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-'''ウィキメディア財団'''は様々な[[ウィキメディア財団のプロジェクト|フリーコンテンツプロジェクト]]（賞を受けた、オンライン百科事典であるウィキペディアが特に知られています）を運営する組織です。
-<!--The '''Wikimedia Foundation Inc.''' is the parent organization of various [[Our projects|free-content projects]], most notably [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], the award-winning online encyclopedia.-->
-==財団の使命とは<!-- What is the mission of the Foundation ? -->==
-ウィキメディア財団の使命は、[[w:ja:フリーコンテント|フリーライセンス]]とパブリックドメインにより集め発展させる権限を世界の人々に持たせ携わり効果的に地球規模で広めることです。<!--The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a [[w:en:free content|free license]] or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.-->
-この使命を果たすべく、[[支部活動|支部ネットワーク]]と財団は共同で、多言語展開するウィキ・プロジェクトおよびその他の努力の支援・発展のための根本的基盤と組織化された枠組みを提供します。[[w:ja:無料|無料]]かつインターネットを通して、財団はプロジェクトから有用な情報の発信・維持に永続的につとめます。<!--In collaboration with a [[Local chapters|network of chapters]], the Foundation provides the essential infrastructure and an organizational framework for the support and development of multilingual wiki [[our projects|projects]] and other endeavors which serve this mission. The Foundation will make and keep useful information from its projects available on the Internet [[w:en:gratis|free of charge]], in perpetuity.-->
-[[mission statement|使命の宣誓]]もご覧ください。<!--See also our [[mission statement]].-->
-==慈善活動ですか<!--Are you a charity ?-->==
-ウィキメディアは[[w:ja:アメリカ合衆国|アメリカ合衆国]][[w:ja:フロリダ州|フロリダ州]]の州法の基で設立された[[w:ja:非営利団体|非営利]]の慈善団体です。会計監査を終了したため、ウィキメディア財団は現在[http://www.guidestar.org Guidestar]とそのパートナーのサイトに掲載されています。ウィキメディア財団はアメリカ合衆国の税法501条c項3号に定める免税団体です。<!--Wikimedia is a [[w:en:non-profit|non-profit]] charitable corporation organized under the laws of [[w:en:Florida|Florida]], [[w:en:United States|USA]]. Fully audited, The Wikimedia Foundation is now listed as a charitable organization at [http://www.guidestar.org Guidestar] and
-its partner sites. The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. -->
-<!--Previous forms 990 are available for our organization at [[form 990]].
--->
-ウィキメディア財団の設立は、2003年6月20日にウィキペディア創立者[[Board of Trustees#Jimmy_Wales|ジミー＝ウェールズ]]が[http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-June/028376.html 公式発表]しました。[[Wikimedia Foundation bylaws|ウィキメディア財団定款]]はインターネット上で御覧いただけます。<!--The existence of the Wikimedia Foundation was [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-June/028376.html officially announced] by Wikipedia founder [[Board of Trustees#Jimmy_Wales|Jimmy Wales]] on June 20, 2003.  The [[Wikimedia Foundation bylaws|bylaws of Wikimedia Foundation Inc.]] are available online.-->
-==どんな事業をしていますか<!--Which projects do you support ?-->==
-ウィキメディア財団は2006年末に世界で最も訪問者の多かった15サイトの一つ、ウィキペディア（有名なオンライン百科事典）を支えています。2001年1月のウィキペディア創設時、2003年6月のウィキメディア財団創立時より、信じられないほどの発展を遂げてまいりました。われわれの一番最初のプロジェクトである英語版ウィキペディアは当時の13万項目から今日では150万項目に成長しました。他の12の言語版は、それぞれ10万を超える項目数を誇っています。<!--WMF supports Wikipedia, the famous online encyclopedia, among the 15th most visited websites in the world end of 2006. From the founding of Wikipedia in January, 2001, and the incorporation of the Wikimedia Foundation in June, 2003, our growth has been staggering. The English-language Wikipedia, our first project, has expanded from 135 thousand articles at the time of incorporation to 1.5 million articles today. 12 other languages boast Wikipedias of over 100,000 articles of their own.-->
