Hello Wikimedians,

My name is Kelly and I am working for the Wikimedia Foundation during the 2010 Fundraiser as the liaison between the Portuguese language community and the Foundation. This year's fundraiser is intended to be a collaborative and global effort, we recognize that banner messages that perform well in the United States don't necessarily translate well, or appeal to Brazilian audiences. And no one knows better what will appeal to Brazilian readers and editors than you!

This year we want to be as community-driven as possible and are looking for input not only with localizing and translating but also with pointing out messages that don't won't work well in your regions, languages and projects and proposing messages that you think would be work well! You can see some of the current suggestions (and propose your own) on the Meta messaging page but I also want to encourage you to discuss here on your own project and in your own language. WE REALLY NEED DISCUSSION on Meta.

I'm here both to answer questions as they come up and to listen to your feedback about what types of messaging will work and won't work. We'll constantly be tweaking or changing things, based on your input, to try to make everything as perfect as possible for the readers and donors in your language and region. Use the talk pages on meta, talk to your local communities, talk to others, talk to us, and add your feedback to the proposed messages as well. I look forward to working with you during this year's fundraiser, please feel free to contact me with any suggestions or questions about the fundraiser this year.

If someone could translate this message I would really appreciate it so that everyone is able to understand our goals and contribute to this year's campaign.

Thank YOU!

Best,
Kelly Lyman

klyman@wikimedia.org

Fundraising 2010 meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010
Banner submissions: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/Messages
Fundraising Committee: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/Committee
Banners we've tested so far: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/Banner_testing