[Foundation-l] Board Resolutions from March 30th 2012

[Stuart West]

On Mar 31, 2012, at 12:33 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:

> I would advise caution when thinking about other ways to raise funds.
> Chapters certainly should think about it, but given how easily we, as
> a movement, can raise so much money with the annual fundraiser (no
> other charitable movement has their own top-5 website to campaign on),
> there aren't many other fundraising options that make sense for us.
> There is no point devoting a large amount of effort to other
> fundraising options when they won't raise anywhere near as much.
> Chapters would be better off devoting that effort to programme work
> and just requesting more funds from the FDC.
> 
> By all means pursue other fundraising options, but only when it is
> actually an efficient use of your time.

+1

Sometimes it seems that Thomas and I don't agree on much, so I'm happy to celebrate the times when we do.  I agree 100% with his point here.  It is central to my views on this topic and to my decision to support the resolution.