Yay! And a very nice mail that is :-)
Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Pavel Richter Vorstand Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tel.: +49 - 30 - 219 158 260 Twitter: @pavel 2012/11/15 Sue Gardner <[email protected]>: > The fundraiser has begun :-) > > -- > Sue Gardner > Executive Director > Wikimedia Foundation > > 415 839 6885 office > 415 816 9967 cell > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > https://donate.wikimedia.org/ > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sue Gardner <[email protected]> > Date: 15 November 2012 09:33 > Subject: Thank you from the Wikimedia Foundation > To: Susan Gardner <[email protected]> > > > Dear Susan, > > Thank you for donating to the Wikimedia Foundation. You are wonderful! > > It's easy to ignore our fundraising banners, and I'm really glad you > didn't. This is how Wikipedia pays its bills --- people like you > giving us money, so we can keep the site freely available for everyone > around the world. > > People tell me they donate to Wikipedia because they find it useful, > and they trust it because even though it's not perfect, they know it's > written for them. Wikipedia isn’t meant to advance somebody's PR > agenda or push a particular ideology, or to persuade you to believe > something that's not true. We aim to tell the truth, and we can do > that because of you. The fact that you fund the site keeps us > independent and able to deliver what you need and want from Wikipedia. > Exactly as it should be. > > You should know: your donation isn’t just covering your own costs. The > average donor is paying for his or her own use of Wikipedia, plus the > costs of hundreds of other people. Your donation keeps Wikipedia > available for an ambitious kid in Bangalore who’s teaching herself > computer programming. A middle-aged homemaker in Vienna who’s just > been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. A novelist researching 1850s > Britain. A 10-year-old in San Salvador who’s just discovered Carl > Sagan. > > On behalf of those people, and the half-billion other readers of > Wikipedia and its sister sites and projects, I thank you for joining > us in our effort to make the sum of all human knowledge available for > everyone. Your donation makes the world a better place. Thank you. > > Most people don't know Wikipedia's run by a non-profit. Please > consider sharing this e-mail with a few of your friends to encourage > them to donate too. And if you're interested, you should try adding > some new information to Wikipedia. If you see a typo or other small > mistake, please fix it, and if you find something missing, please add > it. There are resources here that can help you get started. Don't > worry about making a mistake: that's normal when people first start > editing and if it happens, other Wikipedians will be happy to fix it > for you. > > I appreciate your trust in us, and I promise you we'll use your money well. > > Thanks, > Sue > > > Sue Gardner > Executive Director, > Wikimedia Foundation > https://donate.wikimedia.org > > You can follow us on Twitter, identi.ca or Google+, like us on > Facebook and read our blog. Here is the Wikimedia Foundation annual > report for 2010-11, the Wikimedia Foundation annual plan for 2012-13 > and the Wikimedia Foundation’s five-year strategic plan. You can also > now buy Wikipedia merchandise at shop.wikimedia.org. > > For your records: Your donation on 2012-15-11 was USD 1000.00. > > This letter may serve as a record of your donation. No goods or > services were provided, in whole or in part, for this contribution. > The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable corporation > with 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Our address is > 149 New Montgomery, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94105. U.S. > tax-exempt number: 20-0049703 > > Opt out option: > > We'd like to keep you as a donor informed of our community activities > and fundraisers. If you prefer however not to receive such emails from > us, please click below and we'll take you off the list: > > Unsubscribe > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
