On Fri, 18 May 2007, Florence Devouard wrote:
GerardM wrote:
In his reply Samuel indicates that it is not clear what our needs are and, what we would do with money generated. Let me remind him that at the last fund raiser we were looking for 1,5 million dollars, we got just over 1 million of that. A substantial part of it was acquired because of corporate donations. We are underfunded and understaffed as it is.
We fundraise less often than we used to, and with less clear urgency. Perhaps there is a relationship... I'm inclined to think so.
Relevant is that the Virgin deal was seen as problematic by some. In equal measure this attitude is problematic because it prevents the funding of our projects in the way they were budgetted in the future.
Let's talk about budgeting for the future, instead of fundraising. There's a productive thread...
Now you want to sound confident by making a bet. Consider that you may eat French dinners, but you are offering it to an organisation used to eating spagetti only.
I was trying to quantify my "sureness" since Ant asked if we were sure. :) I have eaten French dinners, most memoarbly in Avignon, though it has been a very long time. And I was betting on one thing...
Sam and Gerard, please do remember that ... French dinners are expensive in most of the world... but not in France :-)
ant
Indeed (-: See my original footnote.
SJ