Re: [Wikimedia-l] Early Update - Fundraising

Hi Seddon, Okay, but I believe I am correct in saying that you took around $34 million last December, even though the publicised[1] target was $25 million. I am basing that on the monthly bar chart in the Wikimedia Foundation's 2015–2016 Fundraising Report.[2]* In 2014, the publicised target

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Early Update - Fundraising

I am of two opinions on this: 1) When we raise money we call upon the goodwill people have for the work we do. We should raise sufficient funds to do the important work we do. We need to save some for a rainy day, but we should never collect money just for the sake of it. When we set appropriate

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMDE-update: Christian Rickerts might become Undersecretary of State

Wonderful news Christian, and congratulations. I appreciate the thought and consideration for the next steps for WMDE and the community. We look forward to supporting WMDE during this period of transition and into the future. On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Nurunnaby Hasive

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Early Update - Fundraising

People can follow progress of the fundraiser by loading the spreadsheet files provided here: https://frdata.wikimedia.org/ At the time of writing, the data in yeardata-day-vs-sum.csv Total amount received per day (not taking into account

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Early Update - Fundraising

Hey Andreas A very quick email just noting I don't know the method by which that frdata dump is created (its very old and not maintained) but it would seem that numbers in the frdata dump are only useful as a rough guide. We are basing our numbers on internal accounting figures which is more

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Store - Important Update

As the year end approaches, here's a few important updates about the Wikipedia Store: Change in management: The Wikipedia Store project has moved under Michael Beattie [1] and his team of amazingly experienced donor support agents. Sandra Hust [2] will be the primary contact for internal orders,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Early Update - Fundraising

Hoi, Do you remember all this talk about an endowment fund? It makes sense to get more money in it because without sufficient funds it is a paper tiger. PS I prefer to have it funded by out contributors than by a few large donations. (both are welcome). Thanks, GerardM On 7 December 2016