[Foundation-l] Fundraising banners

[Casey Brown]

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Yes, I can see how the Christmas "giving spirit" would increase the
> potential donations. If that is the reason why it's run in December, why
> don't we investigate how donations to WM could be given as a present to a
> friend/relative. I know a lot of charities offer "gifts" where what you
> personally receive is a certificate to give as a present to your relative,
> but the money is actually going to the charity for a nominated purpose. For
> example: http://www.oxfamunwrapped.com.au/Product.php?productid=94 Could
> donating to WM somehow be made into a christmas present? I believe we've
> previously talked about saying things like "donating $30 will run your
> language's Wikipedia for 'x' minutes" - perhaps we could turn that into a
> certificate kind of thing? (so long as it was made clear that this was
> nominal, rather than making a false promise that your donation would be
> spent at a precise moment in time).
>

I was sure that we tried this one year, but I couldn't find it.  I
finally found it on the post-mortem, it's pretty well-hidden.

<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2007/Report#Gift_certificate>

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Casey Brown
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