[Foundation-l] fundraising proposal #1

[Elisabeth Bauer]

Daniel Mayer wrote:

> --- Angela_ <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Daniel Mayer wrote:
>>
>>>An opt-in checkbox to receive such a newsletter for each new user account
>>
>>on any Wikimedia wiki might also be a good idea.
>>
>>I agree. This could be checked the same time as people check the box
>>to say they want to become Wikimedia members. How about having
>>checkboxes in user preferences:
>>*Become a Volunteer Active Member [ ]
>>*Receive Wikimedia emails [ ]
>>*Become a Contributing Active Member [ ] (leads to a form where you
>>can pay dues)
>>
>>Links should be given on that part of the user preferences page to
>>terms and conditions, the bylaws, the privacy policy etc.
> 
> All good ideas. A page on meta to synthesize this might be a good idea. I
> especially like the idea of a quarterly newsletter. 

I second this idea - and for German wikipedia we've already found 
someone who is willing to write the monthly newsletter. The change for 
the newsletter seems the smallest to me (membership requires a little 
bit more data) and for the beginning we could mention in the first 
e-mail a user receives (with a short introduction and general help to 
wikipedia) that there is also a foundation to contribute to.

Could we realize this feature soon?

greetings,
elian