Re: [Wikimedia-l] Vote now for Wikidata!

2015-08-23 Thread Nicole Ebber 
Thanks to everyone who has voted already! Today is the last day, and
Wikidata just fell down to 11. You can vote (or vote again) before 21:59
UTC today and bring Wikidata back into the game. We need to be among ranks
1-10.

Let's win this! :)

Cheers,
Nicole

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Nicole Ebber
Advisor International Relations
Vorstandsreferentin Internationale Beziehungen

http://wikimedia.de
On 14 Aug 2015 10:38 am, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de wrote:

 Dear all,

 We are happy to announce that Wikidata is one of the 100 winning
 projects of the “Germany – Land of Ideas” competition 2015. With your
 support, Wikidata now even has the chance to win the Public’s Choice
 Award!

 We need to be among the first 10 to enter the next round and win the
 Public’s Choice Award.
 Wikidata has recently climbed from 15th to 7th rank, so let's win
 this! Voting is open until 23 August.

 The information about the competition and projects is available in
 English[1,2], but the voting process only in German. But it’s pretty
 easy to vote anyway:

 1. Please go to the Wikidata voting page:
 https://www.land-der-ideen.de/ausgezeichnete-orte/preistraeger/wikidata
 2. Click the yellow button on the right (Jetzt abstimmen).
 3. Type in your email address and tick the box to agree to the voting
 rules.
 4. You will receive a link via email. Click the link within 24 hours.
 5. BONUS: **Repeat daily until 23 August** (yes, you can vote every day!)

 Please help us spread the word and thank you for supporting Wikidata.

 Nicole


 [1]
 https://www.land-der-ideen.de/en/projects-germany/landmarks-land-ideas/competition-2015-urban-space-rural-space-cyberspace
 [2]
 https://www.land-der-ideen.de/en/projects-germany/landmarks-land-ideas/2015-award-recipients/category-science/wikidata


 --
 Nicole Ebber
 Vorstandsreferentin Internationale Beziehungen
 Adviser to the ED, International Relations

 Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
 Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de

 Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen
 Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wiki Loves Monuments in Italy largely blocked by WMF fundraising

2015-08-23 Thread Andy Mabbett 
On 21 August 2015 at 21:42, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote:

 The process was stopped because it was
 costing more money to raise funds that way, and as a movement it's very,
 very difficult to justify the international level of fundraising in a way
 that results in much higher costs.

I doubt very much that the costs of fund-raising locally in the UK
outweighed the massive income from gift aid (refund of tax paid by
donors, on their donation). That income is, of course, now lost.

-- 
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the Netherlands, in Europe

2015-08-23 Thread Gerard Meijssen 
The Wikimedia Foundation is an ANBI registered charity [1]. It means that
Dutch people may deduct their gift from their income.

In the Netherlands there is much more to tax deductibility, making it
easier to deduct money for taxes even more and increasing the amount of
money that may be had by the WMF..

At the time when the WMF itself became registered as such, it was clear
that it is possible to make it an European charity and by consequence make
gifts in the whole of the European community tax deductible.

I have in the past reached out to the WMF about this topic. I did not get
any reply. It is certain that the process can be optimised for the donors
and for the WMF in a meaningful way.

PS I am professionally involved in raising funds for charities in the
Netherlands. Ie I am not clueless.

Thanks,
  GerardM

[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Tax_Deductibility/en#.C2.A0Netherlands
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