That would be a not-good idea.
i.e. it's not an alternative donation stream. And it's similar acting like
a spoilt child ("well if you won't let me do the fundraiser I'll steal all
those donors from you!").
Instead of proving how *important *we are, lets prove how *competent *we
are.
Tom
On 29 September 2012 22:04, Deryck Chan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Suggestion: use the list of past donors at the same time as the beginning
> of the WMF fundraiser to create the biggest impact. The amounts of money we
> can raise separately from the banner landing page is, in a sense, an
> indicator of how important we are.
> On Sep 29, 2012 7:44 PM, "WereSpielChequers" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> We have a mailing list of people who donated to WMUK last year. I'm
>> assuming that we are still going to email them and ask for another
>> donation? If so we can hopefully switch some to Direct debit and up the
>> proportion who tick gift Aid. For Data Protection reasons I doubt we could
>> simply hand that list to the States
>>
>>
>> Another thing to push is payroll giving. I suspect that quite a few of
>> our donors are on PAYE and if you are your employer will almost certainly
>> be administering a Payroll giving scheme, they may even be topping it up.
>> One big advantage of Payroll giving over Gift Aid is that the tax saved is
>> at the highest rate that you pay. I'm sure an email to our donors would get
>> a few of them to convert to that. If they are higher rate taxpayers or
>> their employer matches donations then we may even be able to get some of
>> them to go viral and promote Payroll giving to us amongst their colleagues.
>>
>> The Wiki Loves Monuments people did a great calender this year, but just
>> as a gift to participants. If we can repackage that and get it into the
>> charity calender section of WH Smith etc we will make some useful dosh. OK
>> I doubt we could get into the shops for this Xmas, but from next year we
>> should be able to produce a calender a year and a set of Christmas cards.
>>
>> I doubt if you even need to show the logo, just something along the lines
>> of Wikimedia UK is a registered charity no ..... and part of the global
>> Wikimedia movement which funds Wikipedia and other open source projects.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> WSC,
>>
>> On 29 September 2012 19:05, Thomas Morton
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> That's a good positive way to look at this.
>>>
>>> Exploring alternative sources of funding is always a good idea; and with
>>> the yearly fundraiser being so successful it always risk taking a
>>> backseat...
>>>
>>> The Foundation have got the annual event fairly well nailed - this could
>>> be an interesting way to explore other options.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> On 29 September 2012 18:57, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ok, the decision has been made and Wikimedia UK will not be taking part
>>>> in the annual fundraiser. It's ridiculous management speak, but let's view
>>>> this as an opportunity.
>>>>
>>>> Wikimedia UK now has a fundraiser on staff who will unexpectedly have a
>>>> lot spare time. This is an excellent opportunity to start broadening the
>>>> charity's revenue sources. Perhaps Katherine can produce an options paper?
>>>>
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