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Wikimedia has about 350 employees. OpenStreetMap foundation afaik 2: one remote office admin and one system administrator. No offices. It’s very lean budget wis

by mtmail 3y ago

Wikimedia has about 350 employees. OpenStreetMap foundation afaik 2: one remote office admin and one system administrator. No offices. It’s very lean budget wise.

Helmut10001 3y ago
Here it says 8 [1]. Still very interesting, I did not know! [1]: https://www.datanyze.com/companies/openstreetmap/353811364 https://www.datanyze.com/companies/openstreetmap/353811364
- mtmail 3y ago
  Yes, 8 might be correct. https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/3/3c/FY2021_Full_accounts.pdf https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/3/3c/FY2021_Full_acc... "The average number of employees during the year was 7 (2020 - 7)" I doubt the 12.4 million revenue. The 2021 financial report listed turnover of £350,000 with surplus of £160,000 and £740,000 in reserves.
- stereo 3y ago
  Hi from the OpenStreetMap Foundation chairperson. We have one employee (our site reliability engineer), one external admin assistant, one external developer for the iD editor, and one external bookkeeper. The "8" on that site probably counts the board of directors, who are seven volunteers.
matkoniecz 3y ago
If anyone is interested in general budget see https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2023-02/Budget https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2023-02/Bu... For paid staff see https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Contractors_and_employees#Long_term_paid_individuals https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Contractors_and_employee... (note that for example accountant is not contracted full-time) (and yes, donations are welcome! See https://donate.openstreetmap.org/ https://donate.openstreetmap.org/ if you want to help) disclaimer: I am an unpaid volunteer on OSMF board
stereo 3y ago
Hi, I'm the OpenStreetMap Foundation chairperson. We have one employee (our site reliability engineer), one external admin assistant, one external developer for the iD editor, and one external bookkeeper. We do indeed run very lean, thanks to our amazing volunteer community.

by mtmail 3y ago

Wikimedia has about 350 employees. OpenStreetMap foundation afaik 2: one remote office admin and one system administrator. No offices. It’s very lean budget wise.

Helmut10001 3y ago

Here it says 8 [1]. Still very interesting, I did not know! [1]: https://www.datanyze.com/companies/openstreetmap/353811364 https://www.datanyze.com/companies/openstreetmap/353811364

mtmail 3y ago
Yes, 8 might be correct. https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/3/3c/FY2021_Full_accounts.pdf https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/3/3c/FY2021_Full_acc... "The average number of employees during the year was 7 (2020 - 7)" I doubt the 12.4 million revenue. The 2021 financial report listed turnover of £350,000 with surplus of £160,000 and £740,000 in reserves.
stereo 3y ago
Hi from the OpenStreetMap Foundation chairperson. We have one employee (our site reliability engineer), one external admin assistant, one external developer for the iD editor, and one external bookkeeper. The "8" on that site probably counts the board of directors, who are seven volunteers.

matkoniecz 3y ago

If anyone is interested in general budget see https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2023-02/Budget https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2023-02/Bu... For paid staff see https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Contractors_and_employees#Long_term_paid_individuals https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Contractors_and_employee... (note that for example accountant is not contracted full-time) (and yes, donations are welcome! See https://donate.openstreetmap.org/ https://donate.openstreetmap.org/ if you want to help) disclaimer: I am an unpaid volunteer on OSMF board

stereo 3y ago

Hi, I'm the OpenStreetMap Foundation chairperson. We have one employee (our site reliability engineer), one external admin assistant, one external developer for the iD editor, and one external bookkeeper. We do indeed run very lean, thanks to our amazing volunteer community.