[Foundation-l] Fundraising ideas - bursting the bubble

[Anthony DiPierro]

On 6/14/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/14/06, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> > Now let's assume you can't get volunteer labor,
> > which is probably untrue considering there are probably enough
> > Wikipedians just in the Tampa Bay area willing to help.
>
> In Tampa bay?
>
In the Tampa Bay area, say a 50 mile radius of the main office.  Or
say the USF campus, to make it even simpler.

> Do you think that just one person working for a few hours is enough to
> stuff 1000 envelopes?

I've seen 2000 envelopes stuffed by 3 people in a few hours.  But that
was where the content of all the envelopes was identical, which is a
lot easier.

As I said, I think 50 envelopes per person-hour is a slow estimate.
That'd be 5 people for 4 hours.

> If not, I don't know what you're thinking...  because pretty much not
> more than number of Tampa localers showed up at the last meetup there,
> and .. well.. A meetup isn't work.
>
I'd be more likely to show up at a meeting where something important
is going to be accomplished than to show up at a meetup where people
hang out and socialize.

> You seem have odd notions about how much work, beyond babysitting
> their pet article and windbagging on lists, that a majority of our
> volunteers are willing to perform.

We're not talking about a majority of volunteers, just a handful.

Anthony