Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:28:10 -0400 From: "Jimmy LaRose" <jimmy@ndi2mgru.org> To: <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: The Truth About Feasibility Studies Message-ID: <1426516014348.6749096.13566416.2353165479@backend.cpro20.com>
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VISIT HERE to join us in GEORGIA, OHIO, FLORIDA & MASSACHUSETTS for the most entertaining and provocative nonprofit conference of the year!!! ...or call 800-257-6670 to speak to one of our team members To My Fellow Nonprofit Executives, Donors & Volunteers, Have you ever wondered if performing a feasibility study is a wise investment of your organization's time and money? Did you know that 80% of feasibility study results are inconclusive or report that......YOU'RE NOT READY FOR CAMPAIGN! Why then do nonprofits pay $25,000 to $50,000 to find out what they already know? There are several answers but here's the three most important ones... #1 Consulting firms primary source of revenue is based on a flawed and archaic business model that requires you to pay for a service you aren't ready for and may never need #2 Nonprofits would rather avoid the hard work of donor cultivation by paying an out-of-town third party to perform the visits they should really be doing themselves #3 "That's they way we've always done it" (or even worse) "that's the way other nonprofits do it"There's also a moral issue at play here. All to often feasibility study results are misrepresented because the consulting firm performing the study stands to make more money by running the campaign after the study process has been completed. Tragically, there are hundreds of nonprofits in the middle of stalled campaigns because their consultant manipulated leadership into believing a goal could be reached that was never achievable. 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Until then I remain, Sincerely Yours, Jimmy LaRose Founder National Development Institute, established in 1990, is a 501(c)3 public benefit charity that insures donors, granting organizations and corporations safeguard their mission by building capacity within nonprofits committed to human welfare, education, health care, the arts, & environment. 201 Main Street Lexington SC 29071 United States This email is intended for gnome@freebsd.org. To unsubscribe visit http://trk.cpro20.com/Tracking/t.fo?82rww--mkh1-12x0i3r7&sl=e&t=5&_v=2 Update your subscription preferences visit http://trk.cpro20.com/Tracking/t.fo?82rww--mkh1-12x0i3r7&sl=e&t=1&_v=2 From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 17 10:04:36 2015 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B592A7C for <gnome@freebsd.org>; Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:04:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from portscout.freebsd.org (portscout.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5D8F930C for <gnome@freebsd.org>; Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:04:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from portscout.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.123]) by portscout.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t2HA4awK020297 for <gnome@freebsd.org>; Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:04:36 GMT (envelope-from portscout@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from portscout@localhost) by portscout.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t2HA4aiv020296; Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:04:36 GMT (envelope-from portscout@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201503171004.t2HA4aiv020296@portscout.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: portscout.freebsd.org: portscout set sender to portscout@FreeBSD.org using -f Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:04:36 +0000 From: portscout@FreeBSD.org To: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD ports you maintain which are out of date X-Mailer: portscout/0.8.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining <freebsd-gnome.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-gnome>, <mailto:freebsd-gnome-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-gnome/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-gnome-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome>, <mailto:freebsd-gnome-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:04:36 -0000 Dear port maintainer, The portscout new distfile checker has detected that one or more of your ports appears to be out of date. Please take the opportunity to check each of the ports listed below, and if possible and appropriate, submit/commit an update. If any ports have already been updated, you can safely ignore the entry. You will not be e-mailed again for any of the port/version combinations below. Full details can be found at the following URL: http://portscout.freebsd.org/gnome@freebsd.org.html Port | Current version | New version ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ databases/evolution-data-server | 3.12.10 | 3.15.92 ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ deskutils/bijiben | 3.14.2 | 3.15.92 ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ devel/devhelp | 3.14.0 | 3.15.92 ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ devel/gvfs | 1.20.3 | 1.22.4 ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ games/gnome-mines | 3.14.1 | 3.15.92 ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ games/lightsoff | 3.14.1 | 3.15.92 ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ games/quadrapassel | 3.14.0 | 3.15.92 ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ games/tali | 3.14.0 | 3.15.92 ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ graphics/clutter | 1.20.0 | 1.21.8 ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ mail/evolution-ews | 3.12.10 | 3.15.92 ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ mail/evolution-mapi | 3.12.10 | 3.15.92 ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ misc/gnome-devel-docs | 3.14.3 | 3.15.92 ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ multimedia/cheese | 3.14.2 | 3.15.92 ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ sysutils/gnome-system-monitor | 3.14.1 | 3.15.92 ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------ If any of the above results are invalid, please check the following page for details on how to improve portscout's detection and selection of distfiles on a per-port basis: http://portscout.freebsd.org/info/portscout-portconfig.txt Thanks.
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