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POLL: Heath Charity Donation
mouk:
Responsiveness may or may not be an indicator of the quality of an NGO/Foundation. I have seen NGOs doing the most excellent job in the field and using their money in the most effective way but being much less efficient with their administration because they were using their resources fully to get things done. Don't misunderstand me, I am not saying that's right, and I am not saying that not answering is necessarily a good sign! But a donation of the size of ours, although it would probably be very welcome, may not be big enough to mobilise forces that are needed immediately by some kid with an urgent problem. I am not sure I am making my point very well here.
On the other hand I have seen NGOs so busy accumulating donations that work in the field was not done as well as it could, and donations were used to do marketing for more donations rather than for actual work.
Which does not mean that questions should not be answered, of course they should. All I wanted to say is, perhaps let's give them another chance by facilitating the answering process with a phone call.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: mouk on February 26, 2008, 12:27:29 pm ---Which does not mean that questions should not be answered, of course they should. All I wanted to say is, perhaps let's give them another chance by facilitating the answering process with a phone call.
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Oh yes. I completely agree with this. I certainly think they should be given some time to reply and a phone call is good idea too.
Brown Eyes:
Any news on this project lately?
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: atz75 on March 04, 2008, 11:24:36 am ---Any news on this project lately?
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A) Do we know where we would send birthday flowers for Heath? If so, I would suggest that Peachy use the memorial flower money for birthday flowers.
B) I would like to feel clearer about whether we want to send all the remaining funds collected to the charity with the most votes, or do some sort of split between the top two charities? I am inclined to be persuaded by Pete and others that more money to one may be the way to go, but maybe we should take a poll on just that - whether to send the money to a) one charity, or b) two charities.
As I type this it's 19 for the Wirrpanda Foundation and 15 for the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
C) Heath's birthday is April 4th, less than a month away. I think it would be good to have made the decisions and made the donation(s) by then, in honor of his birthday.
What do you all think of my little A), B), and C) points?
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on March 09, 2008, 12:41:23 am ---
A) Do we know where we would send birthday flowers for Heath? If so, I would suggest that Peachy use the memorial flower money for birthday flowers.
B) I would like to feel clearer about whether we want to send all the remaining funds collected to the charity with the most votes, or do some sort of split between the top two charities? I am inclined to be persuaded by Pete and others that more money to one may be the way to go, but maybe we should take a poll on just that - whether to send the money to a) one charity, or b) two charities.
As I type this it's 19 for the Wirrpanda Foundation and 15 for the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
C) Heath's birthday is April 4th, less than a month away. I think it would be good to have made the decisions and made the donation(s) by then, in honor of his birthday.
What do you all think of my little A), B), and C) points?
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Heya Elle!
From my perspective...
A) I think the idea of sending flowers to the cemetery is nice idea and I would fully support it. However, I think sending them to his family (or some such similar gesture... if that's the idea here) might come across as odd. Or might re-open some grief-related wounds for the family. But, that's just my own personal feeling on the flower idea.
B) I like the idea of sending a donation to one charity.
C) I think his birthday is a great marker to use for this project in terms of timing.
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