On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Philippe Beaudette < pbeaude...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > We wanted you to hear first: in about three hours, we're switching the > messaging on the banners to "Thank you!" Yay!!! Congratulations Philippe and the fundraising team and thanks for the hard work! Cheers, Katie (@aude) > It's time to thank the world, because the world came together to help > support the Wikimedia projects. We're delighted to report that nearly half > a million donations came in. It's a resounding vote of confidence in what > you've done with the projects. So take a moment to stop, to celebrate, and > to enjoy the accomplishment... and then it's time to focus on the tenth > anniversary year! > > You may notice that the fundraising statistics page doesn't quite say $16M. > Since you might be asked about that, here's the math we used to arrive at > the end of the fundraiser: > > In addition to the amount posted on the graph (roughly $13.5M), we have > about $1.5 million in revenue received during testing or received but not > yet posted (manual check entry, etc). We've been counting on $500,000 from > the chapters in our thermometer formula but given the extraordinary chapter > fundraising success this year, we're confident that we'll be over the $16M > mark. (We're also including an adjusted value for the recurring gifts that > we've received this year.) > > We're delighted to be able to start 2011 with our community giving goal > already met. We did this in a collaborative fashion: testing nearly 200 > banner ideas submitted by the community, using translations, with community > involvement in the testing, and in the next phase of the campaign - > encouraging people to edit. > > We'll be running "Thank you" banners for the next few days to tell the > world how much this editing community appreciates their financial support, > and then will convert to banners inviting people to get involved in tenth > anniversary celebrations around the world, and to make their first edit (the > "contribution" phase of the campaign). > > Now let's go celebrate! > > Zack Exley > Philippe Beaudette > Megan Hernandez > > _______________________ > Philippe Beaudette > Head of Reader Relations > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > pbeaude...@wikimedia.org > > Imagine a world in which every human being can freely share > in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > http://donate.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
