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| thekohser |
 Wed 26th December 2007, 4:04pm
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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: Wed 26th December 2007, 4:13pm |
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| GlassBeadGame |
Wed 26th December 2007, 4:39pm
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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. 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. |
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| thekohser |
Wed 26th December 2007, 7:05pm
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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 |
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| thekohser |
Mon 14th January 2008, 3:41am
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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 £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. |
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