On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello all,
I would appreciate it if you could copy this message to the relevant pages on en.wp.
First: Does Wikimedia have a funding crisis, does it need to ask people for money?<snip>
The problem I have with this is as I have stated several times in the past few weeks is that other methods that have worked seem to have been dropped or neglected.
There isn't a way to set up an automatic monthly donation, an option I think many would like, I know I would.
The concept of selling merchandise seems to have fallen completely dead. There are no links anymore leading to the store on Cafepress
http://www.cafepress.com/wikipedia
Do we even get the money from that store anymore?
Suggestions on the store's talk page on Meta have been ignored, some for YEARS.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Store
What is up with that? There are some really good ideas there. I'll bet you we could make more money every month selling T-shirts than we could raise by donations. Why isn't this being re-activated?