[Wikimedia-l] Mid-Year Financial Statements

[Garfield Byrd]

Thomas:

The Wikimedia Foundation is looking at its capacity to hire and is
reviewing how many positions we can hire next fiscal year.  We are working
overall to have a good annual plan that matches our outcomes, but with a
dynamic movement like this one, variance from plan is a part of the process
as we want to make sure we are spending money prudently and not just to
meet plan.

In addition, since unspent money goes into the Wikimedia Foundation
reserves, which we are still in process of building, we have some time to
calibrate the the annual planning process to the needs of the Wikimedia
Movement and the Wikimedia Foundation.

Regards,

Garfield Byrd


On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 6:13 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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Garfield Byrd
Chief of Finance and Administration
Wikimedia Foundation
415.839.6885 ext 6787
415.882.0495 (fax)
www.wikimediafoundation.org

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