Talk:Wikimedia budget/Q4
Add topicHmm, $10k seems like skinning it a bit close. Is there any reason not to do a fund drive sooner, in order to build more of a buffer and to pay for more hardware that we will soon need, instead of waiting until it is too late? The fund drive raised money so successfully, I think it shows people are more than willing to support what we are building. - Taxman 04:49, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- there are no special reasons. It is very likely there will be a fund drive early 2005, and it would be a good idea to look for a bit more creative ideas for the fundraising. We will definitly need fresh money soon. If you have some specific ideas, please participate :-) Anthere
- Well I'm not the creative type, but the way the last one was done seems like it would be very successful again, at a minimum. What I was getting at is why not do it now? and not wait for 05 to do it. I also like the idea of opt in google Adsense ads, some of the numbers that shows are pretty promising. At the least it is a way for people that are cash poor to contribute. - Taxman 16:39, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Its like terror alerts; if it is always code:red, people start ignoring it. Even doing fundraising 4 times a year might become problimatic. No,i think we sould wait, as long as we can (and not a moment longer) before we do the next fundraiser. As for creative ideas, how about the worlds largest distributed cake sale? Pick a date, and then see how many wikimedians you can get out onto the street selling muffins and cupcakes (and distributing info, and possibly wikireaders)....
- Well you did ask for CREATIVE suggestions. The bellman 10:50, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Good point, but I guess we should at least make the next fundraiser and little larger. 80k maybe. - Taxman 19:33, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Well I'm not the creative type, but the way the last one was done seems like it would be very successful again, at a minimum. What I was getting at is why not do it now? and not wait for 05 to do it. I also like the idea of opt in google Adsense ads, some of the numbers that shows are pretty promising. At the least it is a way for people that are cash poor to contribute. - Taxman 16:39, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)