[Foundation-l] Three fundraising job openings

Fri Apr 18 01:25:59 UTC 2008

*facepalm*

Do we honestly need 3 more employees all doing the same thing? I really
think a dedicated "Donations Coordinator" could accomplish the same
thing, rather than making 3 positions, at least at this point in time.

Not to mention, assuming they each start at $80,000/yr, that's nearly a
quarter of a million dollars in new salaries. While the new large donations
have helped, they by no means have insured a multi-year massive increase
in salaries (remember, these aren't the only new hires!). I won't even
bother asking if our budget can cover this (the answer, truth or not, will
be "yes")...I do however have one question:

How much money does this leave for the kids in Africa we're helping?
Or the PDF print-on-demand we're doing? Or even helping Kaltura
develop it's for-profit venture, heaven forbid? We've got a long list
of things we're helping, and I don't see much work being done towards
/that/. As much as these goals strike me as lip-service and promises
to woo donations, at least they're a better spending money on
excessive jobs with even more excessive titles.

The Foundation getting these large grants reminds me of getting my
first credit card...it put this mentality of "I'll buy it now and figure out
how to pay it later" into my head. I hope to God the Foundation
doesn't make the same mistake.

-Chad

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Mark (Markie)
<newsmarkie at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 3 people, each working a 8 hrs day (ish) would mean that technically it
>  could be done by one person
>
>  mark
>
>
>
>  On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Jon <scream at datascreamer.com> wrote:
>
>  > I don't understand, did you mean, 8 hours a day * 5 days = 40
>  > HRS/workweek.
>  >
>  >
>  > Jon
>  >
>  > John at Darkstar wrote:
>  > > 8 working hours per day, and 24 available hours a day, yes it should be
>  > > possible for one person...
>  > > 8D
>  > >
>  > > John
>  > >
>  > > Jon skrev:
>  > >
>  > >> Erik Moeller wrote:
>  > >>
>  > >>> The Wikimedia Foundation has three new job openings related to
>  > >>> fundraising, open until May 15. The job descriptions and instructions
>  > >>> to apply can be found on the Wikimedia Foundation website:
>  > >>>
>  > >>> 1) A Head of Major Gifts (AKA Major Gifts Officer), responsible for
>  > >>> executing our major gifts strategy;
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Head_of_Major_Gifts_%28Major_Gifts_Officer%29
>  > >>>
>  > >>> 2) A Head of Community Giving, responsible for our fundraising efforts
>  > >>> targeting the general public;
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Head_of_Community_Giving
>  > >>>
>  > >>> 3) A Development Specialist responsible for managing donor information
>  > >>> and supporting the above two positions.
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Development_Specialist
>  > >>>
>  > >>> If you are interested, please apply before May 15. Also, if you know
>  > >>> individuals who might be a good fit for any of these positions, please
>  > >>> feel free to forward this e-mail. Thank you. :-)
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >> Can these three jobs be tied into one person?
>  > >>
>  > >> Jon
>  > >>
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