[Wikimediauk-l] Fundraiser update - and SMS donations

2011-11-30 Thread Chris Keating
News just in: we are now accepting text donations. Just text the phrase WIKI11 and the amount you want to give (£1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10) to 70070. No cost to send the text, no fees for us to pay. You'll get a message back asking you to fill in a Gift Aid declaration. In other fundraiser news, as

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraiser update - and SMS donations

2011-11-30 Thread WereSpielChequers
Hi Chris, if I remember rightly that's about half our annual target - are we halfway or more into the campaign? Re the Direct debits we seem to only be valuing them as one years donations, it might be worth putting a higher notional value n them as the average new direct debit is multi year inco

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraiser update - and SMS donations

2011-11-30 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 30 November 2011 12:22, Chris Keating wrote: > News just in: we are now accepting text donations. Just text the phrase > WIKI11 and the amount you want to give (£1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10) to 70070. > No cost to send the text, no fees for us to pay. You'll get a message back > asking you to fill

[Wikimediauk-l] Geographical diversity

2011-11-30 Thread HJ Mitchell
Over the last year or so Wikimedia UK has run or supported events across the country, but there are huge areas of the UK where we don't yet have any presence, so I created this page on the WMUK wiki to demonstrate where there have been events and where there haven't and so we can discuss ideas f

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraiser update - and SMS donations

2011-11-30 Thread Chris Keating
> Hi Chris, if I remember rightly that's about half our annual target - are > we halfway or more into the campaign? > No, we are slightly less than 1/3 the way through the campaign; sheet 3 of this Google doc covers that. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlqyXSQdAbSvdFpPZ2lhVFVvX3A2aE

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraiser update - and SMS donations

2011-11-30 Thread Fae
I was fairly sceptical about the text giving when it was first suggested, but I'm delighted that there are no hidden costs. Great work Chris. Definitely worth the work on a banner, many of our mobile addicted readers would think that sending a text is easier than filling out the online form. Cheer

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraiser update - and SMS donations

2011-11-30 Thread steve virgin
Fae I completely agree with you - well done Chris marvellous work Steve -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Fae Sent: 30 November 2011 17:49 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraiser update - and SMS donations

2011-11-30 Thread WereSpielChequers
Yes it looking pretty good, the whole fundraiser has started off well, am I right in thinking that with this amount raised so far we are heading to increase our proportion of total funds raised by the movement? I.E. Are we outperforming the global campaign? WSC On 30 November 2011 17:51, steve vi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraiser update - and SMS donations

2011-11-30 Thread Chris Keating
> Yes it looking pretty good, the whole fundraiser has started off well, am > I right in thinking that with this amount raised so far we are heading to > increase our proportion of total funds raised by the movement? I.E. Are we > outperforming the global campaign? > Difficult to tell, I'm afraid.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraiser update - and SMS donations

2011-11-30 Thread HJ Mitchell
I just donated a pound to test it and it didn't ask me about Gift Aid, I just got a donation reference. Harry From: Chris Keating To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 12:22 Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraiser update - and S

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraiser update - and SMS donations

2011-11-30 Thread Andrew Gray
On 30 November 2011 17:40, Chris Keating wrote: >> Gift Aid of less than 10% is disappointing, I estimate that as only half >> the signups that we should be getting. Might be worth testing some different >> mechanics and wording there. > > Yes, that's one of the things we're aiming to do next. O

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraiser update - and SMS donations

2011-11-30 Thread Chris Keating
> > > > >> Gift Aid of less than 10% is disappointing, I estimate that as only half > >> the signups that we should be getting. Might be worth testing some > different > >> mechanics and wording there. > > > > Yes, that's one of the things we're aiming to do next. > > Out of interest, do we know wh

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraiser update - and SMS donations

2011-11-30 Thread HJ Mitchell
A box to tick that says "I'd like to add Gift Aid" followed by the small print might increase donations, but Gif Aid itself is a little fiddly because you have to fill in your name and address and confirm you understand the small print. It might also be worth making the link to "other ways to g

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fundraiser update - and SMS donations

2011-11-30 Thread James Farrar
I'm amazed it's actually free - Just Giving take a hefty cut of donations (6% IIRC) as well as charging charities a monthly fee. Which is why I won't use them. On Nov 30, 2011 5:40 PM, "Chris Keating" wrote: > > >> Hi Chris, if I remember rightly that's about half our annual target - are we halfwa

[Wikimediauk-l] Calling all bus & coach enthusiasts

2011-11-30 Thread Richard Symonds
All, This may seem like a bit of an odd question, but I've recently been in touch with a gentleman who owns a coach/bus firm. His firm own rather a lot of very high quality coaches and tour busses, the sort used by VIPs and rock bands. Some of them are double-decker bendy-busses, and they're al

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Calling all bus & coach enthusiasts

2011-11-30 Thread HJ Mitchell
Walk him through how...? Online, in person, over the phone? Harry From: Richard Symonds To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination Sent: Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 23:29 Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Calling all