When I saw that Wikipedia has a bar/event space in Berlin. I decided I will never donate to them again. They don't know how to manage money. At the scale they run, their software should be way leaner than it is. It's shameful.
When I saw that Wikipedia has a bar/event space in Berlin. I decided I will never donate to them again. They don't know how to manage money. At the scale they run, their software should be way leaner than it is. It's shameful.
Wikimedia Deutschland exists for 20 years, has their own fundraising team which seams quite successfull based on sums raised, has their headquarters in Berlin and employ like 160 people.
From what I read "bar" hosts events every week at worst, including other orgs and initiatives, like Open Data or Open Content (sorry if I use wrong names, I used German article and my German is really bad).
I am always in awe how low is the knowledge of the scale of open initiatives in Germany. Linux distros, openstreetmap contributions, many open data initiatives, businesses developing OSS and offering support to it, or plainly promoting opensource and develepmont among citizens from early age. I'm humbled by their contribution to truly open initiatives and would not blink an eye if they "wasted" rent money for a single place. Also it's pennies compared to contributions they bring.
To any Germans reading, as much as us Poles can't shake off tension between our countries, we still see what you are doing. A true and honest hats off, to what you are doing to education and how vast is understanding of openness in your average citizen.
P.s. Wikimedia HQ is in San Francisco, I wonder how is the rent there...
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiB%C3%A4r
What is this in reference to? Where is this bar?