Lol, global recession and people give MORE to charity? It's a funny old world. That said, despite this general trend we definitely upgraded the sex appeal of the banner for this year's run...
CM Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. > Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 13:49:08 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Foundation-l] Good news! Fundraiser officially passes 6m mark! > > Hey folks - > > This is a very quick note, officially updating everyone on the > progress of the fundraiser. Many of you will already know this, but I > wanted to make it official :-) > > Currently, you will see that the sitenotice thermometer says we've > reached 6.1 million dollars, which means we have exceeded our original > goal of six million dollars! This is fantastic, and I'm really happy. > > To put that in context: In 2008-09, prior to the launch of the > fundraiser, we had received just under two million dollars in > donations and commitments from a mix of foundations, individual donors > and business development revenues. (That includes the 08-09 1m from > Sloan, which will arrive this month.) Since its launch, the > fundraiser has brought in a little over four million dollars. This > means we currently have received in 08-09 a total of 6.1 million > dollars, which will fully cover our projected 08-09 costs. > > Last year, by contrast, the fundraiser brought in a total of 1.6 > million dollars. > > For the Wikimedia Foundation to more than double donations during a > time of major global financial crisis is an amazing accomplishment - > and is testimony to the dedication and strength of our supporters. > They believe in what we're doing and understand why it's important: > I'm grateful to each and every one of them. > > And I want to thank everyone who has contributed to this year's > fundraiser. There are too many people to name individually, and even > that makes me happy - I love the fact that so many staff members and > volunteers came together to work to make the fundraiser such a > success. > > Tomorrow, the current sitenotices will be replaced with a thank you > banner, which will stay up for an as-yet-undetermined period – > probably a week or thereabouts. We will continue to solicit and > accept donations during that period (we always accept donations!), but > the messaging will be primarily about thanking people :-) > > Thanks, and happy new year! > Sue > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _________________________________________________________________ Get a bird’s eye view of the world with Multimap http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/115454059/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
