Fund drives/2005/Q4/Day 11

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=Monday 26 December= A total of 257 donations were made through PayPal on Day 11, yielding the equivalent of $5,813.09 USD. The average donation that day was $22.62.

A total of about 38.10 was donated through MoneyBookers since the last update, bringing that total to $772.68. Today was a postal holiday and thus there are no mail or Dexia donations to report.


 * Day total: $5,851.19

Breakdown of Day 11 PayPal donations: AUD    38.09     (28.59 USD) CAD 	297.88 	 (245.13 USD) EUR 	1,823.94 (2,215.52 USD) GBP 	213.49 	 (382.85 USD) JPY 	40,160.00 (362.85 USD) USD 	2,578.16 Total 	5,813.09 USD

Copied from: http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/2005q4/index.php/2005-12-26/report/

Special thanks to those who gave large donations
Christian Hoffmann gave the largest donation this day; &euro; 200. There were also many donors who gave the equivalent of about $100 or more (listed in no particular order); Jeff Lima, Craig Hirsch, and 9 anonymous donors.


 * Note: While large donations are great, it should be noted that about 70% of all the money donated to the Wikimedia Foundation comes from donations that are the equivalent of $50 or less and the average donation is about $25.

Selected donor comments
Let's all thank everybody who donated on this day by reading their comments.


 * Full listing at: http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/2005q4/index.php/2005-12-26/detail/


 * "The best of what the Internet promised" by Beth Gibson
 * "Danke für das große Lexikon" by anonymous
 * "What a wonderful site, I use it every day. It is a natural for my Opera start-up page. I only wish I had more to give. Thank you, thank you so much Wikipedia!" by Shari Wilson
 * "Keep up the good work!" by Chris Bunch
 * "Free Information for Everyone." by Christoph Dankert
 * "Faites le pour nous, et pas pour votre portefeuille." by Yoann GUETTA
 * "Keep it up! You help me do my degree! I love you people!" by Robert Griffin
 * "Using the site quite often, so why not "paying" a little bit for it ... Just keep going!" by Igor Brusic
 * "Many thanks to all involved with Wikimedia!" by anonymous
 * "El conocimiento debe ser como el agua, gratis y de libre acceso a toda la población. Ser culto para ser libre." by Juan Herraiz
 * "How could I not donate to the Encyclopedia Galactica (well, in a hundred years or so... give it time)?" by Craig Hirsch
 * "I loved the holiday card and enjoy the ever expanding Romanian encyclopedia." by Gordon Davidescu
 * "Wiki rocks" by Jeff Lima

Some of my personal favorites:


 * "Paying it forward with knowledge" by anonymous
 * "Plain, clear, accessible knowledge in the grand encylopedic tradition. May Wikipedia flourish!" by William Bruneau
 * "Knowledge is Power, let it run free" by anonymous
 * "Blessed is the day I discovered this resource!" by anonymous

-- Daniel Mayer