Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation

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Post by Amorymeltzer » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 6:16 PM UTC

Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation
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Re: Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation

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Post by iso8859-1 » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 6:53 PM UTC

I didn't know my Wikipedia donations funded parties in Accra, Berlin and Chandigarh. I think that should be been in the fundraising statement.

Re: Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation

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Post by qazxcvbnmlp » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 6:55 PM UTC

iso8859-1 wrote: post #2

I didn't know my Wikipedia donations funded parties in Accra, Berlin and Chandigarh. I think that should be been in the fundraising statement.

For profit entities use parties to bond teams and accomplish a goal. Non profit entities ought to have that freedom as well.

Re: Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation

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Post by vorpalhex » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 6:56 PM UTC

qazxcvbnmlp wrote: post #3

iso8859-1 wrote: post #2

I didn't know my Wikipedia donations funded parties in Accra, Berlin and Chandigarh. I think that should be been in the fundraising statement.

For profit entities use parties to bond teams and accomplish a goal. Non profit entities ought to have that freedom as well.

They are welcome to, just declare it upfront.

Re: Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation

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Post by umvi » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 6:56 PM UTC

iso8859-1 wrote: post #2

I didn't know my Wikipedia donations funded parties in Accra, Berlin and Chandigarh. I think that should be been in the fundraising statement.

Yeah, I wish there were a way to support just Wikipedia. I don't really care about a lot of Wikimedia Foundation's other pet projects, but the way they phrase their banners and emails, you'd think we are always a razor's edge from Wikipedia servers shutting off...

Re: Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 6:56 PM UTC

qazxcvbnmlp wrote: post #3

iso8859-1 wrote: post #2

I didn't know my Wikipedia donations funded parties in Accra, Berlin and Chandigarh. I think that should be been in the fundraising statement.

For profit entities use parties to bond teams and accomplish a goal. Non profit entities ought to have that freedom as well.

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Re: Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation

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Post by ndiscussion » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 6:59 PM UTC

iso8859-1 wrote: post #2

I didn't know my Wikipedia donations funded parties in Accra, Berlin and Chandigarh. I think that should be been in the fundraising statement.

Sadly just like Mozilla. Most of these charities are a lavish waste.

Re: Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation

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Post by ben_w » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 6:59 PM UTC

vorpalhex wrote: post #4

qazxcvbnmlp wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For profit entities use parties to bond teams and accomplish a goal. Non profit entities ought to have that freedom as well.

They are welcome to, just declare it upfront.

Do shareholding and dividend statements generally say such things upfront?

Re: Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation

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Post by wittyreference » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 7:00 PM UTC

vorpalhex wrote: post #4

qazxcvbnmlp wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For profit entities use parties to bond teams and accomplish a goal. Non profit entities ought to have that freedom as well.

They are welcome to, just declare it upfront.

I have a hard time imagining something more destructive to the ability to run an organization than putting forward all managerial initiatives for public consent, just in case some portion of the public disagrees with that choice. Talk about design by committee.

Re: Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation

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Post by gruez » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 7:02 PM UTC

ndiscussion wrote: post #7

iso8859-1 wrote: post #2

I didn't know my Wikipedia donations funded parties in Accra, Berlin and Chandigarh. I think that should be been in the fundraising statement.

Sadly just like Mozilla. Most of these charities are a lavish waste.

Yeah, afaik firefox development is carried out by mozilla corporation (the for-profit subsidiary of mozilla), but your donations goes to mozilla foundation, which spends the money on "advocacy".