Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why take grants? (was: Can we see the Knight grant application and grant offer?)

Hi Scot, You wrote: Sue explained to me that the goal was to have WMF's budget be roughly 50% > grants and 50% user contributions to guard against unexpected fragility > with either of these funding sources. [...] > This was Sue's explanation. I don't know if this is still the explicit >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why take grants? (was: Can we see the Knight grant application and grant offer?)

Thanks Scott, this is important context. I think Wikimedia gets rather too little of its funding from other foundations, through cooperations with like-minded organizations, and from national/international initiatives to educate and to preserve culture & knowledge. Scott writes: > MZMcBride

[Wikimedia-l] Future IdeaLab Campaigns results

Hey folks, (Cross-posted to a number of mailing lists) Last December, I sent out an invitation to [[m:Grants:IdeaLab/Future_IdeaLab_Campaigns|help determine future ideaLab campaigns]] by submitting and voting on different possible topics. I'm happy to announce the results of your participation

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why take grants? (was: Can we see the Knight grant application and grant offer?)

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 3:19 PM, C. Scott Ananian wrote: > Sue explained to me that the goal was to have WMF's budget be roughly 50% > grants and 50% user contributions to guard against unexpected fragility > with either of these funding sources. If that was the goal, it

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why take grants? (was: Can we see the Knight grant application and grant offer?)

> > > You raise a valid question: how many sources of funding does the Wikimedia > Foundation need? > The Bridgespan Group is a consultancy firm specialized in non-profits. They > have been hired > in the past by the Wikimedia Foundtion, for example in the period of > strategy formation that > led

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Future IdeaLab Campaigns results

Congratulations, Jethro. Nice work. Anthony Cole On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 5:05 AM, Chris Schilling wrote: > Hey folks, > > (Cross-posted to a number of mailing lists) > > Last December, I sent out an invitation to > [[m:Grants:IdeaLab/Future_IdeaLab_Campaigns|help

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why take grants? (was: Can we see the Knight grant application and grant offer?)

Hi Ad, That is of course one side of the medal. And yes, lets be grateful for the donations we receive day in, day out from our donors. But 'getting big' is maybe not the most important thing in the world. Working on our mission, is. And part of that, is security. The WMF is not in this world to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why take grants? (was: Can we see the Knight grant application and grant offer?)

sam, i am not so convinced that what you write is true in too many countries, namely that you think wikimedia gets too little of its funding from other foundations. but i think it is fair enough that WMF tries to get foundations funding on its home turf which it knows best. there are many US based

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia recognized as OpenStreetMap chapter

Il giorno ven, 29/01/2016 alle 00.21 +0100, Lodewijk ha scritto: > Congratulations Lorenzo, congratulations Wikimedia Italia. It was > indeed a long process, and I recall that this question came up - was > it more than five years ago? I don't even remember when we first talked about his, but it

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2015 Harassment Survey - Results Report

On Sat, 30 Jan 2016, Trillium Corsage wrote: 30.01.2016, 14:03, "Maggie Dennis" : The pictures may not be the individuals at all; they may be pornographic pictures of others that are misattributed. And sometimes the attribution is not to a real name, but to their usernames. In all cases, the