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[Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years

Mar 25, 2008, 10:20 AM

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Hi folks,

I’m delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over three years.

This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in our case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality, increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we’ve recently expanded the staff from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this funding will offset those increased costs.

This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected: this donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that Sloan sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.

I’d like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL funder.) Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay, Erik :-)

We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!

Thanks,
Sue

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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

waerth at asianet

Mar 25, 2008, 10:50 AM

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This is very very very very veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy good news!! Thanks
Erik, and the rest of the team!!

Waerth
> Hi folks,
>
> I’m delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over three years.
>
> This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in our case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality, increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we’ve recently expanded the staff from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this funding will offset those increased costs.
>
> This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected: this donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that Sloan sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
>
> I’d like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL funder.) Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay, Erik :-)
>
> We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
>
> --
>
> Sue Gardner
> Executive Director,
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> foundation-l mailing list
> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>
>
>
>

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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

geniice at gmail

Mar 25, 2008, 11:13 AM

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On 25/03/2008, Waerth <waerth@asianet.co.th> wrote:
> This is very very very very veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy good news!! Thanks
> Erik, and the rest of the team!!
>
>

Maybe but [[Alfred P. Sloan]] needs work and we don't have a free pic.

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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

removed at example

Mar 25, 2008, 12:05 PM

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That is so awesome. Nice work Erik!

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'm delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
> board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million
> annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over
> three years.
>
> This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a
> form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in our
> case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality,
> increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material
> beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we've recently expanded the staff
> from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this funding
> will offset those increased costs.
>
> This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected: this
> donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that Sloan
> sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
>
> I'd like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first
> contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the
> Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL funder.)
> Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to
> present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal
> request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay, Erik
> :-)
>
> We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also
> send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and
> board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
>
> --
>
> Sue Gardner
> Executive Director,
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> foundation-l mailing list
> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1mannually for three years [ In reply to ]

philippebeaudette at gmail

Mar 25, 2008, 12:09 PM

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Fantastic!!

Philippe

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From: "Sue Gardner" <sgardner@wikimedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 12:20 PM
To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Foundation-l] [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1mannually
for three years

> Hi folks,
>
> I’m delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
> board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million
> annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over
> three years.
>
> This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a
> form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in our
> case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality,
> increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material
> beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we’ve recently expanded the
> staff from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this
> funding will offset those increased costs.
>
> This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected: this
> donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that Sloan
> sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
>
> I’d like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first
> contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the
> Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL funder.)
> Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to
> present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal
> request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay, Erik
> :-)
>
> We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also
> send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and
> board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
>
> --
>
> Sue Gardner
> Executive Director,
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> foundation-l mailing list
> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

removed at example

Mar 25, 2008, 12:12 PM

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This is also the first indication I've seen that this ginormous new
Foundation might actually work! It seems to give us credibility.

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Brian <Brian.Mingus@colorado.edu> wrote:

> That is so awesome. Nice work Erik!
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I'm delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
> > board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million
> > annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over
> > three years.
> >
> > This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a
> > form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in our
> > case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality,
> > increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material
> > beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we've recently expanded the staff
> > from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this funding
> > will offset those increased costs.
> >
> > This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected:
> > this donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that
> > Sloan sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
> >
> > I'd like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first
> > contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the
> > Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL funder.)
> > Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to
> > present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal
> > request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay, Erik
> > :-)
> >
> > We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also
> > send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and
> > board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sue
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Sue Gardner
> > Executive Director,
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > foundation-l mailing list
> > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
> >
>
>
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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

gerard.meijssen at gmail

Mar 25, 2008, 12:20 PM

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Hoi,
I am glad that it is the enterprise of the Foundation that ensures that we
do not need advertisements. Yay
Thanks,
GerardM

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Brian <Brian.Mingus@colorado.edu> wrote:

