[Foundation-l] [announcement] new staff member in business development

[Andrew Gray]

On 18/05/07, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at 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 ;-)

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- Andrew Gray
  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk