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Archive for February, 2010

Question: Solicitations at work?

My boss just passed around an order form for his daughter’s School Fundraising. I had to waste $12 of my underpaid paycheck on an overpriced pizza package. It was the cheapest option that we would have any use for.

Not ordering is not an option if it’s the boss. I passed on it politely when two other coworkers did the same thing earlier this year and was labeled not a team player for it and suffered office coworker relationship problems. But you can’t do that to the boss. I have no idea whether or not there is a specific policy here, but the unofficial policy is buy or else.

I really really hate it. Does anyone else really really hate it? This stuff is expensive and I am a single mom! Wasting money really gets my goat. But it affects your career and coworker relationship (and your job if it’s the boss). There ought to be a law against this captive career-affecting coercion.

Will you tell me how you handle this horrible practice?

Answer: Sounds like a nasty boss to me! Remember, you are under no obligation to contribute to any fundraising scheme, whether it is your boss or any other organisation. You have every right to say ‘No’ whenever you feel you are being intimidated. You could always say ‘No thank you. I have my own charity where I contribute to and cannot afford to ‘fork-out’ for every other charity that comes along.’
If you are considered by the boss or other workers that you are not a team player, ignore it. If the pressure continues, you are far better off in another organisation where they appreciate your skills and attributes. Remember, YOU are number ’1′ in this world and deserve respect.

Can boards using Policy Governance also do fundraising?

Question: What is the Wikimedia Foundation?

So I was just on Wikipedia and they were asking for donations. There was a statement, “Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.”

Ok, that sounds great, but there are so many different way to do that. I looked to see how they would be spending revenue and it was stuff like supporting local chaters, devolping software and “To pay for financial, administrative, legal, and Fundraising Expenses.”

Are they trying to gt knowledge to kids in Chinia or what exaxctly are they asking for my money for?

Answer: The money is used, in one way or another, to build Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, which, as you mention China, is in Chinese and all other world languages, as well as English. In addition to online access, printed material is contemplated for distribution.

Piryx Fundraising 2010