Re: [Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees: December 2008

2009-03-11 Thread Sue Gardner
2009/3/11 Mark (Markie) : > >> >> We also >> received major gifts totaling USD 94m. >> > > > :O is this a typo or is it actually correct? Also if its possible could we > have slightly more info about who the donations were from and whether they > were targeted/restricted to any use? Erik is a f

Re: [Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees: December 2008

2009-03-11 Thread Erik Moeller
2009/3/11 Lars Aronsson : > Since the report was distributed just fine, I think that Mailman > is fine, but the bug hides somewhere in Pipermail 0.09.  It is > perhaps related to "^From " being a message separator in the mbox > format. I noticed this as well; I'll try resending the report with the

Re: [Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees: December 2008

2009-03-11 Thread Erik Moeller
2009/3/11 Mark (Markie) : > > >> We also >> received major gifts totaling USD 94m. >> >> > > :O is this a typo or is it actually correct? Sadly, it is a typo. The correct amount is 94K. > Also if its possible could we > have slightly more info about who the donations were from and whether they

Re: [Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees: December 2008

2009-03-11 Thread Platonides
Lars Aronsson wrote: > Sue Gardner wrote: > >> Report to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees [...] >> From December 9-15, Jimmy Wales and Sue Gardner visited India. > > It is great to read this report. But the archived version has been > cut (by a software bug) at the line starting with "

Re: [Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees: December 2008

2009-03-11 Thread Jay Walsh
I'd be happy to field that. At this stage it's very simply conversations with those who have a deeper understanding of brand, brand architecture, and brand development. You raise probably the most important point of discussion (which has been around for a long time, I'm sure) - How do the

Re: [Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees: December 2008

2009-03-11 Thread Lars Aronsson
Sue Gardner wrote: > Report to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees [...] > From December 9-15, Jimmy Wales and Sue Gardner visited India. It is great to read this report. But the archived version has been cut (by a software bug) at the line starting with "From", http://lists.wikimedia.or

Re: [Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees: December 2008

2009-03-11 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/11 Nathan : > I'm curious about the plans behind meeting with branding specialists. What > is the Foundation looking to achieve? Wider brand recognition of the > Foundation itself (as opposed to the English Wikipedia)? Research into brand > penetration and audience perception, that sort of t

Re: [Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees: December 2008

2009-03-11 Thread Nathan
I'm curious about the plans behind meeting with branding specialists. What is the Foundation looking to achieve? Wider brand recognition of the Foundation itself (as opposed to the English Wikipedia)? Research into brand penetration and audience perception, that sort of thing? Nathan _

Re: [Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees: December 2008

2009-03-11 Thread Mark (Markie)
> We also > received major gifts totaling USD 94m. > > :O is this a typo or is it actually correct? Also if its possible could we have slightly more info about who the donations were from and whether they were targeted/restricted to any use? regards mark __

[Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees: December 2008

2009-03-10 Thread Sue Gardner
Report to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Covering: December 2008 Prepared by:Sue Gardner, Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation Prepared for: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees MY CURRENT PRIORITIES 1. The 2008-09 annual fundraising campaign 2. Indi