolate downwards....

"we've stopped fundraising this year" -- December 21
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Fundraising_2012&diff=4885494&oldid=4884949

"we're hoping to reach our US$25 million goal in the next few days" --
December 14
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2012-December/123043.html

Essentially equivalent comments have been made to me in private.

For those outside of the U.S.,
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Wikimedia-Foundation-Reviews-E38331.htm
(2.8, 55%) should resolve correctly. Because Glassdoor is susceptible
to sour grapes, it is probably best read in comparison to similar
nearby companies. For example:

http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/WIKIA-Reviews-E428648.htm (4.5, 100%)
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079.htm (4.0, 90%)
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772.htm (4.6, 94%)
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Twitter-Reviews-E100569.htm (3.7, 56%)
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138.htm (3.9, 82%)
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Oracle-Reviews-E1737.htm (3.2, 63%)
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Intuit-Reviews-E2293.htm (3.7, 79%)
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Adobe-Reviews-E1090.htm (3.7, 84%)
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/VMware-Reviews-E12830.htm (3.3, 63%)

I hope the Board and leadership find some way to exceed the employee
satisfaction scores of at least one of those nine others in the coming
year.