Hoi, As I am of the opinion that there is a causal relation, and as I am equally allowed to express my opinion, I can and do blame. When you are of the opinion that this is not nice. Well, it only proves that it is not a zero sum game. I hope we will get enough money to cover the budget if not their will necessarily be cuts.
Where you say "these dissenting opinions were considered and acted upon" I will say "these opinions have cost us both a lot of money and a lot of goodwill". Because do you really believe that Virgin would be willing to match donations ?
Thanks, GerardM
On Nov 17, 2007 9:40 PM, Oldak Quill oldakquill@gmail.com wrote:
On 16/11/2007, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Last year some people made a lot of ugly noises during the fund drive.
It
may be the reason why we do not have matching donations. I think it
shows
how irresponsible this has been.
People did raise objections to the fund drive last year, but you can't describe those who objected as "irresponsible" or blame them for a lack of matching donations. A discussion, or dissent, didn't cause these problems directly - these "ugly noises" could have been ignored if they had no validity. Obviously, people listened to, and acted upon, these objecting opinions for various reasons. If you are right, people dissented and objected, these dissenting opinions were considered and acted upon (resulting in no matching donations), and we are where we are now.
Blaming people - and especially blaming people for voicing opinions - isn't going to help us or fix anything, and it certainly isn't going to foster the kind of open, considered debate we should be working towards.
-- Oldak Quill (oldakquill@gmail.com)
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