[Foundation-l] Board letter about fundraising and chapters

[David Gerard]

On 6 August 2011 00:26, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:

> And in doing so, the WMF wont have the benefit of the donations that
> are made because the donor responds well to the fact they know in
> advance that the money goes to a local organisation - an organisation
> which is accountable to the local regulatory system.


I know that some people do donate because of the local factor. Others
donate because they want to give money to "Wikipedia". Do we have
actual numbers (e.g. survey results) as to proportions?


>   Perhaps I should post those private
> conversations to the wiki so we can use the wiki to discuss the real
> problem: how the WMF is implementing the improvement.


Violating confidentiality? Tch.


- d.