Daniel Mayer wrote:
--- Angela_ beesley@gmail.com wrote:
Daniel Mayer wrote:
An opt-in checkbox to receive such a newsletter for each new user account
on any Wikimedia wiki might also be a good idea.
I agree. This could be checked the same time as people check the box to say they want to become Wikimedia members. How about having checkboxes in user preferences: *Become a Volunteer Active Member [ ] *Receive Wikimedia emails [ ] *Become a Contributing Active Member [ ] (leads to a form where you can pay dues)
Links should be given on that part of the user preferences page to terms and conditions, the bylaws, the privacy policy etc.
All good ideas. A page on meta to synthesize this might be a good idea. I especially like the idea of a quarterly newsletter.
I second this idea - and for German wikipedia we've already found someone who is willing to write the monthly newsletter. The change for the newsletter seems the smallest to me (membership requires a little bit more data) and for the beginning we could mention in the first e-mail a user receives (with a short introduction and general help to wikipedia) that there is also a foundation to contribute to.
Could we realize this feature soon?
greetings, elian