In some time zones, it was done before 2009. And this is the most successful fundraising.
I think that we have two conclusions from this fundraising: * Jimmy should make appeal earlier as WMF will need more money the next year + people will have less money because of the whole year of recession. * It would be good to find local prominent people who would write their own appeals for particular audiences. For example, prominent persons from France and Germany...
Hoi, Six million dollar is a lot of money. However given what we do and what we stand for, it is not too much to ask for. This fundraiser proves that a well managed fundraiser makes a big difference. So my compliments for the effort and the people involved in making it happen for us :)
I am sure that we have learned valuable lessons this time. Indeed getting the message out by people that are recognised as having something valid to say is a great help. We do not have many such people because our community is not one of individual recognition. That only makes it a much more interesting challenge :)
Any way.. Gelukkig Nieuwjaar :) Thanks, GerardM
2009/1/1 Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com
In some time zones, it was done before 2009. And this is the most successful fundraising.
I think that we have two conclusions from this fundraising:
- Jimmy should make appeal earlier as WMF will need more money the
next year + people will have less money because of the whole year of recession.
- It would be good to find local prominent people who would write
their own appeals for particular audiences. For example, prominent persons from France and Germany...
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2009/1/1 Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com
In some time zones, it was done before 2009. And this is the most successful fundraising.
I think that we have two conclusions from this fundraising:
- Jimmy should make appeal earlier as WMF will need more money the
next year + people will have less money because of the whole year of recession.
- It would be good to find local prominent people who would write
their own appeals for particular audiences. For example, prominent persons from France and Germany...
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To relay a message from the nowiki Village Pump: Will the banner be removed now that the goal has been reached?
On a personal note, I think getting local people to write appeals is a great idea for next year's fundraiser.
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Jon Harald Søby jhsoby@gmail.com wrote:
To relay a message from the nowiki Village Pump: Will the banner be removed now that the goal has been reached?
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I don't know whether getting to $6M will lead to an early end, but I would note that the previously announced end date was January 10th.
Congrats on getting to $6M (which means WMF should well exceed revenue targets this year since $6M was the Annual revenue target for community plus major donors).
-Robert Rohde
Jon Harald Søby wrote:
2009/1/1 Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com
In some time zones, it was done before 2009. And this is the most successful fundraising.
I think that we have two conclusions from this fundraising:
- Jimmy should make appeal earlier as WMF will need more money the
next year + people will have less money because of the whole year of recession.
- It would be good to find local prominent people who would write
their own appeals for particular audiences. For example, prominent persons from France and Germany...
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To relay a message from the nowiki Village Pump: Will the banner be removed now that the goal has been reached?
On a personal note, I think getting local people to write appeals is a great idea for next year's fundraiser.
It will be replaced by a Thank you banner, as Sue announced.
Ting
In the Associated Press.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/02/business/AP-Wikipedia-Fundraising...
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