> I forgot that you are not able to edit Meta.
Because I was accused of violating the "research policy" by a staff
member who admitted some months later that there was no research
policy.
> I will migrate the relevant
> parts of the discussion here to the wiki, since a wiki is a useful place to
>
James,
I forgot that you are not able to edit Meta. I will migrate the relevant
parts of the discussion here to the wiki, since a wiki is a useful place to
break down ideas and refactor solutions; but please feel free to continue
posting thoughts to the list.
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Jam
SJ,
> presuming to represent others - is not very helpful at all.
You can plainly see I am not the only one in this thread with these
concerns. By virtue of my being an outsider, I certainly can represent
those with whom I am in correspondence without fear of reprisal, and I
refuse to be bullied.
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 7:07 PM, James Salsman wrote:
> donors who expect the Foundation to prepare for contingency
James,
While your statistical comments were well-informed and helpful, your
comments in this thread are less so, and your frustrated approach - while
presuming to represent others
Matt,
I do not share your perspective, and I want you to understand why.
> as a member of the fundraising technology team - that I was shocked,
> utterly amazed, and astounded at how successful this years fundraiser was.
You met a goal based on a growth rate which had been lowered once in
July a
Donors donate based on perceived value received. End of story.
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James,
the Chief Revenue Officer reported that "significant" increases in
> fundraising would be very difficult
>
I cannot speak for what Zack was thinking -- but I can tell you - as a
member of the fundraising technology team - that I was shocked, utterly
amazed, and astounded at how successful
SJ,
Thank you for your reply:
> Fundraising targets have been set to match our projected needs for the
> year, for the past few years.
Does the very recent abandonment of several aspects of the Strategic
Plan, after the July 2012-3 Annual Plan goal was set at $46.1 million,
which itself was subs
Hello James,
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:00 PM, James Salsman wrote:
> > Are you suggesting the Board has a duty to raise as
> > much money as possible?
>
> No. When actual fundraising far exceeded expectations, it was scaled
> back to meet expectations based on the nonquantative predictions of
>
> It's clear that this year, the fundraiser could easily raise much more
> than the revenue goals, thanks to dramatic increases in banner
> effectiveness. It probably wouldn't even "cost" that much in terms of
annoying readers -- not like ~2 months of 100% banners from previous
> years.
While
On Dec 21, 2012 5:48 PM, "James Salsman" wrote:
>
> > Costs don't scale linearly with pageviews. Nor do donations,
> > especially when you consider that much of that growth in pageviews now
> > comes from the 'Global South' (where people generally have less
> > disposable income to donate) and fro
> Costs don't scale linearly with pageviews. Nor do donations,
> especially when you consider that much of that growth in pageviews now
> comes from the 'Global South' (where people generally have less
> disposable income to donate) and from mobile devices (which we don't
> really fundraise on, alt
On 21 December 2012 17:00, James Salsman wrote:
>> How do you see the fiduciary responsibilities of the board playing into
>> fundraising targets?
>
> The employees of the board share their fiduciary responsibilities.
>
>> Are you suggesting the Board has a duty to raise as
>> much money as possib
> How do you see the fiduciary responsibilities of the board playing into
> fundraising targets?
The employees of the board share their fiduciary responsibilities.
> Are you suggesting the Board has a duty to raise as
> much money as possible?
No. When actual fundraising far exceeded expectation
I think raising a lot more money because its possible to raise a lot more
money is a for-profit mentality; the WMF has been actually narrowing its
scope, in the understanding that it can't solve all problems or be all
things, and it makes a lot of sense to me to raise only what it already
knows can
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Nathan wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> How do you see the fiduciary responsibilities of the board playing into
> fundraising targets? Are you suggesting the Board has a duty to raise as
> much money as possible? I'm also curious why you highlight "deliberately
> slowing fu
Money for reasonable reserves is money you need...
On Dec 21, 2012 4:22 PM, "David Gerard" wrote:
> On 21 December 2012 16:18, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>
> > Raising money you don't need would be a gross breach of a charity
> trustee's
> > fiduciary duties...
>
>
> Citation needed.
>
> When WMF didn
On 21 December 2012 16:18, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> Raising money you don't need would be a gross breach of a charity trustee's
> fiduciary duties...
Citation needed.
When WMF didn't have a financial buffer, people bitched about it. Now
it's getting one, people are bitching about that. Often the
Hi James,
How do you see the fiduciary responsibilities of the board playing into
fundraising targets? Are you suggesting the Board has a duty to raise as
much money as possible? I'm also curious why you highlight "deliberately
slowing fundraising" despite the 32% increase in revenue goals for the
Raising money you don't need would be a gross breach of a charity trustee's
fiduciary duties...
On Dec 21, 2012 3:55 PM, "James Salsman" wrote:
> Sj,
>
> I appreciate your kind words because I am somewhat frustrated.
>
> > thank you for your nuanced statistical comments; something we could use
>
Sj,
I appreciate your kind words because I am somewhat frustrated.
> thank you for your nuanced statistical comments; something we could use more
> of.
Well, I have two additional questions for you and your colleagues
concerning fiduciary duties relative to the observed growth rates. I'm
not go
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