Sue Gardner, the outgoing Executive Director of Wikimedia, has just launched a brilliant and insightful mini-manifesto on fundraising; specifically, the disconnect between what we do and how we pay for it. (Vs. the for-profit sector, where what they do is how they pay for it.) As a fundraiser who works within an open culture, I… Continue reading The One-and-Only Thing Wrong with ‘What’s Wrong with Nonprofits’
Author: Geoffrey
Quick Update on MozGear Store!
The foundation development-as-in-fundraising team have been working to set up a public-facing Mozilla gear store. Our current hope is to have it live for mid-December 2013. TL’DR: The vendors have been reviewed and selected (Treehouse and Shopify), the business plan is almost done, the cost expenditure has been approved, and the 3rd-party vendor bugs for… Continue reading Quick Update on MozGear Store!
Update on Anniversary Dinos
Earlier in the spring, we ran a donations campaign providing a ‘last chance’ to receive a Mozilla dino plushie. We were recently notified by the manufacturer of a small issue in the production, which I wanted to explain here. Due to the positioning of the seam between the neck and the body, the last ‘fin’… Continue reading Update on Anniversary Dinos
Geoffrey MacDougall 