Don't ignore that that's the whole point of "exclusive" think tank groupings - to vet the questions well ahead of time, and "cannon fodder" is just what they don't want to deal with.
OTOH, they don't deal with much as long as they vet the most important questions, and then they, and we, wonder why they don't deal with much.... Joe Beckmann -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 3:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DDN] Educating the philanthropic community In a message dated 10/4/05 9:20:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Funders > >do not seem to value the role of intermediaries and of knowledge > >brokers. > What we need to do is to show up at the think tanks that the funders use to generate ideas within their networks. But the cost of attending them is steep and most of us don't have the spare change to do so. I used to be invited to Poptech in Maine, a stimulating weekend of discussion and ideas that was like going to college in a week, but I asked the question about why minorities have become cannon fodder and why should it continue and thought I know lots of the funders, the organizer, the new one, shot me a look that let me know I was not welcome to return on scholarship. A little reality anyway. He did skip the question. Bonnie Bracey bbracey at aol com _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
