The modest target of $750 has been met in one day :-). Now $1.635 =  218,00% :-)

Best,
Steinsplitter

> From: twkozlowski@gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:26:05 +0000
> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> CC: commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Commons-l] Help fund a macro lens for a Commons contributor
>
> Hi list,
> this is just to let you know that a group of Commons volunteers have
> just launched a crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo to fund a macro
> lens for Jeevan Jose a.k.a. Jkadavoor so as to allow him to take even
> better pictures of the amazing biodiversity in his home state of
> Kerala, India.
>
> The pictures, of course, are released by Jee under a free licence and
> uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, and then used in Wikipedia articles in
> multiple languages.
>
> As an uninvolved person who has just been made aware of this, all I
> can say is: have a look at the campaign page at
> <http://igg.me/at/jkadavoor> and decide for yourselves whether this is
> a project you want to help with.
>
> [CC-ing this to the Commons mailing list as well.]
>
> Regards,
> --
> Tomasz W. Kozlowski
> a.k.a. [[user:odder]]
>
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