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thekohser	Post #21
Member Group: Regulars Posts: 10,274 Joined: Member No.: 911	Let's get a pool going -- when will the WMF audited financial statement for fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, actually be posted to the public by the WMF? Everyone who makes a pick is honor-bound to wager a $5 sum. The person who comes closest (over or under) to the actual date and time of the first public release will win all wagers. The winner will then name a registered and recognized non-profit charity of their choice, and all participants will be honor-bound to apply their $5 as a donation to that charity, in the name of "Mimbo Jimbo's Irresponsible Wikimedia Foundation Audit Contest". That should raise some eyebrows at the recipient non-profit, don't you think? "Hey, Lucille, what are all these $5 PayPal donations from this 'Mimbo Jimbo' group about?" My prediction (and my $5 pledge) are riding on: January 21, 2008; 17:11 UTC (Greenwich mean time) Cumulative pledges = $5. (each subsequent pool participant should update this total) Good luck and good wagering! Greg P.S. The auditing firm of Gregory, Sharer & Stuart boasts a motto of: Right Answers. Right Now. I guess they've failed on at least one of those brand promises already. This post has been edited by thekohser:

Poetlister	Post #22
Poetlister from Venus Group: Inactive Posts: 1,018 Joined: Member No.: 50	Which non-profit do you have in mind? WMF?

GlassBeadGame	Post #23
Dharma Bum Group: Contributors Posts: 7,919 Joined: From: My name it means nothing. My age it means less. The country I come from is called the Mid-West. Member No.: 981	QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 26th December 2007, 11:04am) Let's get a pool going -- when will the WMF audited financial statement for fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, actually be posted to the public by the WMF? Everyone who makes a pick is honor-bound to wager a $5 sum. The person who comes closest (over or under) to the actual date and time of the first public release will win all wagers. The winner will then name a registered and recognized non-profit charity of their choice, and all participants will be honor-bound to apply their $5 as a donation to that charity, in the name of "Mimbo Jimbo's Irresponsible Wikimedia Foundation Audit Contest". That should raise some eyebrows at the recipient non-profit, don't you think? "Hey, Lucille, what are all these $5 PayPal donations from this 'Mimbo Jimbo' group about?" My prediction (and my $5 pledge) are riding on: January 21, 2008; 17:11 UTC (Greenwich mean time) Cumulative pledges = $5. (each subsequent pool participant should update this total) Good luck and good wagering! Greg P.S. The auditing firm of Gregory, Sharer & Stuart boasts a motto of: Right Answers. Right Now. I guess they've failed on at least one of those brand promises already. (IMG:http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3838/scientologyemeterki0.jpg) Attribs. Some audits are more problematic than others. February 9, 2008, 11:00 GMT +0. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Time to really do something for that African kid.

Moulton	Post #24
Anthropologist from Mars Group: Contributors Posts: 10,222 Joined: From: Greater Boston Member No.: 3,670	It looks like non-profit is a polite euphemism for non-solvent.

KamrynMatika	Post #25
Ãœber Member Group: Regulars Posts: 626 Joined: Member No.: 1,776	Haha, good one. Hmm. March 11, 2008 at 11:00AM GMT +0. Oxfam. Cumulative pledges = $15 (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/biggrin.gif) Is it normal for audits to take this long to be published? This post has been edited by KamrynMatika:

GlassBeadGame	Post #26
Dharma Bum Group: Contributors Posts: 7,919 Joined: From: My name it means nothing. My age it means less. The country I come from is called the Mid-West. Member No.: 981	QUOTE(KamrynMatika @ Wed 26th December 2007, 12:13pm) Haha, good one. Hmm. March 11, 2008 at 11:00AM GMT +0. Oxfam. Cumulative pledges = $15 (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/biggrin.gif) Is it normal for audits to take this long to be published? About as common as the COO gut shooting someone, committing credit card/check fraud and having a enough DUIs to be arrested as a felon, I suppose. Oxfam is a good choice, too.

thekohser	Post #27
Member Group: Regulars Posts: 10,274 Joined: Member No.: 911	QUOTE(Poetlister @ Wed 26th December 2007, 11:38am) Which non-profit do you have in mind? WMF? My thought would be that the "winner" of our contest would name the charity of their choice. If that happens to be the WMF, then we are truly lost here. Me, I have a local summer camp for children with mental and physical diabilities in mind, but I didn't want to "promote" it before I'm actually the winner. Greg

gomi	Post #28
Member Group: Members Posts: 3,022 Joined: Member No.: 565	$50 on Jan 25, 5pm EST - donations to benefit ACLU Foundation. Total now = $65

GlassBeadGame	Post #29
Dharma Bum Group: Contributors Posts: 7,919 Joined: From: My name it means nothing. My age it means less. The country I come from is called the Mid-West. Member No.: 981	QUOTE(gomi @ Wed 26th December 2007, 1:14pm) $50 on Jan 25, 5pm EST - donations to benefit ACLU Foundation. Total now = $65 I mis-read and thought all pledges where $5.00 so didn't explicitly state an amount, making mine not show in total. I re-made the pledge $10.00 so the total is now $75.00.

