Author Archives: stu

How many will be affected by #WikipediaBlackout? 100+ million.

Posted on January 17, 2012 by stu

The #WikipediaBlackout just started. One question that keeps coming up is, “How many people will it affect?” Let’s put on our stat-nerd hat and build a reasonable estimate. First off, if we want to put this in human terms, we need … Continue reading →

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Notes on future of fundraising

Posted on January 7, 2012 by stu

For those who are not following it, there is an incredibly interesting, incredibly important, and incredibly long discussion page in response to Sue’s notes on the future of fundraising and funds dissemination. It’s worth a read. To keep track of my own … Continue reading →

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RfC: Geography and Wikimedia

Posted on January 4, 2012 by stu

Ahead of our scheduled WMF Board meeting in early February, I’ve been thinking through a really hard and thorny movement-wide issue. Last time I was dealing with a similarly hard issue, I put some rough notes/questions up here and asked … Continue reading →

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Wikimedia Foundation governance overview

Posted on December 20, 2011 by stu

We’ve started a new public mailing list called treasurers@lists.wikimedia.org for discussing and sharing best practices in financial reporting and financial transparency across the Wikimedia movement. The primary intended membership is treasurers, audit committees, and finance staff of movement organizations, but … Continue reading →

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Board letter on fundraising

Posted on August 5, 2011 by stu

Last week in preparation for our Board meeting at Wikimania I did a post on fundraising, financial controls, and chapters which triggered a lot of really thoughtful discussion. We’ve now wrapped up our Board meeting and have spent much time … Continue reading →

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