[Foundation-l] Help needed to develop fundraising appeal ideas

[James Hare]

I stand corrected. I mean really corrected. I mean I think I'm going to go
hide now.

On 11/6/06, daniwo59 at aol.com <daniwo59 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> WMF has nowhere close to $500k in its bank account(s).
>
> In a message dated 11/6/2006 10:58:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> messedrocker at gmail.com writes:
>
> WMF has  around $500k in its bank account last I heard, though they're
> going
> to be  spending AT LEAST that on servers. Keep in mind nothing I say  is
> official.
>
> Downtime? I think the concern is more with slowness  than downtime.
>
> On 11/6/06, Rory Stolzenberg <rory096 at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >
> > How much downtime have we had recently, and is that  significant
> compared
> > to
> > sites with similar  popularities?
> >
> > How many new servers do we need right now? How  many over the next few
> > months?
> >
> > On 11/6/06, Anthony  <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 11/6/06,  Daniel Mayer <maveric149 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > A good  fundraising appeal succinctly presents some of the great
> things
> > >  we previously have done
> > > > (with an emphasis on what has been  done since the last fundraiser)
> and
> > > presents some ideas on  what
> > > > can be done in the future with additional funds. The  point is to
> > impress
> > > potential donors on our
> > >  > track record and instill in them confidence that their support
> will  be
> > > well spent and they can be
> > > > part of something  revolutionary.
> > > >
> > >
> > > How much does  Wikimedia currently have in cash?
> > >
> > > How much does the  Foundation need for the next 6 months?
> > >
> > >  Anthony
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