-また、ウィキペディアのほかに2006年11月、100万画像を超えたWikimedia Commons（自由な画像などのメディアの集積）のように幾つかの事業も運営しています。ウィクショナリー（自由な辞書）は5万項目以上ある辞書が8つあり、その内の3つは20万定義以上あります。ウィキソース（原典の集積）は15万ページ近い内容があります。ウィキクウォート（引用集）、ウィキブックス（共同で執筆する教科書）、ウィキニュース（市民ジャーナリズム）、Wikiversity（カリキュラムの作成）はいずれも著しい成長を続けています。<!--However, the Foundation also operates several projects beside Wikipedia, such as Wikimedia Commons, the repository of free images and other media, which surpassed 1 million images in november 2006. Wiktionary, the free dictionary, has 8 dictionaries with more than 50,000 entries, three of which have more than 200,000 definitions. Wikisource, an original source repository, is nearing 150,000 pages of content. Wikiquote (quotations), Wikibooks (collaboratively written books), Wikinews (citizen journalism), and Wikiversity (curriculum development) all continue to grow along the same trendline.-->
-全体として我々のプロジェクトには780万ページ以上、220万画像以上、500万以上の登録済みアカウントがあります。<!--Overall, our projects have more than 7.8 million pages, 2.2 million images, and 5 million registered accounts.-->
-Wikitravel、Omegawiki、Wikiaは財団の事業ではありません。<!--Wikitravel, Omegawiki and Wikia are not projects supported by the Foundation.-->
-更なる情報は、[[ウィキメディア財団のプロジェクト]]にあるほか、例えば[[Danny Wool on Wikisource|ウィキソースの現状についての報告]]などもあります。<!--More information may be found at [[our projects]]. For example, here is a report on the [[Danny Wool on Wikisource|state of Wikisource]].-->
-==財団の運営方法は？<!--How is the Foundation run ? -->==
-ウィキメディア理事会は非営利団体を運営し、寄付の勧誘と配分を監理しています。理事会はウィキメディア財団で最高経営組織です（[[Wikimedia Foundation bylaws|ウィキメディア財団寄附行為]]第4条第1項）。理事会は財団の運営に直接権限を有します。<!--The Wikimedia Board of Trustees manages the nonprofit organization and supervises the solicitation and disposition of donations. The Board of Trustees is the ultimate corporate authority in the Wikimedia Foundation Inc. (article IV, sec. 1 of the [[Wikimedia Foundation bylaws]]). The Board has the power to direct the activities of the foundation.-->
-このサイトには2005年末までの[[meetings|理事会要録]]の完全な一覧があります。<!--This site includes a complete list of [[meetings|notes from Board meetings]] till the end of 2005.-->
-年、議事録（通常は公表しない）と決議に代表される2つの体制に切り替えました。2006年6月に委員会制を発足し初代総務部長（''Executive Director''）ブラッド＝パトリックを雇いました。理事、職員、委員、開発者、コミュニティーの交流は、オンライン（ウィキやメーリングリスト、電子会話（irc））で行っています。しかしウィキマニア（年次会議）や理事会再編、オフラインミーティングで直接顔を会わせています。<!--In 2006, we switched to a dual system, featuring both meeting minutes (usually not published), and [[resolutions]]. We also set up a collection of [[committees]] and hired our first Executive Director, Brad Patrick in june 2006. Most of the interaction between board members, staff, committee members, developers and community happens online, on our wikis, on mailing lists, through electronic chat (irc). We however have face to face opportunities, during [[Wikimania]] (our annual conference), during [[Retreat 2006 Board actions and outcomes|board retreat]]s or real life board meetings.-->
-多くの場合殆どの人が驚くのは、財団はフロリダ州（アメリカ合衆国）に一つ事務所があるだけで、職員4人と理事1人が働いています。他の理事や職員は、「在宅勤務」です。職員は6人ですが（2006年末）、殆どはヴォランティアです（理事を含む）。<!--Much to the amazement of most, we only have one office, located in Florida (USA), where 4 of our employees and 1 board member are working. All other board members or staff work "at home". The [[current staff|staff]] is made of 6 people (end of 2006); however most people helping are volunteers (including board members). -->
