Why does the Board of Trustees think that WMF should
raise the «maximum
possible amount of money»?
Why not ask for what is needed and nothing more?
Because we don't expect to be JUST Wikipedia forever. We have a lot
of innovation ahead of us. If we stand still, we'll be overtaken.
With more funding, we can responsibly begin to expand beyond the
confines of Wikipedia-as-we-currently-know-it.
If we collected only what we need to stay afloat, then all we'll do is
stay afloat. I hope in future we'll expand and see a corresponding
increase in donations.