On 18/05/07, Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
Until there is a specific need for funds beyond what the community regularly provides, why should one evaluate "how much [advertising] would bring in"? To encourage debates about whether ads are good or bad? Better to spend that community energy debating what the budget should include and how to focus collective priorities...
The cynic in me says that a well-written report saying (and proving) that advertising would bring in a pittance and drive donations and goodwill through the ground would be a godsend in silencing any future debates ;-)