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(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 16/11/2007, GerardM
<gerard.meijssen(a)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(a)gmail.com)
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