Cool! I prefer cookies with coffee tho
ann On 3/11/2013 15:48, Mark Roberts wrote:
Hello everyone. Just wanted to post the latest on the 2013 PDML Photo Annual. The submission period ended some time back and now we're in the traditional "trying to coax/cajole/plead with the editors to get their votes in on the photos that we'll be using. Nothing different there :) What is new is that a couple of weeks ago I received a mailing from Dana-Farber about a promotion/incentive that seemed interesting: An anonymous millionaire (most likely) supporter of theirs has agreed to match (that is, effectively double) every donation they receive before March 15. I emailed the Powers That Be to ask if we could take advantage of this while still directing our donation to the Global Health Initiative - since the PDML is an international group I feel quite strongly that our donation should go to a program with international scope. Friday I received the reply that we could definitely direct our donation to the Global Health Initiative but not the matching funds that come from the anonymous donor. I suppose it's not ideal but it's certainly nothing to sneeze at: We raise $500.00 (about what our annual donation comes to), it still goes to the international program we support, and an extra five hundred bucks magically goes to their cancer research in general. What's not to like? Well, the deadline, of course. We haven't even finished putting the book together at this point, much less sold any copies, and the deadline's four days away. So here's my plan: I'll write them a check for $500.00 when I meet with them on Friday so we get the matching donation. I'll apply the book sales toward my $500 as they come in. If sales fall short of $500 the difference will be on me (this is pretty much how it works out every year, actually: we make $400-$450 and I round up to $500 with my own donation). If we go over $500 I'll spent the extra on cookies and beer (just kidding - I'll donate that as well). So that's the plan unless there are any strong, well-reasoned objections from burly guys who live close enough to come over here and beat me up.
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