On 02/09/05, Fredrik Johansson <fredrik.johansson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 9/2/05, Michael Turley
<michael.turley(a)gmail.com> wrote:
In light of the Katrina disaster and the
competing appeals for aid for the
victims there, should we consider suspending the Wikimedia Foundation
funding drive for a time?
Or do we consider the two causes different enough that it should continue as
scheduled?
We're doing our part by providing accessible, neutral, and up-to-date
information about the disaster. The extra traffic costs money...
I've not seen any complaints about the fund drive - but would you
believe someone complained about having the Hurricane Katrina article
linked from /In The News/ on the front page? The mind, she boggles.
For what it's worth, income over the past few days to the fund drive
has been roughly constant. I'd say that indicates it isn't in direct
competition in any way; were we holding a drive for $random_charity,
then perhaps.
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk