Interesting development. Probably a very good idea for transparency and good use of the movement's money, and consistency of reporting to make things comparable is a great goal. I especially think that for smaller chapters there is lots of value in having a dedicated contact person!
But I find the self-description of the Fellows as "an elite group of global operatives"[1] a bit degrading to the rest of us... I presume it's taken a fair while to recruit the team and scope the project too (I see one linkedin profile which says they've been working already for two months[3]). So, I wonder - did the Chapters who have been allocated to each of these new auditors[2] have any notice that this new process was being created before it was announced today - so they were able to make any other time-commitments without being surprised by a new layer of paperwork? Also, I presume that the increased amount of staff/volunteer time needed to comply with new paperwork will be offset by streamlining this with other WMF-compliance paperwork? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Oolukoya_(WMF) [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement-wide_Financial_Report#Who_We_Are [3] http://www.linkedin.com/pub/seyi-olukoya/59/b09/a7 wittylama.com Peace, love & metadata -- wittylama.com Peace, love & metadata _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
