See, we need to increase the visibility and role of the foundation.
Instead of calling it a "Wikipedia account", call it a Wikimedia ID
Promotion is key mono
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Birgitte SB birgitte_sb@yahoo.com wrote:
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From: "WJhonson@aol.com" WJhonson@aol.com To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 10:35:07 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki[p/m]edia
In a message dated 12/10/2010 6:52:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, zvandijk@googlemail.com writes:
It is difficult to say how many people refuse to donate to Wikimedia because they want to donate to Wikipedia. People should know that you can't donate to a website itself but only to the institution behind it. You also can't sue "Ebay the website", only "Ebay the company". >>
However like all fund-accounting, you can donate to a fund set-aside exclusively for items related to WikiPedia, and not for any other
WikiMedia
activity.
I would be very surprised if a non-profit were not using fund accounting
as
their accounting system.
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