Dear all,
Just a note about the fundraiser.
The Foundation is currently starting a "fundraiser soft launch" where only
logged-in users will the fundraising banners displayed. This is so the
community can help troubleshoot the Foundation's payment systems (which are
rather more complicated than hitherto).
We aren't taking part in this "soft launch" as we are less worried about
our systems. We will be running a further fundraising test, for
non-logged-in users tomorrow (Tuesday) for much of the day. Then there will
be silence until the real public launch on November 14th, with both
logged-in and non-logged-in users.
We haven't yet decided how long we will keep the banners running for
logged-in users - views on this from the community are welcome :-)
We'll try to keep you up to date with what's going on here:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2011_Fundraiser - though please excuse any
delays in communication, those of us involved (particularly myself and
Richard) will be very, very busy for the next month or two.
Chris