Hi there, Replies below. On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:19 PM, MZMcBride <z(a)mzmcbride.com> wrote: The fund-raising goal is determined by the amount of money needed to fund the budget with consultation with the payment processing chapters. The goal is to raise $39.5 million USD via the Wikimedia Foundation and the payment processing chapters over the 2012-2013 fiscal year, most of which will be raised during the campaign at the end of the year. The guideline is to start the fundraiser at the latest possible date that will allow the Wikimedia Foundation and the payment processing chapters to meet the fundraising goal. The plan is then to stop the fundraiser on December 31 at midnight PST. We do not attempt to stop the fundraiser once the goal is met as it is hard to measure with money coming in from around the world in many different forms of payment, so it is best to just keep the fundraiser running until December 31 to make sure we have meet our fundraising goal. -- Megan Hernandez Head of Annual Fundraiser Wikimedia Foundation