[Foundation-l] $6M passed

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
Six million dollar is a lot of money. However given what we do and what we
stand for, it is not too much to ask for. This fundraiser proves that a well
managed fundraiser makes a big difference. So my compliments for the effort
and the people involved in making it happen for us :)

I am sure that we have learned valuable lessons this time. Indeed getting
the message out by people that are recognised as having something valid to
say is a great help. We do not have many such people because our community
is not one of individual recognition. That only makes it a much more
interesting challenge :)

Any way.. Gelukkig Nieuwjaar :)
Thanks,
      GerardM

2009/1/1 Milos Rancic <millosh at gmail.com>

> In some time zones, it was done before 2009. And this is the most
> successful fundraising.
>
> I think that we have two conclusions from this fundraising:
> * Jimmy should make appeal earlier as WMF will need more money the
> next year + people will have less money because of the whole year of
> recession.
> * It would be good to find local prominent people who would write
> their own appeals for particular audiences. For example, prominent
> persons from France and Germany...
>
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