On 30/12/06, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/29/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 29/12/06, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
How about sponsors get listed in the order of the percentage of their net worth they contributed? So some guy who makes $15K a year and donates $100 gets listed higher than some guy worth $6 billion who donates $200K. Yes, I recognize that's not actually feasible, but I think you get the idea. You shouldn't get to pay to get higher placement on some donor list just because you're richer.
That idea has some heartwarming qualities, but it doesn't get us more of the cash. Because the second guy gave us more *we* can use than the first did. Which is, after all, the point of the exercise.
Ah, but there are more of the first guys.
Yeah, but you need both. As I said earlier, donations almost always follow a power law, like Alexa ratings or whatever. And you don't get the first without the thank-yous, because they're used to them.
- d.