On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Liam Wyatt <liamwy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, I can see how the Christmas "giving spirit" would increase the > potential donations. If that is the reason why it's run in December, why > don't we investigate how donations to WM could be given as a present to a > friend/relative. I know a lot of charities offer "gifts" where what you > personally receive is a certificate to give as a present to your relative, > but the money is actually going to the charity for a nominated purpose. For > example: http://www.oxfamunwrapped.com.au/Product.php?productid=94 Could > donating to WM somehow be made into a christmas present? I believe we've > previously talked about saying things like "donating $30 will run your > language's Wikipedia for 'x' minutes" - perhaps we could turn that into a > certificate kind of thing? (so long as it was made clear that this was > nominal, rather than making a false promise that your donation would be > spent at a precise moment in time). >
I was sure that we tried this one year, but I couldn't find it. I finally found it on the post-mortem, it's pretty well-hidden. <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2007/Report#Gift_certificate> -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
