Proposal:Cooperate with kaioo.com

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Summary

Cooperate with kaioo.com.

Proposal

Put the kaioo.com advertisments into an Open Directory Project tab so only users who click on the tab see advertisements at all.

One could use OpenID to make Wikimedia accounts visible in kaioo.com.

About kaioo.com

Kaioo.com is a social networking site that donates all advertising revenues to charity.

"Every user can nominate a charitable project to receive donations from kaioo at year-end. The user can create a discussion group for the project in the "charity voting" category and then try to attract members. At the end of the year, the 10 projects that have received the most votes will receive a donation from kaioo proportionate to their share of the vote." (quote from kaioo.com)

Thomas Kreye, former leader of business development from Bertelsmann, is the originator. The project was privately financed by Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, the CEO of Sony BMG. The project has been recognized as serving the public good by the tax authorities.heise.de The implementation was made by freiheit.com.spiegel.de

Motivation

  • Fundraising for charity.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation might also receive some funding from kaioo.com.

Key Questions

  • Will kaioo.com agree to put advertisements on an outside page?

Potential Costs

  • Insignificant

References

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