[nfb-talk] Question of Philosophy- fund raising

[Mike Freeman]

Robert:

I'll do some thinking and see if I can come up with some literature examples 
for you.

In the meantime, however, I think it would be fair to pose the question to 
nay-sayers and reluctant fund-raisers to come up with, say, five 
fund-raisers they *would* find acceptable and then insist that they back up 
their rhetoric with action by scheduling said fund-raisers so they can't 
back out of the commitment! (wicked grin) I find that such direct 
confrontation and calling to account generally silences all who haven't 
thoroughly thought the issue through and are just hopeing Someone Else will 
do the work. I should find Joe Ruffalo's post with the "Someone Else" obit. 
Great reading!

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Question of Philosophy- fund raising


> Mike, Steve, ray, Cindy and others --- 
>
> I appreciate help with this issue. I'm thinking that NFB wide, there is 
> this
> same debate and discussion surrounding the solicitation of donations.
> Through out my decade old hosting of "THOUGHT PROVOKER," my efforts very
> much dealt with the discussion of philosophical issues of blindness and so
> this specific topic falls right into that arena. And as I stated in my
> second post on this topic, I do plan to put together both an discussion
> exercise which I will offer to chapters for a meeting activity, and an
> article which zeros in on this philosophical question.
>
> So the more you give me to chew on, the more fun I'll have in developing 
> my
> offerings. (Do point me to any historical documents that may have been
> written by our leadership on this issue.)
>
> Thank you all
>
>
> Robert Leslie Newman
> President- NFB Writers' Division
> Division Website
> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
> Personal Website-
> http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
>
>
>
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