On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Florence Devouard <Anthere9(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Talking about the banner and currencies, I am not quite sure why some
languages are in dollars and others are in euros. It might make sense in
Deutsch (mostly Deutsch people will donate and of course, they will
donate in euros preferably), but not really in French (canadian, french,
swiss, algerian etc... all use different currencies). I expect the
Foundation receive quite a lot from canadians... who will find odd to
find an american organization propose a donation in euros.
But beyond this, I noted an oddity.
The banner is currently suggesting donating 30 dollars, 75 dollars or
100 dollars per default. Thank god, people can choose to give other
values and in particular less. Given that the average donation in the
past was 30 dollars, suggesting 30 dollars as minimal value is... bold.
But other languages, such as german, also propose 30/75/100, but not in
dollars... in euros. Unfortunately, a 30 dollars today is below 20 euros
today. So, a minimal gift of 30 euros is more about 40-45 dollars.
I do not think it is a good idea to suggest different values according
to languages. Somehow, it strikes me as "unequal". I think we should
stick to dollars in any cases. Imho.
(I am not going to scream about this, I just find it is not a good idea).
Ant
It is perhaps noteworthy that last year the donation text box was
prefilled with $50, and that was accompanied by a very discernible
spike in the number of donors giving $50.
On the other hand, roughly 60% of donations and 20% of income from
past drives arrived in amounts of $20 or less.
-Robert Rohde