[Foundation-l] 2008 Annual Fundraiser - Going into Phase 2

[Pharos]

I think it's good that this started after the election.

We would lose if we competed with Obama donations...

As it is, I think some of the donors may be looking for new places to give.

Thanks,
Pharos

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:54 AM, Przykuta <przykuta at o2.pl> wrote:
>
>> > > For those who haven't seen it yet:
>> > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
>> >
>> > Very neat!
>> >
>> > Looking at tab 2 (Number of contributions):
>> > In 2007 from day 14 and onwards the number of gifts per day more than
>> > doubled.
>> > Is it known why that happened? Just curious.
>> >
>> > Erik Zachte
>> >
>>
>> So, Obama has won election in the USA, people are more happy (maybe not
>> only part of people in USA) - they want to pay for that ;)
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocal_altruism
>>
>> they can't pay to Obama and find other ways to pay for this (their)
>> victory. If you are happy you are able to give more.
>>
>> Maybe :)
>>
>> In 2007 after 2 weeks banner has been changed.
>>
>> przykuta
>>
>
> Great theory for 2008, except for the whole economy is screwed,
> high employment, mortgage foreclosure and general "nobody has
> any money to spare" thing.
>
> -Chad
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