Ting Chen skrev 2013-03-18 08:20:
So far, my thoughts. As I said all my private opinions, and some of them certainly very primitive and unprofessional. I am happy to get feedbacks and critics and learn from them.
I wonder if our thoughts on an endowment depends on our presupposition on what the purpose of an endowment would be.
You seem to think of fund to ease uneven funding from year to year and if this would be the purpose I would agree to your concerns
My thought is of a fund to be used in extreme situations, many many years ahead from now, if "nightmare" scenarios would occur in 30-60 years from now, to ensure the content of our projects will still be accessible for all free of charge.
And in my perspective I am in no hurry getting it up, it could be part of our next 5 year strategic plan to get it going
But I would like to see as MZ suggest, that we as son as possible look into the technicalities of an endowment so we have a common understanding what we mean when we discuss this further.
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