Yes, I think it is the case that Fundraising and other organizations (like the WLM coordinators, Wikimedia Italia, and Community Resources / FDC) were working from different playbooks. But now that Fundraising has agreed to change their plans, I think we should give them some breathing room, especially because they say that banner scheduling will be coordinated next year.
Pine On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Peter Southwood < [email protected]> wrote: > Who set the targets that will now not be met, how were they decided, and > when were they set? I must assume that WLM annual project was not taken > into consideration by these planners. > Cheers, > P > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Pine W > Sent: Thursday, 03 September 2015 10:51 PM > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wiki Loves Monuments in > Italy largely blocked by WMF fundraising > > I just want to respond to this point in particular: > > "Postponing the Italian fundraising campaign means for the first time in > at least 4 years, the fundraising team will not be meeting a target. The > team will pick up extra work in October to make up for work missed in > September. > It's not possible to do two months of work in one month, so there will > need to be adjustments later throughout the year to make up for missing the > September target." > > It was somewhat courageous for WMF Fundraising to change its schedule and > forecast missing a target as a result. Two quotes seem appropriate in the > context of this conversation, particularly regarding WMF's taking the > community's priorities into account and absorbing the risks to its plans > that come with changing to accommodate WLM: > > "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it > takes to sit down and listen." -- Winston Churchill. > > "Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in > the ocean." --Christopher Reeve > > Thanks Megan and all. > > Pine > > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Mathias Damour < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > Le 31/08/2015 13:02, Megan Hernandez a écrit : > > > >> Postponing the Italian fundraising campaign means for the first time > >> in at least 4 years, the fundraising team will not be meeting a > >> target. The team will pick up extra work in October to make up for > >> work missed in September. > >> It's not possible to do two months of work in one month, so there > >> will need to be adjustments later throughout the year to make up for > >> missing the September target. > >> > > > > The WMF team is without any doubt very professional in "meeting its > > target" and in smooth communication. > > > > We should also understand that despite the huge growth of the WMF > > these last few years, it may feel an inferiority complex and think it > > has a backlog to catch up compared to some much richer neighbouring > > companies in the San Francisco Bay ! I guess they roughly think: "Why > > should we have 15 time less employees than Twitter !" That's why > > raising up the fundraising targets can be more important than to > > facilitate a WLM event in just one not-so-big country ! :-P > > > > Nevertheless it still give the impression of taking the word-wide > > donors, the volunteers and the other entities (chapters) for > > pawns/chess pieces that you may move or stop whenever you want or need... > > Maybe the ones to blame are the neighbouring internet companies for > > setting a bad example to the WMF... :-\ > > > > -- > > Mathias Damour > > [[User:Astirmays]] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.6086 / Virus Database: 4409/10565 - Release Date: 09/03/15 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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>
