On 16 January 2016 at 19:23, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm interested to hear some perspectives on the following line of thinking: > > Lisa presented some alternative strategies for revenue needs for the > Foundation, including the possibility of charging for premium access to the > services and APIs, Brace yourselves... > expanding major donor and foundation fundraising, > providing specific services for a fee, or limiting the Wikimedia > Foundation's growth. The Board emphasized the importance of keeping free > access to the existing APIs and services, keeping operational growth in > line with the organization's effectiveness, providing room for innovation > in the Foundation's activities, and other potential fundraising strategies. > The Board asked Lila to analyze and develop some of these potential > strategies for further discussion at a Board meeting in 2016. > Source: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2015-11-07 Looking for additional revenue sources isn't a bad idea, but charging for premium access is likely to annoy the community to a degree that will make the great Visual Editor revolt look like some quiet and polite murmuring. Cheers, Craig _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
