[Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion

[Victor Grigas]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 9:10 AM, cyrano <cyrano.fawkes at gmail.com> wrote:

> Le 28/11/2012 12:43, Thomas Dalton a écrit :
>
> > It is perfectly normal for a charity to make heavy use of volunteers and
> still need money as well.
> I assume that by 'normal' you mean 'common', and by 'needing money' you
> mean 'asking for money'? Otherwise it would lead to an entirely different
> scope of debate.
> Anyway, I'm just pointing out that blurring the focus about money most of
> the time and suddenly having an intense campaign asking for dozens of
> millions creates a discrepancy.
>
>
> Le 28/11/2012 12:58, Victor Grigas a écrit :
>
>  If users are confused, feel free to share this video with them:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=3Knv6D6Thi0&sns=em<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0&sns=em>
>>
>> I designed it to explain a lot of how Wikipedia works (donations and all)
>> in a short amount if time, and assuage anxieties about getting involved as
>> an editor.
>>
>
> Very nice video!, with a heavy focus on the volunteers who are working for
> free, for a cause, that's it's a non-profit company, that Jimmy Wales don't
> take a salary or expenses. People will think this is not about money at
> all. In fact, about how much money will end up in whose pockets, we just
> know that it's for the Foundation team. This communication is aimed to
> build trust and collect money and is doing a great job to keep people
> unaware of what happens to the money. That's what I was talking about. When
> people become aware there *is* a strong want for money, their image of
> Wikipedia and siblings will prove inadequate to the reality, thus
> shattering their beliefs to some degree, and leading to confusion. But hey,
> that's the problem with any form of communication that applies a filter to
> reality.
>
>
Understood! Last year I shot this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Interview_with_Chief_of_Finance_and_Administration_Garfield_Byrd_October_7,_2011.theora.ogv

I tried to be as clear and concise as possible, including the date of the
recording and using the financial reports as an outline, and including
those as a link in the video:

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_reports

I do absolutely agree that any edit of any footage is in and of itself a
filter.

Victor


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