[Foundation-l] Fundraising update

[Rory Stolzenberg]

On 12/17/06, James Hare <messedrocker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Does the fundraising thermometer account offline donations as well as
> online? Also, the thermometer seems to follow some sort of scale; what is
> its "maximum capacity"?
>
> On 12/17/06, Brad Patrick <bpatrick at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello:
> >
> > Well, after some bumps we have the fundraiser off and running!  There
> > was a bug in currency conversion reporting when we got started, but
> > everything has been tested and verified, and now the thermometer is
> > exactly right.  The good news is that the currency issue caused the
> > thermometer to *underreport* what was donated in the first day of the
> > fundraiser.  Our donation history is available on
> > http://fundraising.wikimedia.org.
> >
> > We also have our default site notice revised and in need of
> > translation.  Please see
> >
> >
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translation_request/WMF/Fundraising_Sitenotice%28default%29/2006
> > .
> > We will go live with the new and improved sitenotice after we get some
> > translations put together.
> >
> > Stay tuned!
> >
> > -Brad
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Judging from http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising_FAQ , the
thermometer seems to go up to 1.5 million (20 What happens if we reach the
1.5 million before the end of the four-week period? What happens if we don't
reach it? Would the fundraiser be extended, or end early?). I also recall
Danny saying on IRC that checks are being added tomorrow, which would mean
that offline donations are included, but I could be making that up.