What about a fundraising drive featuring matched gifts? :D
On the other hand, I *do* have a thought, but I doubt that it would be
much use for fundraising. The idea is simply this:
Many newspapers in Australia (and surely a number of other Western
nations) release little trinkets with their (extremely popular) Sunday
editions. Would it be possible to take a project such as Wikipedia 0.5
or Wikipedia 1.0, review it to ensure that the WMF is satisfied with
its quality, and then invite a few national newspapers to release it
for a certain fee?
I'm fairly certain that there would be some interest from publishers
in doing this, but I'm very wary of both the cost of replication and
the fee that would have to be charged; the idea loses its lustre when
it costs so much that no publisher will touch it, and I'm afraid that
might happen.
Any thoughts on this?
Cheers,
David Still
(User:Daveydweeb)
On 12/29/06, Patrick Hall <pathall(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps
we can get going on creative new ideas for fundraising!
> Post your idea below:
> --->
What about selling printed volumes of featured articles organized by topic?
I don't really know anything about the economics of publishing... but
the foundation might come out on top, no?
-Pat
User:Babbage
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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -pkd
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