[Foundation-l] Fundraising ideas - bursting the bubble

Wed Jun 14 21:54:48 UTC 2006

Lord Voldemort wrote:

>On 6/14/06, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
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>>In the Tampa Bay area, say a 50 mile radius of the main office.  Or
>>say the USF campus, to make it even simpler.
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>Actually, that's a great idea. Hit up some college or university
>campus, find a group of 5-10 people, tell 'em you'll give 'em a few
>bucks (20-40... depending on how many you recruit) for stuffing
>envelopes for WMF for a couple of hours.  Most college kids are
>strapped for cash and would eagerly participate.  While the speed of
>the work may not be that of a professional company, it would be
>cheaper, and perhaps even spark interest in Wikimedia projects if the
>university newspaper ran a little story about students helping out WMF
>(like we need more university student contributors 8^ ) ). I don't
>know, just throwing out some thoughts. --LV
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Better check out local labor laws.   It is my understanding that 
occasionally tasks may be completed like this but if it becomes a 
regular thing then it is frowned upon as avoiding minimum wage laws and 
there can be substantial fines.

regards,
lazyquasar