Re: Giving and receiving

2002-12-02 Thread Mick Walsh
Hi, Peggy Holman stimulated an interesting discussion at OSonOSinOZ on this topic (thank you Peggy) and I will share with you my experience. * I offer quite an amount of pro bono work, but only to non-profit organisations. * I offer a free mentoring program for university graduates embarking on

Giving and receiving

2002-12-02 Thread Douglas D. Germann, Sr.
Julie-- << Did things start breaking down after you suggested bringing in << additional co-sponsors to help cover your fees? Seems to me that there << are many ways in which that part of what happened might be contributing << to some of the concerns being expressed now. Actually, there was s

Re: Giving and receiving

2002-12-02 Thread audrey coward @bellnet.ca
I feel your struggle. Some of the costs may be people working on "the Project" when they have other things. Sometime clients say things like this when they are afraid as you said. Why not ask them how it is costing them and you can support them in reducing the costs and ask the crucial queation Wha

Re: Giving and receiving

2002-12-02 Thread Toni Petrinovich
When someone doesn't feel the desire or need for a fair exchange of energy in some form, I know that there is something that is occurring underneath what is apparent. It has been my experience that the lack of desire to wholeheartedly put in their "piece" by this exchange of energy (in this case p

Giving and receiving

2002-12-02 Thread Douglas D. Germann, Sr.
Toni-- That is exactly what I feel is going on--something, I do not know what, underneath the surface. Thank you for expressing it so well. << The money that would be spent securing you and your participation would << most times be spent on something of actual less import yet perhaps a bit <<

Re: confessions of a space invader

2002-12-02 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
In a message dated 11/30/02 7:24:43 PM, ju...@accesswave.ca writes: << And my experience in "after" the event is to hold a debrief meeting with the sponsoring group. The topic of sustainability in terms of ideas and suggestions from the OST event is always explored. >> On a recent project, w

Re: Giving and receiving

2002-12-02 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
In a message dated 12/2/02 6:58:27 AM, 76066@compuserve.com writes: << I see that that is kind of vague, and maybe I don't see what all costs they are seeing. I have stressed to them that we won't get people to attend simply by press releases and mailing flyers: it will be necessary to make

Re: Giving and receiving

2002-12-02 Thread Toni Petrinovich
Often when someone or a company is not able to go to a place that needs to be investigated within, they will show it by being unwilling to spend the money to uncover that which is hidden. At the same time, that money might be spent on more office furniture or perks for the employees as a bandaid t