[Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees June 2009-

[Nikola Smolenski]

Дана Saturday 12 September 2009 20:03:32 Thomas Dalton написа:
> > People will make bad decisions, estimates, projections, guesses,
> > conclusions sometimes; it happens. We spot them the second time
> > around, once we've realised they're wrong, fix them, and move on.
>
> By that time that harm may have already been done. If that harm is
> minimal, then it might be worth the risk, but I don't think risking
> $3,500 of WMF donor's money to be minimal.

Have you tried putting that on paper? Let's assume that 50% chance of chapter 
becoming competent and 50% chance of chapter becoming incompetent. I don't 
think you would deny that a competent chapter could increase donations from 
Portugal for, say $1,000 per year. Hence, $3,500 is a good use of donor's 
money.