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
2010/1/8 Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com:
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.
:-O
Indeed. Well done!
- d.
Thomas
You led by example - I for one am very grateful to you and all your efforts and I am sure many others are too
Steve
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Gerard" dgerard@gmail.com To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] End of the fundraiser
2010/1/8 Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com:
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.
:-O
Indeed. Well done!
- d.
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2010/1/8 Steve Virgin stevevirgin@blueyonder.co.uk:
Thomas
You led by example - I for one am very grateful to you and all your efforts and I am sure many others are too
Thank you. There is so much more I would have liked to do, but I got the basics done - that will do for our first attempt!
Magnificent work Thomas and all others who lent a hand in this marvellous piece of news
Steve
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Thomas Dalton" thomas.dalton@gmail.com Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 3:46 PM To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] End of the fundraiser
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
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