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
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Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wiki Loves Monuments in Italy largely
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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 <mathias.damour(a)laposte.net
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]]
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