Hello,
I don't like to send emails like this but I don't see a solution other than this.
I understand that we need money to keep the Wikimedia Foundation running, and yes I support the fundraiser and I donated money. But do we want money because we told people other things than the truth I find it kind of strange and very disturbing that there are things that currently being used to get money from visitors while those things are simply wrong.
First we have the donating landing page and it say's
Together, we can keep it free of charge and free of advertising. We can keep it open – you can use the information in Wikipedia any way you want. We can keep it growing – spreading knowledge everywhere, and inviting participation from everyone...
*free of charge*
The content on Wikipedia is written under a free license that means everybody can use in all ways saying that Wikipedia will be a payed source of information will just be wrong because all the content is on mirrors and even if it goes bad it will always be free for everybody somewhere.
Secondly:
There is a banner saying Sue is the Director of Wikipedia and there is a discussion about that where somebody of the fundraising team say's that they are testing what gives more money... Telling people Sue the director of Wikipedia or Sue the Director for the Wikimedia Foundation...
But the Fundraising team knows that they are wrong because the Sue's letter says: *Wikipedia will always be free* ( http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Template:2010/SueLetterA/en)
But let us ask the quistion: Do we want to make this our best fundraiser knowing we didn't tell the truth about things or do we think we can be open and clear about roles, functions and facts? I hope we choose the last option.