----- Original Message ----- From: "Thurston" <thurs...@copper.net> To: "Jim Williams" <two-j...@att.net>; "MOU net" <mou-...@cbs.umn.edu> Cc: "WisBirdNet Network" <wisbi...@lawrence.edu> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [mou] conservation salaries
> I have read the e-mail from Jim Williams on the salaries of the CEOs of > certain conservation organizations. It was indeed enlightening! I wonder: > 1. What salary and expenses, if any, are paid to members of the boards of > these organizations? > 2. Would the organizations argue that these amounts are what they have to > pay to get a quality conservation CEO these days? In the conservation > movement, are there any people equally conpetent who would suffer a lesser > salary? > 3. Some of them hire professional fund raisers and membership solicitors. > How much of the membership dues and fundraising go to the outside > fundraisers? > 4. Do outside for-profit organizations prepare the fancy material we > receive in the mail seeking contributions from us concerning various > environmental issues? What does that cost? > 5. How much of the "contributed" dollar actually goes to address the > stated purpose of the particular conservation organization? ----- Original > Message ----- > From: "Jim Williams" <two-j...@att.net> > To: "MOU net" <mou-...@cbs.umn.edu> > Cc: "WisBirdNet Network" <wisbi...@lawrence.edu> > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 10:59 AM > Subject: [mou] conservation salaries > > > > > > How many basic memberships does it take to pay the salaries of the > > executives who lead our major conservation organizations? I had no > > idea, indeed, the thought never crossed my mind until I saw the Spring > > 06 issue of Pacific Seabirds, a conservation magazine. PS listed its > > most recent information on conservation-executive salaries. I post this > > not as criticism, for all of these organizations make important > > contributions. But..... it certainly takes a lot of us to pay the > > people in the CEO's chair. I might just come out of retirement if the > > NRDC job was to be offered to me. > > > > National Resources Defense Council, CEO received $704,796, equal to > > 70,479 memberships at its basic $10 enrollment level. > > > > Wildlife Conservation Society, $495,422, 6,605 memberships at basic $75. > > > > National Wildlife Federation, $477,138, 15,904 memberships at basic $30. > > > > The Nature Conservancy, $399,788, 15,991 memberships at basic $25. > > > > National Audubon Society, $362.237, 18,112 memberships at basic $20. > > > > Conservation International, $336,353, 9,610 memberships at basic $35. > > > > World Wildlife Fund, $310,781, 12,431 memberships at basic $25. > > > > Jim Williams > > Wayzata, Minnesota > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mou-net mailing list > > mou-...@cbs.umn.edu > > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > > >
