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Board decisions on fundraising and funds dissemination

After a long and public discussion period, the Board has passed resolutions on two important topics for our movement: fundraising and funds dissemination. Ting just emailed them around to a few lists, and below is the text.

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This blog has never gotten so many comments as my recent post on Wikimedia fundraising. Turns out the comment format in the “Twenty Twelve” theme don’t particularly scale when hit with Wikipedians and their passion for commentary. Trying a new … Continue reading

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Why I supported the Board letter on fundraising

The Wikimedia Board just published a letter to the community following-up on our ongoing discussion around fundraising and funds dissemination. As the Wikimedia Foundation Board’s Treasurer, its Audit Committee Chair, and its Trustee most responsible for oversight of financial matters, … Continue reading

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Visitors at WMF Audit Committee meetings

One idea we’ve had on the Wikimedia Foundation Audit Committee is to put in place a visitor program.  We think it could be a good way to drive additional transparency, and also to help share some useful practices with other … Continue reading

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Stronger than ever

Today, together, the Wikimedia community did a really powerful thing. We raised an incredible amount of awareness about an issue critical to achieving our vision. More importantly, we demonstrated once again the power of our community model. The thousands of … Continue reading

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