hi David,
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 7:52 PM, David Cuenca Tudela <[email protected]> wrote: > Recently the review for the Wikidata conference grant application has > started, and I have complained that the funds allocated are insuficient to > cover the needs of the grants. The requested amount for the grants was > 36,000 EUR, but in my opinion that should be at least 72,000 EUR. > You realize that this is pretty much what an annual budget of a small Wikimedia chapter is, right? > I have the feeling that the WMF is sitting on a pile of money just giving > breadcrumbs to the community, and the community has to suffer in silence > about this stinginess. > The WMF, just as the movement, has a responsibility to our donors, to spend the money wisely and frugally. We surely do not always do so, but we try. > Why are there two standards? One standard seems to be that everything that > the WMF needs to allocate can go unsupervised, whereas another standard > seems to apply to community activities where every penny is so supervised > that it becomes a pain in the ass to organize anything big. > The WMF's spending is actually reviewed and commented on by the community and the FDC. > The Wikidata Conference needs more funds to be a success and I think that > in the grand scheme of things, the money requested is just peanuts compared > to the money that the WMF has collected from donors. > I believe we have a responsibility to treat our donor's contributions with respect and care. I don't think that 70k Euro is peanuts, and rarely you will find any foundation or NGO considering such an amount to be insignificant. best, dariusz _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
