Re: [ALSC-Forum] Passing around the hat - purpose

[Jeff Williams]

Esther and all stakeholders of interested parties,

  I disagree Esther.  Much more important is that there be
tangible assets or services.  The need for $$ and Leg
work being done, and not promised is far more important.
Empty *Pledges* have little of no positive use...

Esther Dyson wrote:

> The *point* of all this is to have the pledges made public....and the
> amounts are less important.
>
> The underlying goal here is to demonstrate - through pledges of interest -
> that there *is* the possibility of a coherent, self-organizing At-Large
> Membership, so that when the Board decides whatever they wil decide in
> Ghana - probably a lot more than just whether to have an ALM - the ALM will
> be included.
>
> All we really need to do is to make it easy for them to say yes, and to
> create some official standing for an ALM so that the opinions and directors
> it surfaces get their place in the structure.  If that happens, funding
> should be less of a problem, since such an incipient success will attract
> further support - whether from members who realize it's worth joining for a
> fee, or foundations/whatever who want the thing to work.
>
> Esther
>
> At 12:43 AM 2/24/2002, Bruce Young wrote:
>
> >Pindar wrote:
> >
> > >> > All that is needed right now are *pledges* ... not cash-in-hand
> > >>
> > >>   Pledges are like the tide's they come and go....
> >
> > > How much are you in for Jeff?
> >
> >Pindar, I know this was probably partly in jest, but think it would be more
> >appropriate to set up an e-mail address to post pledges (or even an
> >e-commerce site to take plastic!).  Some people may not want to have the
> >amount of their donation, or even the donation itself, made public.
> >
> >Bruce Young
> >Portland, Oregon
> >Bruce@barelyadequate.info
> >http://www.barelyadequate.info
>
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