維基媒體大會：來自團隊的新聞/2015年3月31日
關於我們的志願者的快速統計資訊
Word has spread about Mexico City being the host of Wikimania 2015. Fortunately for the movement, this has attracted attention from people who have never heard about Wikimedia and people who wish to help our mission of freeing knowledge. For me, this has resulted in managing a lot of new faces and names, more than I anticipated.
We started our Wikimania Volunteer program in May 2014, when we invited friends and colleagues to Biblioteca Vasconcelos to talk about Wikimania and how we came to become its host for 2015. We created an informal mailing list for this group. Throughout 2014, we talked about Wikimania at every occasion we could: on editathons, in our weekly radio show, in our workshops... the mailing list started to grow, slow but steadily. What began as a sheet of paper passed around is now a huge spreadsheet full with people who want to help Wikimania in one way or another.
What follows is by no means a comprehensive study on volunteer support, on the public perception of Wikimedia Mexico or anything. These are merely observations I've collected from our prospective volunteer database and the interviews conducted from February until today. Please note: I've been asked to keep some information confidential for privacy reasons
看哪！
- 我們有超過一半（55%）的預期志願者已參與至少一項志願性計畫
- 我們最年輕的志願者[1]為16歲，而最年長者為67歲。中間差了51歲！
- The volunteer living closest to Biblioteca Vasconcelos[2] is only 1.7 km (1.08 mi) in a straight line. The volunteer farthest from it is approximately 704.55 km (437.79 mi) away!
- 龐觀數目（43.8%）的預期志願者一星期奉獻40小時在他們的主要職業（工作、學校與/或育兒）。以他們的範例，很難說「我沒有時間協助」。
- 四分之一（24.2%）我們志願者的通報他們自己不喝咖啡。各位撐下去吧！
謝謝大家。我真的沒有預料到來自你們的如此支持