+1 with a :) and a cherry on top. On 12/31/2010 8:34 PM, Philippe Beaudette wrote: > Hi everyone, > > We wanted you to hear first: in about three hours, we're switching the > messaging on the banners to "Thank you!" It's time to thank the world, > because the world came together to help support the Wikimedia projects. > We're delighted to report that nearly half a million donations came in. It's > a resounding vote of confidence in what you've done with the projects. So > take a moment to stop, to celebrate, and to enjoy the accomplishment... and > then it's time to focus on the tenth anniversary year! > > You may notice that the fundraising statistics page doesn't quite say $16M. > Since you might be asked about that, here's the math we used to arrive at the > end of the fundraiser: > > In addition to the amount posted on the graph (roughly $13.5M), we have about > $1.5 million in revenue received during testing or received but not yet > posted (manual check entry, etc). We've been counting on $500,000 from the > chapters in our thermometer formula but given the extraordinary chapter > fundraising success this year, we're confident that we'll be over the $16M > mark. (We're also including an adjusted value for the recurring gifts that > we've received this year.) > > We're delighted to be able to start 2011 with our community giving goal > already met. We did this in a collaborative fashion: testing nearly 200 > banner ideas submitted by the community, using translations, with community > involvement in the testing, and in the next phase of the campaign - > encouraging people to edit. > > We'll be running "Thank you" banners for the next few days to tell the world > how much this editing community appreciates their financial support, and then > will convert to banners inviting people to get involved in tenth anniversary > celebrations around the world, and to make their first edit (the > "contribution" phase of the campaign). > > Now let's go celebrate! > > Zack Exley > Philippe Beaudette > Megan Hernandez > > _______________________ > Philippe Beaudette > Head of Reader Relations > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > [email protected] > > Imagine a world in which every human being can freely share > in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > http://donate.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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