If the fundraising banner was planned in November to be shown in Italy, the problem would have been the same. Only the time could have a positive impact.
Also then something has been missed: Wiki Loves Monuments is a sticky project in September, already for years, as it is attached to a world wide event of heritage days. The fundraising team should have known that this project is organised and that organising banners for fundraising in September is a big risk. Still this issue keeps coming up. I find it unbelievable that after all these years of organising, WMF FR is still not capable of acting with understanding. I call such bad planning, and naming it such is an understatement. Romaine 2015-08-21 22:42 GMT+02:00 Risker <[email protected]>: > Given the huge amount of work, the liability and legislative issues and > problems with transferring funds across international borders, I'm not > persuaded; having dozens of paid fundraising teams is not cost-effective by > any stretch of the imagination. The process was stopped because it was > costing more money to raise funds that way, and as a movement it's very, > very difficult to justify the international level of fundraising in a way > that results in much higher costs. > > Having said that, the Wikimedia movement calendar is becoming > increasingly complex. It is inevitable that there are going to be conflicts > between major local initiatives and major international-level initiatives; > these don't always involve fundraising, although they're probably the most > common group affected. I think we really need to get better at scheduling > events and creating a solid movement-wide calendar that identifies major > activities, particularly those that rely significantly on site > advertising/banners/messaging for their success. The further in advance a > potential conflict is identified, the more likely that good and effective > solutions to those conflicts can be put into place. It would be really > helpful, for example, if the Fundraising calendar was published a year in > advance; chapters and other groups would probably find that really useful > in planning major local activities. > > I this specific case, there's not much time left, and so it is time to look > for ways to lessen the impact of the scheduling conflict. > > Risker/Anne > > > > > > On 21 August 2015 at 16:22, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From my perspective, this strikes me as part of the reason why national > > organisations are well suited to running the Wikimedia fundraising > > campaigns rather than a global organisation: if WMIT was organising both > > WLM and the national fundraising campaign, then this conflict wouldn't > have > > arisen / could have been resolved locally. > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/[email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
