David Gerard wrote:
There is the problem that people may donate to the local chapter (everything but DB servers) *rather than* the Wikimedia Foundation in Florida (DB servers). One would want to make sure that a country's donations going to the chapter rather than the WMF would not leave a hole in the budget.
Well, my understanding was that in the last fundraising drive, the fundraising link on the German Wikipedia went to a Verein website, and that they collected some 9,777 euro. So people did indeed donate to a local chapter *rather than* the Wikimedia Foundation. And as far as I know, that money is still unspent.
Will the upcoming fundraising drive also direct German users to donate to the Verein, or will it direct donations to Florida? And if donations will be collected by the Verein, do they have a public budget or plan for spending that money?
-- Tim Starling