[wta-talk] Re: [extropy-chat] Raelians

[natashavita at earthlink.net]

Taking the burden off members for monetary substance might be a wise
decision in the long run.  This cannot be realized by comparing
philosophical organizations to religious organizations.  It can be
accomplished by considering what makes organizations financially successful.

Natasha




Original Message:
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From: Hughes, James J. james.hughes at trincoll.edu
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:45:33 -0400
To: natashavita at earthlink.net, wta-talk at transhumanism.org,
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
Subject: RE: [wta-talk] Re: [extropy-chat] Raelians



> I do not think that it is necessarily a bad 
> thing that transhumanists do not feel the need or are not 
> driven to donate money, as the practice is with religious 
> organizations (passing the cup).  I am not so certain that 
> "membership" is a positive variable or a necessary one.  It 
> could very well be a limiting one.

Unfortunately the builders of successful nonprofits, parties and
churches disagree. As I said, having 10,000 cultists donate 100% of
their income and time can have less influence than 10,000 influentials
who donate 0.5% of their time and money, if the cultists are isolated
and the influentials respected. And it may be that there is a trade off
to some degree between intensity of commitment and breadth of influence.
But I don't think ExI or the WTA would sacrifice any of our "influence"
by having members that gave twice as much time or money.

J.

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