Agree that "raise the maximum" is a serious concern. Perception of greed and money focus is one. The other problem is it mandates a specific priority on the organizers of "all" fundraising events which may be incompatible with the best interests of the project. For example I could "maximize" fundraising by paying less attention to other points, but those other points may be important and need balance too.
My redraft: "Funds are needed for current and planned operations, contingencies and opportunities, and as a buffer for future. Fundraisers should aim to organize fundraising with a view to efficiently obtaining sufficient funds for these possible future needs, and should do so in a manner compatible with and balanced against the goals of our movement." FT2 On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Joan Goma <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Ilario Valdelli <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > Why does the Board of Trustees think that WMF should raise the ?maximum > > > possible amount of money?? > > > Why not ask for what is needed and nothing more? > > > > > > > I agree. A no profit association should raise the "opportune" amount > > otherwise there a "profit". > > > > Ilario > > > > > > > > Non profit means that the raised money will go to develop the mission of > the organization not to the pockets of its owners. > > From a mathematical point of view you can maximize the funds raised while > keeping constant the disruption or you can minimize the disruption for a > given amount of funds to be raised. But you cannot do both simultaneously. > > But this is not a mathematical statement I think it transmits well the idea > of balancing both effects keeping in mind that the disruption caused is of > high importance and that the money raised is needed because we have many > ideas and opportunities to do things that need not only volunteer effort > but also some money. > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
