[Foundation-l] Remarks on Wikimedia's fundraiser

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On Mar 7, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Mike Godwin <mnemonic at gmail.com> wrote:

> Andrew Garrett writes:
>
> We might be growing, but I don't think anybody in the industry would
>> hesitate to say that we're still "small" and "running on a shoestring
>> budget". The websites that we compete with run budgets in the  
>> hundreds
>> of millions to billions of dollars.
>>
>
> This point can't be overstressed. Compared to organizations running  
> the
> other nine of the top ten websites, Wikimedia Foundation is miniscule,

Don't forget we have many thousands of volunteers. We are not like  
those other websites at all and don't think those are good comparisons.

Katie


> and
> should still be considered so even if/when the Foundation meets the  
> goals
> set in the strategic plan.
>
>
> --Mike
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