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