I wish I could make weekly what Hal gets from one student in a week, does that count? Oh well maybe when I have put as much of my time in as he has right?
Tim Heald ACP/CCFD :) Application Development www.schoollink.net > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 3:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Fusebox membership > > > You could probably get away with disclosing the mean, median and > std dev if > you had a large enough number of donors but I think it might have an > opposite effect than what the council would like. > > Normally you would think that disclosing numbers would encourage > the bottom > half to catch up with the top half but in reality about 1/2 to 2/3 of the > people will be very close to the mean and their knowing that information > will not encourage them to donate at a greater rate. If everyone > is left in > the dark there is a good chance that these same 1/2 to 2/3 of the > people can > be made to feel guilty about how much the donate and believe that > no matter > how much they donate it is an inadequate amount. > > Those people in the top or bottom 15% probably aren't going to be swayed > much regardless if statistics are posted or not because the decision about > how much to donate is likely made independently from what they > believe other > people are donating. An exception to this are people that donate for the > recognition that is received from becoming a top donor. I doubt that many > developers (especially engineers) are as vain and spend thrifty as this, > however, making ranks with the likes of Hal Helms might be > incentive enough. > Who knows? > > > > Chad Kemp > > -----Original Message----- > From: brad dardaganian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 2:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Fusebox membership > > > Although I wouldn't want my own donation amount publicly available, I am > curious what the average donation is. I don't know the ethics or > appropriateness of revealing this kind of information that is not > tied to a > specific person. As for me, I'm off to get married this Friday > (?fuseaction=groom.Ido). Happy Fuseboxing. See ya on the flip side. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hal helms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 2:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Fusebox membership > > Yes, that's right, Patrick. The amount given will not be made available > publicly. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick McElhaney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 2:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Fusebox membership > > > I think Nat meant that we'll be able to see how much > we ourselves donated, not how much everyone else > donated. > > Patrick > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Timothy Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 2:06 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Fusebox membership > > > > > > OK, > > Well I just made the donation thing today. I was > > wondering someone can > > confirm it? > > > > Also I am not sure if people would want the amounts > > they were able to > > donate announced to the public. I know we don't all make the > > same amount, I > > am around $20,000 under the national average for what we do, > > and that means > > some of us don't have the money for "BIG" donations. > > > > Tim Heald > > ACP/CCFD :) > > Application Development > > www.schoollink.net > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Nat Papovich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 1:48 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: Fusebox membership > > > > > > > > > During the transfer of hosts for fusebox.org, a couple > > transactions were > > > rearranged. We have it all sorted out now, and will be adding an > > > amount and donations to each member's profile page. > > > > > > NAT > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Timothy Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 10:39 AM > > > > To: Fusebox@Topica. Com > > > > Subject: Fusebox membership > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I was wondering if someone could confirm my FB membership? I > > > > don't have a credit card or anything, and I don't really like the > > > > idea of spending money > > > > on the web just yet, so I finally broke down and had a friend > > > use his pay > > > > pal account, and I just paid him. Is there an easy way > > to check my > > > > membership? > > > > > > > > Tim Heald > > > > ACP/CCFD :) > > > > Application Development > > > > www.schoollink.net > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > ***************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential > and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity > to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email > in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ***************************************************************** > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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