[Wikimedia-l] Mid-Year Financial Statements

[ENWP Pine]

Hm, I guess a planning problem could be the root cause, but since Erik seems to be saying that WMF has found a number of good candidates outside of SF and yet the statement in the FAQ for the mid-year financials said that the competition in the SF region for engineers is the reason for WMF hiring being slower than planned, I'm having a hard time figuring out what is truly causing hiring to be slower than planned. After hearing Erik's comments, I'm not getting the feeling that the competition in the SF area for engineering talent should be a reason for hiring being slower than planned, so I too would appreciate some further explanation about why there is a disconnect between the plan and the pace of hiring.

Pine

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> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:13:36 +0100
> From: Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>
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> Garfield,
> 
> Thanks for sharing the report. Once again, there is a significant
> underspend. Does that concern you? It seems the WMF is consistently
> not fully utilising its capital (so, either, you're fundraising too
> much or doing too little). It often seems to be the case that the
> underspend is due to not hiring new staff as quickly as expected. The
> FAQ mentions that the plan was overly ambitious. Do you have a plan in
> place to ensure your future annual plans include more realistic
> projections of hiring and other spending?
> 
> On 11 March 2013 20:17, Garfield Byrd <gbyrd at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > Hello:
> >
> > The mid-year financial statements of the Wikimedia Foundation are available
> > at the Wikimedia Foundation - Financial Reports
> > page.<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_reports>
> > This report is for the period from July 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012.
> >
> > Please contact me with any questions.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Garfield Byrd
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