[haiku] Re: Haiku Inc: Proposed Annual Budget
- From: "Charlie Clark" <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:15:06 +0100
Am 22.11.2009, 18:53 Uhr, schrieb Jorge G. Mare <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Very focused donation drives (like HCD) are known to be much more
effective than dripping donations. So, in addition to the ongoing
donations and subscriptions, it would still be worth trying to take the
HCD-style short-lived donation drive and repurpose it to fund
development milestones.
I have to take issue with this claim. There is considerable evidence from
charities such as Oxfam that while this is true for individual appeals
(LiveAid, Children in Need, etc.) it also leads to donor fatigue, PR-abuse
and less donations per person per annum.
It is essential to have a clear list of priorities and targets as you say
but accountability (what was it actually spent on and who decided) is, in
my opinion, more important than "earmarking" or "ring-fencing". You can
get into all kinds of problems, including legal ones as it can count as
misrepresentation or even fraud, collecting money for one thing and using
it for another. However, some people will respond better to individual
drives along the lines of "We need your money for this now" rather than
"Giving us USD 5 a month will help do this, this and this..."
Charlie
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