Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraising Letter Feb 2012

2012-02-09 Thread Emmanuel Engelhart
On 02/09/2012 09:11 AM, Ting Chen wrote: * The board is sharpening the criteria for payment processing. Payment processing is not a natural path to growth for a chapter; and payment processing will likely be an exception -- most chapters will not do so. Without any financial autonomy (that me

Re: [Foundation-l] THIS is why we support WMF! Sincere thanks for a blackout.

2012-01-17 Thread Emmanuel Engelhart
On 17/01/2012 17:31, Alec Meta wrote: > Good work, WMF. Thank you for what you've done, thank you for what you're > doing. This is not a decision by the WMF, but by the Wikipedia in English (and a few other communities) community. Sue Gardner, Director of the WMF, supports this decision and adve

Re: [Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

2012-01-18 Thread Emmanuel Engelhart
On 18/01/2012 14:14, Alec Meta wrote: >> Why does the Board of Trustees think that WMF should raise the «maximum >> possible amount of money»? >> Why not ask for what is needed and nothing more? > > Because we don't expect to be JUST Wikipedia forever. We have a lot > of innovation ahead of us.