[Foundation-l] 2007 Fundraising planning begins: request for your help

[Sue Gardner]

Hi folks,

As announced at Wikimania, the Foundation plans to launch our 2007 
fundraiser this fall. Currently we’re targeting September 23 to 
November 22, although those dates may change.

Our goal is to paint a compelling and accessible picture of the work 
we do, and why it’s important. In doing that, we hope to persuade new 
people to support us – those who don’t know much about us, but would 
be sympathetic if they did.

Here are some areas where we anticipate needing your help:

- We need people to help collect compelling human stories that show 
why the projects matter.  We know we’re making a major impact on real 
people’s lives, and we want to collect together some of those stories, 
and make sure they get told. If you can help with this, please contact 
Cary Bass at cbass at wikimedia.org, or put your stories here 
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communication_Projects_Group/Success_stories_-_how_has_Wikimedia_changed_your_life%3F. 
Please note though we’re not necessarily looking for stories about how 
the projects have changed *your* life; we want stories that 
demonstrate all kinds of impact –e.g., on schools, language groups, 
countries, communities of interest, etc.–, not just impact on 
individual people.

- We will need translation help. That will happen through the 
translation committee – http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translations.

  - We will need lots of help designing and implementing the message. 
  That will happen through the WMF Communications Committee (AKA 
ComCom).

- And we will need lots of people to help us plan and carry out the 
plans as they're developed. If you can help us with that, please let 
Cary know.

Please feel free to distribute this note to anyone who should see it.

Thanks,
Sue