thekohser	Post #30
Member Group: Regulars Posts: 10,274 Joined: Member No.: 911	QUOTE(GlassBeadGame @ Wed 26th December 2007, 1:21pm) QUOTE(gomi @ Wed 26th December 2007, 1:14pm) $50 on Jan 25, 5pm EST - donations to benefit ACLU Foundation. Total now = $65 I mis-read and thought all pledges where $5.00 so didn't explicitly state an amount, making mine not show in total. I re-made the pledge $10.00 so the total is now $75.00. I thought all the donations would be $5, too. And I anticipated that they would all be directed to one charity -- to be chosen by our contest winner. That way, one organization will suddenly see a bunch of $5 donations under the rubric of "Mimbo Jimbo" and at least raise some eyebrows. Of course, there's nothing wrong with pledging more than a sawbuck, and you're at liberty to send them wherever you wanted them to go, being that this is just an "honor-bound" contest. But, I really think we'll have the most impact if we deluge one charity with our "Mimbo Jimbo-tagged" contributions. (And it might as well be a high-profile one that might actually look into what's "wrong" with Wikipedia, thus making my choice of a local children's camp a poor one. Now I'm leaning more toward Public Information Research or some such non-profit that already has a bent against Wikipedia and might even run a press release about this contest result.) Greg

gomi	Post #31
Member Group: Members Posts: 3,022 Joined: Member No.: 565	I meant that if I was winner I would designate the ACLU. Any other winner could pick any 501(c3).

the fieryangel	Post #32
the Internet Review Corporation is watching you... Group: Regulars Posts: 2,990 Joined: From: It's all in your mind anyway... Member No.: 577	$5 on January 31st, 2008 12:00 P.M. EST (anything later would be indecent and they should be ashamed of themselves if it's later) and my charity is Amnesty International because some things are more important than building an encyclopedia... Cumulative pledges are now $80 This post has been edited by the fieryangel:

badlydrawnjeff	Post #33
Writing four featured articles made me a danger to the project. Group: Contributors Posts: 272 Joined: From: Manchester, NH Member No.: 1,007	Hell, why not: $5 on 8 April 2008.

thekohser	Post #34
Member Group: Regulars Posts: 10,274 Joined: Member No.: 911	These "extra" pledges over five bucks are shaming me. I'll up my pledge to $25, so our cumulative bank is up to $105. The office of Gregory, Sharer & Stuart has not returned my call, requesting an approximate ETA. I fired off a note to Florence and Sue, though -- we'll see if they respond. Greg

thekohser	Post #35
Member Group: Regulars Posts: 10,274 Joined: Member No.: 911	QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 26th December 2007, 4:13pm) These "extra" pledges over five bucks are shaming me. I'll up my pledge to $25, so our cumulative bank is up to $105. The office of Gregory, Sharer & Stuart has not returned my call, requesting an approximate ETA. I fired off a note to Florence and Sue, though -- we'll see if they respond. Greg Still no response from GS&S, and no response from Devouard and Gardner. I sent the latter two a reminder note just now. I posted a link to this thread on Seth Finkelstein's blog.

Alkivar	Post #36
Member Group: Contributors Posts: 121 Joined: Member No.: 211	10$ on June 29, 2008. My charity: http://bayloraids.org/

dogbiscuit	Post #37
Could you run through Verifiability not Truth once more? Group: Members Posts: 2,972 Joined: From: The Midlands Member No.: 4,015	Â£5 (that's lots more than dollars!) on 29th February 2008. Happy Leap Year

thekohser	Post #38
Member Group: Regulars Posts: 10,274 Joined: Member No.: 911	Okay, I would say that the betting is closed. There is a hint that we'll see the audit before the end of January. QUOTE AUDIT The auditors' field work is complete, and I believe Oleta has now responded to all their outstanding questions and requests. This means the auditors will now begin to compile their report. Ordinarily this would take about two weeks, but in this case it may take slightly longer: 1., they still may come up with additional questions as they put it together, and 2., because we didn't expect the audit to take so long, they may have unavoidable commitments they need to juggle along with us - so, we may not have their full attention. Regardless, the audit report will be completed pretty soon - they say, before the end of the month. We have the following contestants and pledge amounts: Jan 21 thekohser $25 Jan 25 Gomi $50 Jan 31 the fieryangel $5 Feb 09 GlassBeadGame $10 Feb 29 dogbiscuit Â£5 Mar 11 KamrynMatika $5 Apr 08 Badlydrawnjeff $5 Jun 29 Alkivar $10 So, that's a total of about $120. My clock is ticking best right now, but Gomi and TFA look to be the better bets, if one is to believe Sue. P.S. We need a nickname for Sue Gardner, similar to FloFlo and Mimbo Jimbo.

Jonny Cache	Post #39
Ï„Î± Î´Îµ Î¼Î¿Î¹ Ï€Î±Î¸Î®Î¼Î±Ï„Î± Î¼Î±Î¸Î®Î¼Î±Ï„Î± Î³ÎÎ³Î¿Î½Îµ Group: Contributors Posts: 5,100 Joined: Member No.: 398	QUOTE(thekohser @ Sun 13th January 2008, 10:41pm) We need a nickname for Sue Gardner, similar to FloFlo and Mimbo Jimbo. Â«The Inconstant GardnerÂ» or Â«TigsÂ», for short. Jonny (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/cool.gif)

KStreetSlave	Post #40
Senior Member Group: Regulars Posts: 352 Joined: Member No.: 4,123	Jan. 29. $20. http://www.childsplaycharity.org/ (since Wikipedia is an MMORPG anyway). Also, it'd be nice if we could make multiple picks. I'd like to make a pick in February too, with a second bet.

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