Hello
Still waiting for explanation. But wanted to point out that the
statement from John below is a bit problematic to me.
Wiki in Africa has been under APG for a year now. At no point have we
been informed of any changes that would involve a "Tides Advocacy"
organization.
Note that I completely assume good faith and I trust everything will be
right. I am not worried.
But must point out that... if the information was meant to be public and
communicated to all APG orgs... then it was not.
Florence
Le 13/12/2020 à 16:56, John Andersson a écrit :
Hi,
All of the Annual Planning Grants (APGs) to Wikimedia affiliates are
next year paid through Tides Advocacy. Wikimedia Foundation has
communicated this change to all of us affiliates that are affected
many months ago, and there is nothing secretive going on. Please
assume good faith.
Best,
John Andersson
Executive Director
Wikimedia Sverige
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It is the endowment.
Le dim. 13 déc. 2020 à 10:37 AM, Yair Rand <[email protected]
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> No, the Wikimedia Endowment is a separate thing.
>
> -- Yair Rand
>
> בתאריך יום א׳, 13 בדצמ׳ 2020 ב-4:18 מאת Michael Peel <
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment> ?
>>
>> On 13 Dec 2020, at 08:33, Yair Rand <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> According to the recent Independent Auditors' Report of the WMF
[1], at
>> some point prior to the end of June 2020, an entity called the
"Wikimedia
>> Knowledge Equity Fund" was established, and $8.723 million was
transferred
>> to it by the WMF, in the form of an unconditional grant. The
Fund is
>> "managed and controlled by Tides Advocacy" (a 501(c)(4)
advocacy nonprofit
>> previously led by the WMF's current General Counsel/Board
Secretary, who
>> served as CEO, Board Secretary, and Treasurer there). Given
that a Google
>> search for "Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund" yields zero
results prior to
>> the release of the report, it is clear that the WMF kept this
significant
>> move completely secret for over five months, perhaps over a
year. The
>> Report FAQ additionally emphasizes that the WMF "has no right
of return to
>> the grant funds provided, with the exception of unexpended funds."
>>
>> The WMF unilaterally and secretly transferred nearly $9 million of
>> movement funds to an outside organization not recognized by the
>> Affiliations Committee. No mention of the grant was made in any
Board
>> resolutions or minutes from the relevant time period. The
amount was not
>> mentioned in the public annual plan, which set out rather less
than this
>> amount for the entire grantmaking budget for the year. No
application was
>> made through any of the various Wikimedia grants processes. No
further
>> information has been provided on the administration of this new
Fund, or on
>> the text of the grant agreement.
>>
>> I am appalled.
>>
>> -- Yair Rand
>>
>> [1]
>>
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/f/f7/Wikimedia_Foundation_FY2019-2020_Audit_Report.pdf
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