[Foundation-l] Fundraising ideas - bursting the bubble

[Ray Saintonge]

Anthony DiPierro wrote:

>On 6/12/06, daniwo59 at aol.com <daniwo59 at aol.com> wrote:
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>>4  Someone suggested that the committee "oversee" the sending of proper thanks, etc. Note that the average donation last year was $25 and we raised about half a million, i.e., 20,000 thank you notes. While it is good of you to volunteer overseeing me sending them out, it would be much more helpful if you would actually lick the envelopes.
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>It's good that you pointed this out.  The committee should certainly
>consider making sure there are enough volunteers to handle such a
>task.  And someone should buy you one of those sponge things so that
>Wikimedia doesn't have to pay for your worker's comp when you get
>poisoned by envelope glue :).
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Alternatively, use self-adhesive stamps that you can just peel off of a 
backing sheet.

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