-年末、大掛かりな組織変更が行われ、3ヶ月で全部で4人の理事が異動し、理事長が交代し、補佐員を創設し、寄附行為の改定などを行いました。<!--At the end of 2006, major changes in the organisation took place, with a total of 4 board members in 3 months, change of the chair of the Foundation, set up of an advisory board, bylaw revisions etc... -->
-財団の活動についての案内は、こちらで見られます。<!--More information about Foundation activity may be found at-->
-*[[policies|方針]]
-*[[resolutions|決議]]
-*[[WMF Annual Report 2006|2006年ウィキメディア財団年次報告]]（実際は2004年、2005年、2006年を網羅する - 間もなくオンラインで公開）<!-- (which actually features 2004, 2005, 2006 - soon online)-->
-*[[Founder letter/Founder letter Sept 2004|2004年9月の創立者の手紙<!--Founder letter Sept 2004-->]]
-*[[Founder letter/Founder letter January 2005|2005年1月の創立者の手紙<!--Founder letter January 2005-->]]
-*[[Founder letter|2005年6月の創立者の手紙<!--Founder letter June 2005-->]]
-==ウィキメディア財団理事は誰ですか<!--Who are the members of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees -->==
-年1月、ジミー＝ウェールズはティム＝シェルとマイケル＝デイヴィスをウィキメディア財団理事に任命し、後にコミュニティー代表として招集しました[http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2004-March/032501.html]。<!--In January 2004, Jimmy Wales appointed Tim Shell and Michael Davis to the [[Board of Trustees]] of the Wikimedia Foundation and later made a call for candidates for community representatives [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2004-March/032501.html]. -->
-年6月、利用者代表を理事に選ぶ選挙が行われました。1ヶ月間の選挙活動とオンラインでの2週間の投票期間後、アンジェラ＝ビーズリーとフロランス＝ニバールドゥヴアールが、理事に選出されました。二人は2005年7月に再選されました。<!--In June 2004, an election was held for two user representative Board members. Following one month of campaigning and two weeks of online voting, Angela Beesley and Florence Nibart-Devouard were elected to join the board. They were reelected the following year in july 2005.-->
-年7月、アンジェラ＝ビーズリーは辞任を表明し、2006年9月、エリック＝メーラーが後任に選出されました。<!--In July 2006, Angela Beesley announced her resignation and in September 2006, Erik Möller was elected as her replacement. -->
-年12月、ウィキメディア財団は新たにキャット＝ウォルシュとオスカル＝ファン・ディレンの二人の理事を加えました。ティム＝シェルは辞任を選択し、ヤンバルト＝デ・フレーデが後任理事になりました。<!--In december 2006, the Wikimedia Foundation added two new board members, Kat Walsh and Oscar van Dillen. Tim Shell chose to resign from the board and is replaced by Jan-Bart de Vreede.-->
-年1月現在理事は以下の通りです。<!--As of january 2007, the list of board members is-->
-* フロランス＝ドゥヴアール<!--Florence Devouard-->
-* キャト＝ウォルシュ<!--Kat Walsh-->
-* マイケル＝デイヴィス<!--Michael Davis-->
-* エリック＝メーラー<!--Erik Moeller-->
-* ジミー＝ウェールズ<!--Jimmy Wales-->
-* オスカル＝ファン・ディレン<!--Oscar van Dillen-->
-* ヤンバルト＝デ・フレーデ<!--Jan-Bart de Vreede-->
-現在の理事の略歴と任期は、[[Board|理事会]]で見られます。<!--Biographies and terms of current board members may be found at [[Board]].-->
-==How does the Foundation serves its mission ?==
-First, the Wikimedia Foundation owns the [[m:Wikimedia servers/hardware orders|Wikimedia servers]] along with the domain names and trademarks of all Wikimedia projects and MediaWiki. It generally supports all the costs of having the projects up and in working order.<br>
-''Note: Contributors retain the copyright to their own content and free licenses, such as the [[w:en:GNU FDL|GNU FDL]], are used on these projects prevents anyone from controlling the content.''
-Besides, the Foundation plays an important innovative part in further developing the projects, connecting people, promoting collaboration with other parties etc...
-In particular, each of [[our projects]] has unique technological requirements, which are met by our small but efficient team of software developers. The highest priority in 2007 will be a renewed focus on quality assurance. This will include mechanisms to identify trusted versions of content such as Wikipedia articles.
-Ensuring success in all endeavors of the Foundation will make it necessary to collaborate with organizations and companies around the planet. Our financial planning includes professional staff who will pursue such strategic partnerships, as well as coordinate our growing network of [[Local chapters|chapter organizations]] in various countries.
-==How is the revenue spent ?==
-Overall, the lion’s share of WMF expenditures support our programs. Foremost are our expenses for the hardware and bandwidth that keep our websites up and running.
-The single greatest expenditure for WMF is hardware, followed by hosting and bandwidth costs. The WMF has seen its inventory of  [[meta:Wikimedia servers|computer hardware]] increase steadily to meet demand. Here is a frequently updated status of this hardware : [[meta:Wikimedia hardware status|Wikimedia hardware status]].
-The main reason for the increase is our growth in traffic. At the end of year 2006, Comscore listed “Wikipedia Sites” as the number six site in the world, measured by unique visitors (*). Wikipedia, our flagship website, received about 285 thousand page views per minute. The WMF is concerned about the capitalization and operational commitments necessary to keep these systems running reliably. These costs alone will exceed $2.5 million dollars in year 2007.<br>
-(*) Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes, mobile phones or PDA access.
-Domain registration and trademarks is another part of Wikimedia's expenditures. The Foundation already owns some of its active and secondary/tangentially-related [[w:en:domain names]], while others are still free or already owned.
-Due to the increase in [[current staff|office staff]], administrative costs increased. Overall, however, the allocation of expenses for fundraising is low, due to WMF’s reliance on online donations for the majority of its revenue. WMF does not engage in “direct mail” terrestrial advertising campaigns. Given WMF’s position online, it makes sense to communicate and ask for donations in the same virtual space. To date, it has been effective.
-Costs have been kept very low in the past three years, in particular because the largest majority of people helping are volunteers.
-<!--
-See also [[meta:Wikimedia budget]] for a detailed list of other potential expenses. See [[budget]] for official budgets.
--->
-==Where does the money come from ?==
-As of January 2006, Wikimedia is funded in most part through private donations, but also through several grants and gifts of servers and hosting (see [[benefactors]]).
-The WMF receives donations from more than 50 countries around the world.  Most of the donations which support WMF come from English-speaking countries (US, UK, Canada, Australia).  Over half of these donations are anonymous.  Though individual donations are relatively small, their sheer numbers have ensured our success to date
-The Wikimedia Foundation aims to increase revenue by finding alternative means of support, including grants and sponsorship or selling WikiReaders (textbook or pdf version of articles from Wikipedia).  There has also been discussion of selling a print version of a significant portion of Wikipedia, such as a "Wikipedia 1.0" project.
-For the time being, we want the Wikimedia projects to remain free of advertisements.
