[Osmf-talk] Consultation on fundraising strategy

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Sorry if it came out differently, but I already am volunteering
towards expanding OpenStreetMap, its standards and its community on
various levels about 366 days a year. There is so much I can do.

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 11:25 AM Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 17.03.23 07:05, Paul Norman via osmf-talk wrote:
> > There's a lot of work in fundraising, and if there aren't qualified
> > volunteers wanting to work on it, we need to pay someone to do so.
>
> Either that, or reduce our use of funds by
>
> * supplanting heretofore paid work by volunteer work
>
> and/or
>
> * shrinking the OSMF's activivities to a point where they are covered by
> available funds
>
> I'm not advocating for either, just pointing out that the need for funds
> is not god-given. Frequently on these mailing lists, a knee-jerk
> reaction of people to various problems is not "how can I help" but "the
> OSMF should pay someone to do it" - having to pay for fundraising (or
> allowing a freelance fundraiser to take a cut) is the logical
> consequence of this attitude.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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