A similar line from the UK's Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/citydiary/11276717/Dashwood-Ladbrokes-on-the-inside-track-for-bookies-next-CEO.html
Quote: Dashwood was confused to see a large banner ad flashing up on *the Wikipedia homepage * <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>last week. The site was asking visitors for money, claiming that it “survives” on donations averaging about $15. “To protect our independence, we’ll never run ads,” said Wikipedia’s online ad. “If everyone reading this right now gave $3, our fundraiser would be done within an hour.” But Wikipedia hardly needs to scrabble around for small change. Latest accounts for the Wikimedia Foundation, which controls the online library, report revenues of $52.8m in the year to June, up from $48.6m in 2013, with cash and “cash equivalents” up $5.7m to $27.9m. The foundation also spent more than $680,000 on office furniture – a $2,862 allowance for each of its 239 paid employees. Presumably, the “small non-profit” organisation doesn’t shop at Ikea. Anthony Cole <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Anthonyhcole> On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 6:14 AM, svetlana <svetl...@fastmail.com.au> wrote: > Hi, > > Milos Rancic wrote: > > For example, I am sure that there are many people outside who > > would be willing to donate ~$10/month if they don't have to think > > about that (i.e., opt-in for monthly charge). > > I think that's precisely what happens to Chapters membership. And Chapters > members probably have a say (?) in what the Chapters do. There is no > Wikimedia membership, however. > > -- > svetlana > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
