Please excuse the spellchecker being too helpful. *Wikimania* accounting, not Wikimedia accounting.
Pine On Aug 28, 2015 6:36 AM, "Pine W" <[email protected]> wrote: > My thinking is that if WMDE can produce an accounting for a major event's > expenses to the degree to which they have visibility (this excludes > chapter-funded travel costs, and WMF and affiliate staff compensation) in a > few months, then at least that level of detail should be expected for > Wikimedia accounting within, say, 6 months after the event. Creating a > standardized framework for large event expense reporting might be a good > step. Given WMDE's success, perhaps WMF could build off of their framework > to create a shared framework for public reporting of financial expenses for > all major WMF funded events (All-staff and hackathons included). > > Pine > On Aug 24, 2015 9:37 AM, "Stuart Prior" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Concur with Lodewijk, additionally in terms of number of attendees and >> the amount of partner organisations and vendors involved, it's an entirely >> different scale. >> >> Wikimedia Conference is a staffed organisation running a relatively >> simple event on their home-turf. >> Wikimania is a mix of volunteers and the Foundation organising an >> international event which has changing factors year on year. >> Well done for WMDE being so prompt with the accounts, but I'm not sure >> it's a methodology for budgeting & accounting which accounts for the >> difference in the time it takes to produce accounts. >> More the relative scale of and the resources applied to each event. >> >> Best >> Stuart >> User:Battleofalma >> >> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Lodewijk <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> A quick peek suggests that these are the costs for Wikimedia >>> Deutschland, not for the movement. It does not include the >>> travel/accommodation/staff costs of all the chapters that funded themselves >>> (or even where volunteers funded themselves). This should all be included >>> to give a fair picture. >>> >>> Best, >>> Lodewijk >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for bringing up the subject of financial accounting for major >>>> events. I would just like to note that our colleagues at Wikimedia >>>> Deutschland who hosted Wikimedia Conference 2015 published an accounting of >>>> that conference's finances just a few months after the conference ( >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Budget_and_finances). >>>> Perhaps other events could use a similar method for budgeting and >>>> accounting so that other reports are also produced in a timely manner. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Pine >>>> On Aug 23, 2015 8:04 AM, "Itzik - Wikimedia Israel" < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This is not my first email about this issue, but I really think it's >>>>> really important. Wikimania is the highest expense for our movement. From >>>>> the conference production cost, WMF scholarships, chapter scholarships and >>>>> WMF and chapters delegations - amounts that is almost one million dollar, >>>>> if not more. >>>>> >>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Wikimania 2012-2013 budgets were been published but still consider as >>>>> "draft": >>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013/Budget >>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Budget >>>>> >>>>> If the conference organization leader can be please approve this >>>>> numbers and remove the draft template - it will be great. >>>>> >>>>> WMCH, Affcom, WMAR and WMDE are welcome to complete their information >>>>> regarding their delegations and scholarships given by them. >>>>> >>>>> For 2014 - we don't have any data. Not conference budget, not >>>>> scholarships and not chapters numbers. Edward - your help will be welcome. >>>>> I personally asked my ED to complete the information for WMIL, and I >>>>> welcome others to do so as well. >>>>> >>>>> Ellie and the Wikimania committee - there is something we can do in >>>>> order to take care for this pages to be update yearly? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thank you everyone! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Regards,Itzik Edri* >>>>> Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel >>>>> +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il >>>>> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the >>>>> sum of all knowledge. 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