[Foundation-l] Accepting airline miles as donations

[effe iets anders]

Not really. The Wikimedia Foundation *is* not an internet site. It *runs* an
internet site, or rather, several internet sites. It is a foundation with a
mission, with these internet sites as the most important means to get to
that mission (spreading free information etc). Maybe a website doesn't need
air travel (yeah, websites can't fly), but the people who run the websites
and who are following these mission statements have to. To have face-to-face
meetings, to join in a conference, to speak on conferences, to have a
meeting with government representatives, potential sponsors, donors,
business partners. And heck, let's not forget the scholarships! I am
confident that we can "spend" a lot of these airmiles in a useful way, and
saving thus some money from the normal donations.

By the way, I think that especially the people who only fly once might be an
interesting target here, as they might get some miles, but will never be
able to use it... For them giving away is costing nothing, for us a lot of
these gifts might be worthy.

Best regards,

Eia

2008/3/5, daniwo59 op aol.com <daniwo59 op aol.com>:
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>
> In a message dated 3/4/2008 10:51:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> messedrocker op gmail.com writes:
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> Well of  course it's a restricted donation, since it's a currency of
> airlines
> and  they have no cash value. That doesn't change the fact that
> a  significant
> amount of the budget is spent on flying people around, and this  would
> allow
> for that to happen with less financial  consequences
>
>
>
> Is it that important to fly people around? After all, this is an internet
> site.
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