They should stop holding the campaigne so close to Christmas (too many other charities to compete with, like toys for tots and the salvation army. They should also hire an experienced development officer to run the micro-lending campaigne, throw together an annual benefit or event to raise money, get a bunch of volunteers to run that and call it a day... They begging is not so much a problem, as is the manor in which he chooses to beg... No one wants to read some long sobby story about why we should donate, just put the donate now button at the top, bottom, and middle of the page with the $5, $10, $20 option, paypal or credit card...boom. Moreover, they should be mindful of the whole macro-environment and stop asking for more money every year...everyone is broke--if you rely on donations this means you are broke too.
Adds are not the answer, cos then they'd have to hire someone to administer, select, run the adds, another headache that is bound to get out of control, plus it definitely would compromise the neutrality of the whole project.
This article seemed too snarky, with no sense of pragmatic knowledge of the non-profit world... and also as many others alreay mentioned it was a bit elitist, sounds like someone doesn't appreciate the democratic nature of wikipedia.
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They should stop holding the campaigne so close to Christmas (too many other charities to compete with, like toys for tots and the salvation army. They should also hire an experienced development officer to run the micro-lending campaigne, throw together an annual benefit or event to raise money, get a bunch of volunteers to run that and call it a day... They begging is not so much a problem, as is the manor in which he chooses to beg... No one wants to read some long sobby story about why we should donate, just put the donate now button at the top, bottom, and middle of the page with the $5, $10, $20 option, paypal or credit card...boom. Moreover, they should be mindful of the whole macro-environment and stop asking for more money every year...everyone is broke--if you rely on donations this means you are broke too. Adds are not the answer, cos then they'd have to hire someone to administer, select, run the adds, another headache that is bound to get out of control, plus it definitely would compromise the neutrality of the whole project. This article seemed too snarky, with no sense of pragmatic knowledge of the non-profit world... and also as many others alreay mentioned it was a bit elitist, sounds like someone doesn't appreciate the democratic nature of wikipedia.