On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Philippe Beaudette <
pbeaudette(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi everyone,
We wanted you to hear first: in about three hours, we're switching the
messaging on the banners to "Thank you!"
Yay!!! Congratulations Philippe and the fundraising team and thanks for the
hard work!
Cheers,
Katie (@aude)
It's time to thank the world, because the world
came together to help
support the Wikimedia projects. We're delighted to report that nearly half
a million donations came in. It's a resounding vote of confidence in what
you've done with the projects. So take a moment to stop, to celebrate, and
to enjoy the accomplishment... and then it's time to focus on the tenth
anniversary year!
You may notice that the fundraising statistics page doesn't quite say $16M.
Since you might be asked about that, here's the math we used to arrive at
the end of the fundraiser:
In addition to the amount posted on the graph (roughly $13.5M), we have
about $1.5 million in revenue received during testing or received but not
yet posted (manual check entry, etc). We've been counting on $500,000 from
the chapters in our thermometer formula but given the extraordinary chapter
fundraising success this year, we're confident that we'll be over the $16M
mark. (We're also including an adjusted value for the recurring gifts that
we've received this year.)
We're delighted to be able to start 2011 with our community giving goal
already met. We did this in a collaborative fashion: testing nearly 200
banner ideas submitted by the community, using translations, with community
involvement in the testing, and in the next phase of the campaign -
encouraging people to edit.
We'll be running "Thank you" banners for the next few days to tell the
world how much this editing community appreciates their financial support,
and then will convert to banners inviting people to get involved in tenth
anniversary celebrations around the world, and to make their first edit (the
"contribution" phase of the campaign).
Now let's go celebrate!
Zack Exley
Philippe Beaudette
Megan Hernandez
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Philippe Beaudette
Head of Reader Relations
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
pbeaudette(a)wikimedia.org
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