> This is also the first indication I've seen that this ginormous new
> Foundation might actually work! It seems to give us credibility.
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Brian <Brian.Mingus@colorado.edu> wrote:
>
> > That is so awesome. Nice work Erik!
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > I'm delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan
> Foundation
> > > board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1
> million
> > > annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread
> over
> > > three years.
> > >
> > > This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning,
> a
> > > form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals â€“ in
> our
> > > case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality,
> > > increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material
> > > beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we've recently expanded the
> staff
> > > from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this
> funding
> > > will offset those increased costs.
> > >
> > > This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected:
> > > this donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals
> that
> > > Sloan sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
> > >
> > > I'd like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our
> first
> > > contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the
> > > Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL
> funder.)
> > > Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to
> > > present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a
> formal
> > > request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay,
> Erik
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also
> > > send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff
> and
> > > board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Sue
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Sue Gardner
> > > Executive Director,
> > > Wikimedia Foundation
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > foundation-l mailing list
> > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
> > >
> >
> >
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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

rarohde at gmail

Mar 25, 2008, 12:24 PM

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Congratulations Erik and others.

-Robert Rohde

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'm delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
> board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million
> annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over
> three years.
>
> This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a
> form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in our
> case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality,
> increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material
> beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we've recently expanded the staff
> from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this funding
> will offset those increased costs.
>
> This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected: this
> donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that Sloan
> sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
>
> I'd like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first
> contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the
> Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL funder.)
> Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to
> present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal
> request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay, Erik
> :-)
>
> We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also
> send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and
> board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
>
> --
>
> Sue Gardner
> Executive Director,
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> foundation-l mailing list
> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org
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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

meta.sj at gmail

Mar 25, 2008, 1:25 PM

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Excellent news indeed. Congratulations to all, and to the projects! SJ

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I'm delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
> > board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million
> > annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread
> over
> > three years.
> >
> > This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a
> > form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in
> our
> > case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality,
> > increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material
> > beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we've recently expanded the
> staff
> > from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this
> funding
> > will offset those increased costs.
> >
> > This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected:
> this
> > donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that
> Sloan
> > sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
> >
> > I'd like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first
> > contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the
> > Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL funder.)
> > Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to
> > present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal
> > request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay,
> Erik
> > :-)
> >
> > We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also
> > send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff
> and
> > board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sue
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Sue Gardner
> > Executive Director,
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > foundation-l mailing list
> > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>
>
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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

jschulz_4587 at msn

Mar 25, 2008, 3:50 PM

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Wow! I almost can't believe it. Great!!! :D

Sue Gardner-2 wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Iâ€™m delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
> board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million
> annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over
> three years.
>
> This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a
> form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals â€“ in our
> case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality,
> increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material
> beyond the wiki environment. As you know, weâ€™ve recently expanded the
> staff from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this
> funding will offset those increased costs.
>
> This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected: this
> donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that Sloan
> sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
>
> Iâ€™d like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first
> contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the
> Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL funder.)
> Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to
> present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal
> request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay, Erik
> :-)
>
> We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also
> send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and
> board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
>
> --
>
> Sue Gardner
> Executive Director,
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> foundation-l mailing list
> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>
>

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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

Anthere9 at yahoo

Mar 25, 2008, 4:02 PM

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Sue Gardner wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I’m delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over three years.
>
> This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in our case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality, increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we’ve recently expanded the staff from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this funding will offset those increased costs.
>
> This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected: this donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that Sloan sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
>
> I’d like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL funder.) Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay, Erik :-)
>
> We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
>
> --
>
> Sue Gardner
> Executive Director,
> Wikimedia Foundation

Thank you Sue. That's awesome news. Congrats to Erik for the job.

Ant

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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

bradp.wmf at gmail

Mar 25, 2008, 4:37 PM

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This is a wonderful milestone in the life of the Foundation.
Congratulations to all! -Brad

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Florence Devouard <Anthere9@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Sue Gardner wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I'm delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
> board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million
> annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over
> three years.
> >
> > This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a
> form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in our
> case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality,
> increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material
> beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we've recently expanded the staff
> from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this funding
> will offset those increased costs.
> >
> > This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected:
> this donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that
> Sloan sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
> >
> > I'd like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first
> contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the
> Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL funder.)
> Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to
> present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal
> request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay, Erik
> :-)
> >
> > We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also
> send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and
> board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sue
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Sue Gardner
> > Executive Director,
> > Wikimedia Foundation
>
> Thank you Sue. That's awesome news. Congrats to Erik for the job.
>
> Ant
>
>
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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

brianna.laugher at gmail

Mar 25, 2008, 7:20 PM

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On 26/03/2008, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!