-The Wikimedia Foundation has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Donations made from other nations may also be tax deductible. See [[deductibility of donations]] for details. Please see our [[fundraising]] page for details of making donations via PayPal, MoneyBookers or by postal mail. For all other types of donation, please contact the Wikimedia Board at <tt>board at wikimedia.org</tt>.
-==会計監査をしていますか。<!--Do you have audited financial statements ?-->==
-会計監査はGregory Sharer & Stuart[http://www.gsscpa.com]により行われ、一般に受け入れられている会計原則を受け入れています。<!--Our financial statements have been audited for fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006 by Gregory Sharer & Stuart
-[http://www.gsscpa.com] and are compliant with generally accepted accounting principles.-->
-会計監査と経営分析についてはこちら。<!--Links to the financial statements and management letter: -->
-* [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/28/Wikimedia_2006_fs.pdf 会計監査<!--financial statements-->]
-* [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/6/69/Wikimedia_2006_Mgmt_Letter.pdf 経営分析<!--management letter-->]
-==What is planned for year 2007 ?==
-*[[Chair letter december 2006]]
-Wikimedia Foundation continues to grow at an astonishing rate. Its board faces a organizational and financial challenge to maintain Wikipedia a top website on the planet, to also supports the various needs of the other projects, to meet with the ever-increasing demand for the online educational content created by the community of editors and contributors, and to succeed in its goal to make the gift of knowledge to the largest number of people on Earth.
-was very much a transitional year, during which we first created the committees (january 2006). In june 2006, the Wikimedia Foundation hired Brad Patrick as general counsel and interim executive director, where he would oversee its staff and operations and lead the search for a permanent executive director.
-In october 2006, a board retreat was held in Frankfurt, with board members, staff and several community members, to brainstorm on the future of the Foundation [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-October/011172.html].
-The Wikimedia Foundation announced a reorganisation of its Board of Trustees, with I, Florence Devouard, replacing Jimmy Wales as Chair of the Board [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-October/011196.html], [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_board_reorganised]. One of my biggest focus for year 2007 will be the reorganisation of the Foundation (revision of bylaws, new executive director, expansion of the board, set up of an advisory board, clarification of Foundation and Chapters relationships, improvement of committees...) to ensure the Foundation will make its best to fullfill its mission according to the shared vision [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-October/011200.html].
-The motto for year 2007 is '''sustainability''' and '''reliability'''.
-We wish to engage board members, staff, editors, committee members, developers, chapter members, to help create not only content, but also to help create a sustainable infrastructure for our projects. Part of this work is on its way and the effort will be pushed further in the coming months. The board retreat in october [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-November/011397.html] was the opportunity to draft a [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Retreat_2006_Strategic_plan strategic plan] and to define a first set of [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Retreat_2006_Board_actions_and_outcomes actions from the Board]. In the next weeks [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-December/011869.html], various steps were achieved such as a [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-December/012070.html first board expansion], the release of [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-December/012087.html audited financial statements], the creation of an [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-December/012107.html agreement between Wikimedia Foundation and chapters)], and bylaws update ([http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-December/012108.html])..
-Year 2007 will start with a great fundraiser, which will include the opportunity to have donations made to the Foundation matched by generous individuals and companies who support our efforts.  With our audit complete, Wikimedia Foundation is now listed as a charitable organization at Guidestar (www.guidestar.org) and its partner sites, which will extend our visibility in the  not-for-profit community.
-We'll make you see "what it takes to run Wikipedia for a year". Anonymous visitors will also be reminded that Wikimedia Foundation is a *charitable organization*, something which distinguishes us from the YouTubes and MySpaces spoken in the same breath as Wikipedia as the "Web 2.0" vanguard.  We aren't for sale.  We can not be bought by a company, any more so than the Red Cross or Amnesty International.
-*[[Chair letter december 2006]]
-==財団への連絡方法<!-- How to contact the Foundation ? -->==
-詳しくは''[[Contact us]]''を参照してください。
-<!--See the "[[Contact us]]" page for details.-->
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