Hoi, I am really pleased that we have continuously enough money to do what needs to be done. I am really pleased that the Dutch can deduct their gifts from the tax man. As far as I know (from the moment this was arranged), it is possible to have a European status for the WMF as well. Now that is an annoyance that this is not realised.
I wholeheartedly want the WMF to spend more money in order to achieve more. We do not realise our vision. We are not yet sharing in the sum of all knowledge. We can share the knowledge that is available to us and THAT is something we can realise more of this year.
Whining about effective fundraising is just that.. Please help us with approaches that bring in the additional money to do even more in stead. Thanks, GerardM
On 6 December 2014 at 10:50, Russavia russavia.wikipedia@gmail.com wrote:
It could be worse. Internet archive is running their banners at moment. Quote:
"Internet Archive is a non-profit. We don’t run ads, but still need to pay for servers and staff. If everyone reading this gave $75, we could end our fundraiser right now. For the cost of buying a book, you can make a book permanently available for the next generation. It’s is a small amount to inform millions. Help us do more. Thank you."
Sorry, $75? :)
They also give a shoutout to WMF for making the fundraising banner open source. Thanks for nothing WMF for making this intrusive begging the future of online fundraising. ;)
Russavia
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 2:11 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
I just re-read this whole thread (!) this morning and here are the themes of points raised that I'm seeing ... I'll add this to the talk of https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_principles too.
Anything else I missed? My editorializing is in brackets [ ].
==communication re: fundraising season==
- develop banner approaches in the off-season [the fundraising team
already does this, but there's desire for community discussion too]
- if you do something new (in a geography etc.) make sure you
communicate it to the stakeholders
- fundraising team seen as sometimes unresponsive [though acknowledged
that this, the en.wp fundraiser, is their biggest crunch week]
- Also many thanks for the acknowledged very efficient, remarkable job
at fundraising to the team; "The fundraising team is amazing at their jobs"
==message content==
- don't mislead about ads: potential implication that if we don't get
the money we'll run ads is not ok [agreed.]
- don't mislead about WMF finances: potential implication that we'll
go off the air immediately if you don't donate is not ok [note, I'm not seeing this in the current message, but I may not be seeing it because every fundraising appeal I've ever gotten is crouched in crisis terms.]
- message sounds like an obituary/doesn't sound like an obituary/is
clear/is too American [the latter is a problem esp. with English Wikipedia messaging, I suspect]
- comments about emails, too [note, previous donors get 1 email a year]
- comment that 1/fundraiser a year is not true for those unlucky souls
who get a/b tested
- as contributors, we want to be proud of Wikimedia, and not
demotivated by the banners. some find the fundraising demotivating because of above points.
==banner size==
- pop-ups are no good [pretty clear consensus]
- sticky banners no good [I'm not sure if there's consensus on this
point]
- banners that obscure content are no good [note, though we agree on
the principle, I am personally skeptical about the claim of this banner interfering with our mission; the content is still right there]
- mobile banners too big, x to dismiss too small
==brand image==
- current messages are seen as harming brand image because of above
content points
- harming brand image is not ok [I think we're all agreed on this]
- messages should encourage people to contribute content as well [def.
worth exploring]
- user sentiment analysis is important [possible action point: maybe
user sentiment re: brand should be more highly weighted in the banner tests?]
- what would happen if donors were shown financials alongside banners?
[note this seems very impractical to me. The majority of donors do not have experience with big nonprofit finances or a scope of comparison. Yes, I look at the 990s of charities I give to, but I suspect I'm unusual in that way].
==data==
- we want all the data, because we are Wikipedians
- especially .. user sentiment methodology & raw data
- social media reaction: it seems very negative/more negative than
past??/how much is there/should we worry about it?
- how many impressions do people see? Is it really less? [note, we've
been trying to optimize for fewer impressions for a long while, hence the shorter fundraiser]
Other questions for me: Nemo asks about minutes. I suspect they'll be out in a couple of weeks, and then there will be a week of delay or so as the board approves them. All delays are on the trustee end, not on the secretary's end. Note though that I already summarized probably the most exciting discussion.
Andreas asks about the editor survey report. I looked through my papers the last time you asked, and I don't think I have it. I'd send it to you if I did.
best, Phoebe
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