The fundraiser has now finished, so I thought I would let people know
how it went: Wikimedia UK raised a total of just over £85,000 (we may
have a little more from cheques and bank transfers that have yet to
arrive and/or be processed, but that won't be more than a few grand
tops). I consider that a complete success and am very pleased about
how our first ever fundraiser went. There were plenty of problems, as
one would expect, but they didn't get in the way of raising lots of
money. Most donations are being split with the Foundation, so we can
expect about £43,000 of unrestricted funds for Wikimedia UK to spend.
What happens with the WMF's share has yet to be determined. I intend
to write a full report on the fundraiser over the next few days (I aim
to have to finished in time to submit it to the board meeting on
Tuesday), that report will be made available on the chapter wiki. Just
to remind people - there is a page on the wiki for discussion of our
budget for this year, please do contribute there with thoughts about
how we should spend this money:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2010_Budget
My thanks to everyone that donated and to everyone that helped me run
the fundraiser!
Thomas Dalton
Head of Fundraising, Wikimedia UK