by Richard.Foley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Richard Foley)
Mar 1, 2007 at 04:27 PM
On Thursday 01 March 2007 16:03, Peter Scott wrote:
> [Copied to advocacy list in a probably vain attempt.]
>
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:25:24 +0100, demerphq wrote:
> >
> > This seems like something that should be handled by the donations to
> > TPF (or some similar organization) by hiring a professional to do it
> > right. Isnt this exactly why we have a donation fund? So that we can
> > pay to get the stuff that we arent good at done properly by a
> > professional?
>
> Wow, what he said. I was sharpening my keyboard to make the same
comment
> when I read this. I've seen a little of how professional fundraisers
work
> and they are *so* different from your average hacker. Not only do they
> possess a charisma for communicating with moneybags that eludes most of
> us, but their constant exposure to that work will likely lead them to
> ideas that haven't occurred to us.
>
Hear hear - it's a point that's often overlooked. We're professional
programmers for a reason and they're professional fundraisers for a
reason.
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Richard Foley
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