[Foundation-l] Fundraising Letter Feb 2012

[Stuart West]

Thanks Ting for posting, Phoebe for jumping in already, and everyone for questions so far.  As the WIkimedia Board member most focused on financial issues, I thought i should share some personal observations on the fundraising letter and issues behind it.  See my blog post:

http://wikistu.org/2012/02/fundraising-letter-comments/



On Feb 9, 2012, at 11:17 AM, Alice Wiegand wrote:

> Hi Phoebe,
> 
> thank you for the clarification and thanks to the board for sharing
> this kind of summary soon after the meeting.
> 
> On 9 February 2012 18:08, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Lodewijk,
>> 
>> In this board meeting we were trying to see if we had a general
>> consensus on the direction we wanted to go (rather than take a final
>> vote).
> 
> You describe the content of the letter as an indication. That leaves
> enough room for interpretation and although I understand that you're
> still in the process of finding a solution I would like to focus on
> the main issues of your letter and ask if I can read the letter as:
> 
> a) Some chapters still will be able to do fundraising; criterias are
> not yet fixed and need discussion.
> b) The ability to fundraise should not be connected to any type of
> entitlement to the raised funds.
> c) Funds dissemination will be managed by a new body (Funds
> Dissemenation Committee; FDC), how this will be realized is not yet
> fixed in detail and needs discussion.
> d) These points mark the main direction for the Board's discussions
> and decision.
> 
> Regards, Alice.
> 
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