[Foundation-l] Fundraising "Bugging for Dollars"

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
This is only true when the money is spend on hardware. When you want to pay
to get a particular problem fixed you cannot influence this. In the mean
times some of the problems are debilitating to the extend that you cannot do
a thing. When you have the option to pay someone to do what needs doing, it
would be often a good thing. It allows you to influence priorities. The only
thing needed from a WMF point of view that the work is done by someone
trusted.
Thanks,
      GerardM

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:

> Screamer wrote:
> > This seems very reasonable.  One can make restricted donations for a
> > purpose only.  And it can be made known, that such a donation is for the
> > restricted purpose of equipment purchase and upkeep, bandwidth, and or
> > network staff.
> Looks like an excellent way to generate useless extra bookkeeping in
> maintaining tainted accounts.  If we have $1,000,000 budgeted for
> equipment anyway, and we have $50,000 designated for equipment by
> donors, then we just use that $50,000 as designated, and add $950,000
> from general revenue.  It all comes to the same thing except for the
> extra bookkeeping.  If a donor cuts it too fine, and starts insisting on
> specific types of equipment as a condition for his donation, it's best
> to just send the money back, or better still tear up the cheque and put
> it in the trash.
>
> Ec
>
>
>
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