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Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:21:23 +0000

[...] Beiträge dazu gibt es u.a. im Wikipedia:Kurier, im Blog der Wikimedia Foundation und von Stu West. Die Vorstellung der Board Resolution wurde außerdem von WikiTV aufgezeichnet (Danke [...]

Comment on Board decisions on fundraising and funds dissemination by Wikimedia Conference in Berlin » antischokke

Wikimedia Conference in Berlin » antischokke — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:04:16 +0000

[...] der Sitzung des Board of Trustees wurde die (sehr umstrittene) Entscheidung zur Zukunft des Fundraisings (Resolution, Funds Dissemination Committee) der Wikimedia Chapter [...]

Comment on Board decisions on fundraising and funds dissemination by Wikimedia-Restrukturierung: Sue Gardner setzt sich durch [Update] › netzpolitik.org

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:50:10 +0000

[...] wie Wikimedia Deutschland kritisierten, Vorschlag durch. Die beschlossene Resolution findet sich auf Englisch am Blog von Vorstandsmitglied Stu West und enthält im wesentlichen die folgenden [...]

Comment on Board decisions on fundraising and funds dissemination by stu

stu — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:06:10 +0000

Sorry if we didn’t include. It is certainly our intention to continue having extensive local involvement in fundraising. That is the model our movement has today — the fundraiser’s success depends in large part on local volunteers (including local chapters in some countries) for everything from messaging to donor relations. That will always remain the case.

I hope you’ll join the effort to make things work best going forward. The success of the FDC and this new model requires everyone’s involvement and commitment.

Comment on Board decisions on fundraising and funds dissemination by Filceolaire

Filceolaire — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:11:55 +0000

I’m disappointed that there is no mention of the chapters getting more involved in the central fund-raising. There was an extensive discussion of how fund raising can be used as a local out reach tool and how this has not happened till now.

This still sounds like a central power grab. Now you need to show that it isn’t. I hope that by the time wikimania starts you will have proposals in place for at least a million dollars of funds dispersal, all reviewed and ready to sign off. Cheques to go out as soon as Wikimania (or a wikivote to coincide with Wikimania) confirms approval to proceed. To achieve that the invites for chapters etc to submit grant applications will have to go out by the end of March.

Even before then you could have pilot micro grants funds in place in various wikis or wikiprojects. It’s time to stop talking about funds dispersal and start doing it.

Comment on Why I supported the Board letter on fundraising by Wikimedia Governance: Showdown on the Board and the Formation of New Bodies «

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:49:45 +0000

[...] by the comments on a blog post by Wikimedia board member Stu West, where he explained “Why [he] supported the Board letter on fundraising“. The discussion thread also nicely illustrates the challenge of transnational governance, [...]

Comment on Why I supported the Board letter on fundraising by Élan Vital

Élan Vital — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:50:12 +0000

[...] repost below the comment (copyedited for clarity) that I left on his blog: I interpret our Board letter in the opposite [...]

Comment on Why I supported the Board letter on fundraising by Élan Vital

Élan Vital — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:48:50 +0000

[...] fellow Trustee and Wikimedia Treasurer, Stu West, recently published and later summarized his personal views on these [...]

Comment on Why I supported the Board letter on fundraising by stu

stu — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:59:22 +0000

Tom I understand your view on the separation between fundraising and funds dissemination, but you are completely incorrect. one of the key contraints here is governance and fiduciary duty, and that links the two. If we don’t have a good system for funds dissemination, then the WMF’s fiduciary duties severely limit its alternatives for how much other entities can participate in payment processing.

On the challenges some of our movement entities have had meeting basic requirements around reporting, transparency, etc., we’ve covered that in excruciating detail in many forums including the Haifa letter and elsewhere in this comments section.

Comment on Why I supported the Board letter on fundraising by Oliver

Oliver — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:41:08 +0000

Thank you, Stu, for the link to a page with 36 lines of local chapters working close to their communities, doing excellent work though being almost on their own.