2009/10/8 George Herbert <george.herb...@gmail.com>: > The WMF is not entirely unique in that regard; many other charities > are largely volunteer (cf Red Cross).
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Cross#Activities: "Altogether, there are about 97 million people worldwide who serve with the ICRC, the International Federation, and the National Societies. And there are about 12,000 total full time staff members." That is a ratio of about 8,000 volunteers per staff member. The Wikimedia movement has perhaps 40 staff including the WMF and chapters. At the same ratio, that would give us 320,000 volunteers. I don't know how many volunteers we have, but I think it is rather more than that. Obviously, just counting volunteers doesn't give the whole picture, but it's the best I can do without lots more research. So, perhaps we aren't quite unique, but we are more extreme that any other similar charity movement I know of. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
