Thanks Chuck for digging out that old email, it does explain why this isn't done for every country. Chris and Sandra have a point though, because this can't be a legal issue for most European countries for example. In return, the local organisations and communities would benefit from an added layer of feedback based on their work.
Furthermore, how and how much we fundraise will be one of the important talking points when implementing the recommendations, especially to set a benchmark to evaluate if involving local organisations in the fundraising process actually works or not.
Best, Philip
On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 09:38, Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia Nederland < rientjes@wikimedia.nl> wrote:
I agree with Chris. Furthermore: Wikimedia Nederland, like all chapters, puts a lot of effort in raising awareness of and support for the Wikimedia projects. I would really like to know if these efforts 'pay off'.
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Op do 3 okt. 2019 om 09:13 schreef Chris Keating < chriskeatingwiki@gmail.com
:
Hi Chuck,
The reasons the question keeps getting asked is because it was never
really
answered in the first place.
The only good reason I can think of for not publishing country-level data is that there are some countries where that could create risks to the WMF or individuals because they're places where giving donations to a US nonprofit is either illegal or politically risky.
However that doesn't apply to most countries, so why not publish the data for most of the world?
Chris
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:34 AM Chuck Roslof croslof@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hi Philip,
We do not publish country-level fundraising numbers. My colleague
Stephen
discussed why on this list a few years back, so rather than
paraphrasing
his previous email I'll just provide a link to it:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-November/085576.html
Best, Chuck
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wrote:
Hi Patricia,
thanks for the report! Is it possible to get a country-by-country
breakdown
of the donations as well?
Kind regards, Philip
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