Megan can certainly correct me if I've got the wrong end of the stick, but I think these are probably once-off payments rather than the result of a good day of banner-based fundraising.
The October report estimates $2.7m fundraising through the month, but the spreadsheet data totals $3.8m. The discrepancy is around a million dollars, and the monthly report mentions "a $1m grant from the Sloan Foundation", which tallies nicely. I couldn't spot a specific grant for September, but there was a provisional estimate of approximately $2m, and the data totals $2.5m. The blip on 2/9 is about half a million dollars, roughly the same as the discrepancy, and I would not be surprised if this is again a large donation/grant. Sadly, daily Sloan grants are probably not a sustainable approach... A. On 25 November 2013 11:51, James Salsman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Megan, > > Per the attached graph of the > https://frdata.wikimedia.org/yeardata-day-vs-sum.csv > data, your announced October 4th fundraising test on 100% of anonymous > users was anticlimactic. But what the heck did you do on September 2nd > and October 22nd, and would you please do that every day? Even if it > falls off at the same rate as the July test, that still means you > could produce an endowment sufficient to do away with fundraising at > current spending levels in less than eight months. > > Best regards, > James Salsman > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- - Andrew Gray [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