Congrats and thankyou to Sue and Erik. Wow wow wow.
This is a good time for such a great lift in the community. I feel
like I've been walking on clouds on morning after hearing it. Can only
imagine you guys are that much more ecstatic!

cheers
Brianna

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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

scream at datascreamer

Mar 25, 2008, 7:23 PM

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Brianna Laugher wrote:
> On 26/03/2008, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
>>
>
> Congrats and thankyou to Sue and Erik. Wow wow wow.
> This is a good time for such a great lift in the community. I feel
> like I've been walking on clouds on morning after hearing it. Can only
> imagine you guys are that much more ecstatic!
>
> cheers
> Brianna
>
>
Outstanding. :)

Jon
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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

johnreaveswp at gmail

Mar 25, 2008, 7:48 PM

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You're going to start paying admins now, right?

--John Reaves

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Screamer <scream@datascreamer.com> wrote:

> Brianna Laugher wrote:
> > On 26/03/2008, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >
> >> We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also
> send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and
> board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
> >>
> >
> > Congrats and thankyou to Sue and Erik. Wow wow wow.
> > This is a good time for such a great lift in the community. I feel
> > like I've been walking on clouds on morning after hearing it. Can only
> > imagine you guys are that much more ecstatic!
> >
> > cheers
> > Brianna
> >
> >
> Outstanding. :)
>
>
> Jon
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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

phoebe.wiki at gmail

Mar 25, 2008, 8:07 PM

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On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over three years.
>
> This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in our case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality, increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we've recently expanded the staff from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this funding will offset those increased costs.

This is fantastic, congratulations to all. Perhaps this can provide
the needed operational cushion to also start fundraising for an
endowment that will support us for years to come.

-- Phoebe

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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

bryan.tongminh at gmail

Mar 26, 2008, 1:00 AM

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On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over three years.
>
> This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in our case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality, increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we've recently expanded the staff from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this funding will offset those increased costs.
>
> This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected: this donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that Sloan sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
>
> I'd like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL funder.) Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay, Erik :-)
>
> We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
>
> --
>
> Sue Gardner
> Executive Director,
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
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Very, very good news. And what geni, said, we need a free pic!

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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

toddmallen at gmail

Mar 26, 2008, 2:04 AM

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On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Bryan Tong Minh
<bryan.tongminh@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I'm delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over three years.
> >
> > This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in our case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality, increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we've recently expanded the staff from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this funding will offset those increased costs.
> >
> > This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected: this donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that Sloan sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
> >
> > I'd like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL funder.) Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay, Erik :-)
> >
> > We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sue
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Sue Gardner
> > Executive Director,
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> >
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> > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org
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>
> Very, very good news. And what geni, said, we need a free pic!
>
>
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Congratulations to Erik and everyone who worked on this. I hope this
is a step on the road toward a permanent endowment and a
perpetually-funded Wikimedia. I believe the work we do here is of
great importance, and it is good to see that it will continue for the
foreseeable future.

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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

conrad.nutschan at gmail

Mar 26, 2008, 2:06 AM

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Great work foundation! Conny...
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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

innocentkiller at gmail

Mar 26, 2008, 2:39 AM

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Major congratulations to everyone involved at the Foundation,
this is certainly a good piece of news. If nothing else, this
certainly helps solidify the monetary base on which the WMF
rests.

Out of curiosity, I read some information on their website
yesterday. Seems like a very good organization dedicated
to a great number of worthy projects and research.

