Monday 26 December 2011

Fwd: Thank you from the Wikimedia Foundation

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From: Sue Gardner <donate@wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 12:31 PM
Subject: Thank you from the Wikimedia Foundation
To: Aseem Seth <aseemiphone@gmail.com>

Dear Aseem,

You are amazing, thank you so much for donating to the Wikimedia Foundation!

This is how we pay our bills -- it's people like you, giving five
dollars, twenty dollars, a hundred dollars. My favourite donation last
year was five pounds from a little girl in England, who had persuaded
her parents to let her donate her allowance. It's people like you,
joining with that girl, who make it possible for Wikipedia to continue
providing free, easy access to unbiased information, for everyone
around the world. For everyone who helps pay for it, and for those who
can't afford to help. Thank you so much.

I know it's easy to ignore our appeals, and I'm glad that you didn't.
From me, and from the tens of thousands of volunteers who write
Wikipedia: thank you for helping us make the world a better place. We
will use your money carefully, and I thank you for your trust in us.

Thanks,
Sue Gardner
Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director

For your records: Your donation on 2011-12-26 was INR XXXXX.
This letter may serve as a record of your donation. No goods or
services were provided, in whole or in part, for this contribution.
The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable corporation
with 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. Our address is
149 New Montgomery, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94105. U.S.
tax-exempt number: 20-0049703

UPDATE - 03 Jan 2012

Thank you from Executive Director, Sue Gardner
Thank you.
We've taken down our fundraising banners, because we’ve hit our target. Thanks to you. Over the past few months, more than one million people have come together from all over the world to keep Wikipedia and its sister sites alive and flourishing for another year.

Your support is how we pay our bills. People like you, giving five dollars, twenty dollars, a hundred dollars. Thank you for helping us.

We’re the #5 most-popular site in the world --- we operate on a tiny fraction of the resources of any other top site. We will use your money carefully and well, I promise you.

For everyone who helps pay for Wikipedia and all the Wikimedia projects, and for those who can't afford to help -- thank you so much for making the world a better place.

Sue Gardner
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation