OK I know I asked for you to respond but you are being a plain old
mass about it.
Tom many non-profits have very slim line budgets a few people on
their staff and many many volunteer workers.
We don't get the cheapest but we cannot afford the most expensive.
So unless you are paying the bills or donating to the
non-profit. You need to keep opinions like yours to yourself. They
do not serve a positive purpose and make you look stupid.
I have to pay about 90-95% of my tech budget out of my own
pocket. No one else is ponying up to do it. Also note I have not
seen a raise in 3 years so I need to cut corners where ever I can.
Everyone else is allowed to raise their prices, but I am not.
Like I said when you learn to live in the real world instead of the
world according to Tom, we might start listening to you and
respecting your opinions once more.
Rant mode off.
Stewart
At 06:55 PM 8/8/2009, you wrote:
There are two ways to handle budget problems.
One is to cut back, fire highest-paid staff, run with the cheapest
hardware, buy the cheapest instead of the best software, etc. The
result is low morale, low productivity, less income, more budget
problems, and more pressure to do more with less.
The other is to take care of your best workers, run with hardware
that makes your staff most productive, get the software that boosts
productivity the most, develop new products, increase marketing, etc.
The result is high morale, high productivity, more income, and less
worry about budget problems. You get to do more with more.
Earlier this week I was at a client as they were finishing their
September issue. The publisher was walking down the hall carrying the
bluelines and chortling "I've got $400,000 in my hands." That one
issue is going to cover most of their operating costs for the year.
And yes, their other issues will make them money too.
I'll leave it to our sad sack WFBs to struggle with doing less with
less.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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