[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

2023-01-20 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear Sam, Money cannot be in two places at the same time. Either it has been moved, or it has not been moved. The Rai journalists specifically asked *"Why the Wikimedia Foundation didn't move it to a separate 501e3 entity?" * Here is the complete question again: Q: *The Wikimedia Endowment is

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

2023-01-20 Thread The Cunctator
I hope the always-welcome discussion here about non-profit logistics and online civility doesn't derail an answer to Andreas's question, which is important and remains unanswered. On Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 5:36 PM Samuel Klein wrote: > The statements are not mutually exclusive. They are likely both

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

2023-01-20 Thread Samuel Klein
The statements are not mutually exclusive. They are likely both true, and what one might expect from governance decisions to date. WME got its 501c3 status last year, expanded its Board, and is working on its structure. It will start emitting 501c3 reports this year. It will need staff to take

[Wikimedia-l] [Community call] The Community Development Team

2023-01-20 Thread Cassie Casares
Hello everyone, The Community Development team at the Wikimedia Foundation is hosting its first community call of the year on Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 from

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

2023-01-20 Thread Dan Szymborski
Since the answers express mutually exclusive propositions, then by definition, one of them *has* to be substantially misleading as anyone who reads it would get the opposite of the true situation. If Andreas had an intent to be hostile, he could have said lie, which he did not. Dan On Thu, Jan

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group 2022 Report

2023-01-20 Thread Mehman Ibragimov
Hello, I'm happy to provide you with a report on behalf of the Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group[1] for 2022.[2] [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Turkic_Languages_User_Group [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Turkic_Languages_User_Group/Reports/2022