>>Technology limitations aside, there are two things we throw around in the >>team a lot; that we should not give the impression that a user *must* pay >>to use a WMF property, and that we will never ever do gift premiums.
>This sounds a bit like "Fundraising principles" or similar. Are these >documented anywhere (e.g. on Meta-Wiki)? If not, I think it'd be great to >start a page. :-) In the past days there's been discussion internal to the fundraising team -- it appears that the 'fundraising principles' I thought we held are not uniformly held by others. In this particular instance it seems that gift premiums are not entirely off the table. I've been told that the reason we have not done them in the past is mostly due to technical limitations. The current view is that we should keep our options open to future experimentation if the situation allows. <personal hat> At this I'll take off my foundation hat and state that I remain firmly opposed to gift premiums being used as a donation incitement. I hope that if we do, at some point, press forward and experiment with premiums that, before this happens, ... - We show reasonable evidence that the gain in monetary income will fully offset the new cost in managing gifts. - We either have some method to ship worldwide without subsidy; or we communicate beforehand that we will not be able to do this in some regions *and* that we understand and have a plan for the fallout that will probably cause. - We have premiums that actually mean something to the movement; e.g. you do not donate $100 and get a t-shirt. - We show reasonable evidence that if the experiment doesn't work that we will not have hurt our future donation prospects. (E.g. will people always expect premiums if we offer them once?) - That we have a solid communications plan in place to immediately offset any possible suggestion that you are 'buying' a piece of the foundation with your donation. Just my two cents. </personal hat> ~Matt Walker Wikimedia Foundation Fundraising Technology Team On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:50 AM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > Matthew Walker wrote: > >Technology limitations aside, there are two things we throw around in the > >team a lot; that we should not give the impression that a user *must* pay > >to use a WMF property, and that we will never ever do gift premiums. > > Hi Matt. > > This sounds a bit like "Fundraising principles" or similar. Are these > documented anywhere (e.g. on Meta-Wiki)? If not, I think it'd be great to > start a page. :-) > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>