All the best,

Chad

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over three years.
>
> This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in our case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality, increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we've recently expanded the staff from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this funding will offset those increased costs.
>
> This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected: this donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that Sloan sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
>
> I'd like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL funder.) Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay, Erik :-)
>
> We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
>
> --
>
> Sue Gardner
> Executive Director,
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

londenp at gmail

Mar 26, 2008, 5:27 AM

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This is great.
With several more of those grants we might even consider that our
mission/vision is possible without adds.
Remember our mission: "Imagine a world in which every single human being can
freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment."
I really hope that we can work on the part of "every single human being" and
not just those people which enjoy the safety of western social security
safety nets and bring knowledge to the people who really need it, with the
help of a sound and healthy foundation and development of the best
wiki-software available.

This news brings some confidence that the mission is indeed meaning
something, until now I was not so sure.

Londenp.

2008/3/25, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org>:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
> board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million
> annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over
> three years.
>
> This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a
> form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in our
> case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality,
> increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material
> beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we've recently expanded the staff
> from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this funding
> will offset those increased costs.
>
> This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected: this
> donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that Sloan
> sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
>
> I'd like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first
> contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the
> Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL
> funder.) Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik
> to present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal
> request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay, Erik
> :-)
>
> We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also
> send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and
> board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
>
> --
>
> Sue Gardner
> Executive Director,
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

thomas.dalton at gmail

Mar 26, 2008, 6:54 AM

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Congratulations, all round! I'm especially pleased to see that this
isn't just a one off - we have greater financial security for 3 years,
guaranteed! I'd also like to repeat what others have said: This
greater security means we might soon be able to start building up an
endowment, which is essential to the long term survival and
independence of the foundation.

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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

geo.plrd at yahoo

Mar 26, 2008, 12:15 PM

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Yes, saving for the future is wise, even if it is just $100 a month.

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Congratulations, all round! I'm especially pleased to see that this
isn't just a one off - we have greater financial security for 3 years,
guaranteed! I'd also like to repeat what others have said: This
greater security means we might soon be able to start building up an
endowment, which is essential to the long term survival and
independence of the foundation.

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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

thomas.dalton at gmail

Mar 26, 2008, 2:01 PM

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On 26/03/2008, Geoffrey Plourde <geo.plrd@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes, saving for the future is wise, even if it is just $100 a month.

I'm not sure $100/month is going to cut it... it might help for
building up a contingency fund (slowly), but not an endowment. For an
endowment you need enough so that you get enough interest that you can
get by without having to touch the capital - that requires quite a
large sum.

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Re: [Announcement] Sloan awards Wikimedia USD 1m annually for three years [ In reply to ]

aphaia at gmail

Mar 26, 2008, 2:19 PM

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Thank you, Erik, for your all hard works which has realized this
amazing results. And for all who have been involved. Congratulations
to all, to us all who are vital parts of this project. Hail ourselves
:)

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 2:20 AM, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm delighted to tell you that yesterday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over three years.
>
> This is what Sloan characterizes as "institutional funding" - meaning, a form of grant designed to help us work towards our general goals – in our case, financial and operational sustainability, increasing quality, increasing and broadening participation, and distributing our material beyond the wiki environment. As you know, we've recently expanded the staff from 10 to 15, and we still have a few more positions to fill: this funding will offset those increased costs.
>
> This is _fabulous_ news. Sloan is high-profile and widely-respected: this donation is financially significant for us, and it also signals that Sloan sees our work as important and our organization as trustworthy.
>
> I'd like to take a moment to thank Erik Moeller, who developed our first contact with Sloan through his work representing Wikimedia on the Encyclopedia of Life's institutional council. (Sloan is an EOL funder.) Based on that initial relationship, in January Sloan invited Erik to present to them about Wikimedia, after which they asked us for a formal request for funding. Without Erik, this would not have happened. Yay, Erik :-)
>
> We will be sending out a press release in a few hours, and I will also send this note to foundation-l soon. Meanwhile, please join the staff and board of the Wikimedia Foundation in celebrating this terrific news!
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
>
> --
>
> Sue Gardner
> Executive Director,
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
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