Hi Rodrigo, Thank you for the question and for all your help with the latest Brazil campaign! I've copied your question over to the talk page and replied there to keep track of the comments together in one spot.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising/2014-15_Report#Latin_America_Question Thanks! Megan On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 11:38 PM, Rodrigo Padula <rodrigopad...@gmail.com> wrote: > Excellent report! > > I'm really impressed with the low level of donations from Latina America. > > We need to do something to stimulate people to contribute a little bit more > to our mission. > > During the first two weeks of the campaign in Brasil, I received a lot of > messages from friends requesting information about the Wikipedia banners > asking for donations, a lot of people thought that it was spam, spyware or > something fake. So, I guess the low level of donations from Brasil > (specially) can be linked with that issue. > > In August I started a local effort talking to some journalists regarding > the importance of the donations to our movement. > > I contacted some of our contacts to spread it, and many posts was published > here regarding the fund-raising campaign, with a really good impact. > > http://bit.blog.br/wikipedia-pede-doacoes-para-ajudar-a-manter-site-no-ar/ > ( interview replicated on twitter and facebook of > http://diariodepernambuco.com.br/ to more than 800.000 followers) > > > http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/vida-e-cidadania/wikipedia-comeca-nova-campanha-de-doacoes-para-manter-site-funcionando-cdlzioae60haolfoz3l6ohm1c > > > http://www.tecmundo.com.br/wikipedia/84931-wikipedia-volta-pedir-doacoes-leitores-manter-ar.htm > > > http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/tec/2015/08/1670681-wikipedia-comeca-nova-campanha-de-doacoes-para-manter-site-funcionando.shtml > > > http://g1.globo.com/tecnologia/noticia/2015/08/wikipedia-pede-doacoes-para-se-manter-independente.html > > What we can do to help to improve the local level of donations? I'm really > interested to help with that problem here and our user group can spend some > time on it, for sure it is something that need some attention. > > How can I get more information about the donations from Brasil, mainly to > identify if after the news published by the local media it improved(or not) > the level of donations? > > There are any way to track it? > > Best regards > > Rodrigo Padula > Project Manager / User Group Coordinator > Wikimedia Brazilian Community User Group of Education and Research > http://www.wikimedia.org.br > > 2015-09-30 22:36 GMT-03:00 Megan Hernandez <mhernan...@wikimedia.org>: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > The fundraising team is happy to share the report on the 2014-15 fiscal > > year fundraising. Please take a look at the report > > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2014-2015_Fundraising_Report> and > we > > look forward to your feedback on the report talk page > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising/2014-15_Report>. > > > > Thank you to Wikimedia volunteers, readers, donors, staff and fundraising > > team for making this the most successful year yet. > > > > Megan Hernandez > > > > -- > > > > Megan Hernandez > > > > Director of Online Fundraising > > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> > -- Megan Hernandez Director of Online Fundraising Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ 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>
