WMF has nowhere close to $500k in its bank account(s).
In a message dated 11/6/2006 10:58:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, messedrocker@gmail.com writes:
WMF has around $500k in its bank account last I heard, though they're going to be spending AT LEAST that on servers. Keep in mind nothing I say is official.
Downtime? I think the concern is more with slowness than downtime.
On 11/6/06, Rory Stolzenberg rory096@gmail.com wrote:
How much downtime have we had recently, and is that significant compared to sites with similar popularities?
How many new servers do we need right now? How many over the next few months?
On 11/6/06, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 11/6/06, Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
A good fundraising appeal succinctly presents some of the great things
we previously have done
(with an emphasis on what has been done since the last fundraiser) and
presents some ideas on what
can be done in the future with additional funds. The point is to
impress
potential donors on our
track record and instill in them confidence that their support will be
well spent and they can be
part of something revolutionary.
How much does Wikimedia currently have in cash?
How much does the Foundation need for the next 6 months?
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I stand corrected. I mean really corrected. I mean I think I'm going to go hide now.
On 11/6/06, daniwo59@aol.com daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
WMF has nowhere close to $500k in its bank account(s).
In a message dated 11/6/2006 10:58:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, messedrocker@gmail.com writes:
WMF has around $500k in its bank account last I heard, though they're going to be spending AT LEAST that on servers. Keep in mind nothing I say is official.
Downtime? I think the concern is more with slowness than downtime.
On 11/6/06, Rory Stolzenberg rory096@gmail.com wrote:
How much downtime have we had recently, and is that significant
compared
to sites with similar popularities?
How many new servers do we need right now? How many over the next few months?
On 11/6/06, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 11/6/06, Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
A good fundraising appeal succinctly presents some of the great
things
we previously have done
(with an emphasis on what has been done since the last fundraiser)
and
presents some ideas on what
can be done in the future with additional funds. The point is to
impress
potential donors on our
track record and instill in them confidence that their support
will be
well spent and they can be
part of something revolutionary.
How much does Wikimedia currently have in cash?
How much does the Foundation need for the next 6 months?
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On 5/25/06, Anthere Anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
I asked Michael if we could get a financial report to evaluate the situation. Financial statements for the year are roughly done, but for a part about Wikimania still not fixed. I suppose Mav should soon give us more feedback I expect. We have approximately 530 000 dollars in cash, which is roughly what it was at the end of February.
In a message dated 11/6/2006 10:58:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, messedrocker@gmail.com writes:
WMF has around $500k in its bank account last I heard, though they're going to be spending AT LEAST that on servers. Keep in mind nothing I say is official.
On 11/6/06, daniwo59@aol.com daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
WMF has nowhere close to $500k in its bank account(s).
Yes, that financial data is desperately needed, audited or not. It's hard to come up with a good (*) appeal for money when you don't have any idea what you have or how much you need.
Anthony
(*) where "good" means more than just "successful"
Anthony wrote: <snip>
It's hard to come up with a good (*) appeal for money when you don't have any idea what you have or how much you need.
"Um, we need some money. For stuff."
On 11/7/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
Anthony wrote:
<snip> > It's hard to come up with a good (*) appeal for money when you don't > have any idea what you have or how much you need. >
"Um, we need some money. For stuff."
"We have to make it go."
George Herbert wrote:
On 11/7/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
Anthony wrote:
<snip>
It's hard to come up with a good (*) appeal for money when you don't have any idea what you have or how much you need.
"Um, we need some money. For stuff."
"We have to make it go."
"investing in the future of eKnowledge"
J
"If you don't donate, you support proprietary knowledge and are evil."
On 11/7/06, Jeffrey V. Merkey jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com wrote:
George Herbert wrote:
On 11/7/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
Anthony wrote:
<snip>
It's hard to come up with a good (*) appeal for money when you don't have any idea what you have or how much you need.
"Um, we need some money. For stuff."
"We have to make it go."
"investing in the future of eKnowledge"
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"You know you want to."
That's a wiki-way to edit a pledge for teh moneys.
On 11/8/06, James Hare messedrocker@gmail.com wrote:
"If you don't donate, you support proprietary knowledge and are evil."
On 11/7/06, Jeffrey V. Merkey jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com wrote:
George Herbert wrote:
On 11/7/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
Anthony wrote:
<snip>
It's hard to come up with a good (*) appeal for money when you don't have any idea what you have or how much you need.
"Um, we need some money. For stuff."
"We have to make it go."
"investing in the future of eKnowledge"
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On 08/11/06, Jeffrey V. Merkey jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com wrote:
George Herbert wrote:
On 11/7/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
Anthony wrote:
It's hard to come up with a good (*) appeal for money when you don't have any idea what you have or how much you need.
"Um, we need some money. For stuff."
"We have to make it go."
"investing in the future of eKnowledge"
"If you can't give us your soul and sanity, you could always just give us your money."
Downtime is our greatest revenue generator. Having a donation link on the "whoops the servers are melting" page is a fantastic idea. When asked in interviews about advertising on Wikipedia, I say that people seem to prefer being annoyed by downtime to being annoyed by ads, but we need money please kthx.
- d.
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