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A discussion took place on the <tt>#wikimedia</tt> [[m:IRC channels|IRC channel]] on Friday 17 September, 2004 to discuss the upcoming [[m:fundraising drive|fundraising drive]] and the current progress being made with [[m:grants|grant]] applications. A full log of the meeting is available at [[meta:Fundraising meeting, September 2004/Log]].

The meeting addressed the following questions:
#What is the target amount for the drive? 
#*Estimated costs:
#**We need to start paying half for the colo costs ([http://65.59.189.201/www.bomis-total/www.bomis-total.html
 bandwidth info]). 2300 dollars/mo -> 1100 dollars -> 13200/y
#**Additional apaches, additional squids, additional rack space, additional db servers : $26000 a year
#***Thought Jamesday mentions $30,000-$50,000 on hardware for a quarter...
#**10 domains/country * 100 countries = 10000/yr 
#**At this moment, we have $26,662.84 in the bank which will not be taken into account for this fundraising drive.
#*We will ask for 50 000 for the fundraising as a goal
#*The money will be used for
#**hardware
#**bandwidth (possibly)
#**colo costs
#**domain names
#**travel costs
#How long will the drive last?
#*2 weeks
#"This website is not yet official" has to change. Does anything else need to change before this can happen? 
#*Needs main page to be clean up properly -> this week end
#*Brion will try to have edit links and co, hidden for non loggued in
#Which set amounts should be in the monthly/yearly options?
#*Monthly : minimum given by Mav, up to 100 dollars/mo. For other currencies, make it round numbers as well, and make it fit with revenu level.
#How will the drive be publicised?
#*pumps
#*ml
#*goings on
#*press release (must warn translators)
#*unique site notice (look for the translations of the previous notice)
#*The template:fundraisingnotice will be used on all wikis? (Can this be added automatically?)
#Are the translations complete and ready to go live?
#*Not yet, but we will try hard to get it done this weekend.
#What technical load issues are there that will affect us during the fundraising period?
#*We hit 100Mbit/s on Wednesday for several hours. How will the website tolerate the peaks ?
#*http://65.59.189.201/www.bomis-total/www.bomis-total.html

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