Yes, yes, and yes. I would say that $200 might be a "suggested donation" rather than a hard/fast rule - some of the organisations that might join up will probably be research orgs. not-for-profits too (and the psychological barrier of 200 is a lot higher than 100 for example). Obviously if someone like Google says they want to support us then they can afford it, but if Linux Australia [I've no idea if they exist as an org, let alone if they want to join - just an example] wants to join they might have more difficulty coming up with 200 to throw to us.
Otherwise - all good! On 11/13/08, Gnangarra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I like the 2 members per org that donates over an arbitrary amount like > $200, this would give larger donations some degree of recognition. Also > remember that many businesses donate to community groups particularly > sporting groups and getting only recognition(inc advertising) in a > newsletter. > > All organisations that have donated need to be listed, at least in these > early stages we should be 100% open. As a member I'm going to support > business that support WM-au knowing who these business are makes that > possible. > > Additional transparency could be achieved by creating a group of editors > that can be approached to review articles associated with a subject that > donates, to ensure that the articles haven't been influence ie a WM-au COI > group > > As an immediate potential use of such donations is that WMAU could pay the > costs of Brianna attending a Wiki-wednesday in Sydney. We could print a > substancial amount of > the brouchers and have them in the stand at the PowerHouse Museum entrance. > Lets be realistic WMAU would benefit more from these corporate donations > than the corporates would. As long as we arent "out on the street > soliciting" for donations then we arent going to create a dependency on > them. > > -- > GN. > http://gnangarra.redbubble.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > -- Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone - +61 (0)434 056 914 Skype - Wittylama Wikipedia - [[User:Witty lama]]
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