Sunday #1
The fundraising issue for the Cobourg Community Centre will be over tomorrow night when the Council accepts it's own recommendation to adopt the Fundraising Committee's recommendation that a couple of low paid clerks will be spending, under the direction of the fundraising committee, $150,000 on consultants' fees. A couple of big issues here: one is the composition of the fundraising committee, which until now has been overlooked and is the fix in to bring back Terry Slobodian, he of hospital fundraising fame.
First the composition of the committee and a potential for local conflicts. A successful fundraiser is only as good as their Roladex - who do they have in their files and how many times can you hit on the same people? In the case of the local oversight committee, it has to be called that as in the words of one of its members, "You can't expect us to drop our day jobs and fundraise" Why not? That's what you volunteered for! Anyway back to the issue. Here we have the two biggest roladexes in Town (Linda Kay's and the United Way, and Rhonda Cunningham of the Hospital Foundation) hiring someone to fundraise. The potential for conflict is simple, both the UW and the Hospital require ongoing fundraising, will their roladexes be opened to the CCC guy? Or will the "whales" in those mighty roladexes be stifled for future UW and HF funding? And if they are will the owners - Linda Kay and Rhonda Cunningham be responsible?
As to Terry Slobodian, formerly of Navion and formerly of the Bridgeport Hospital Foundation, coming back. He is now esconced in his own Company, and obviously looking for business, will he be the elephant in the room when the RFP comes out?
First the composition of the committee and a potential for local conflicts. A successful fundraiser is only as good as their Roladex - who do they have in their files and how many times can you hit on the same people? In the case of the local oversight committee, it has to be called that as in the words of one of its members, "You can't expect us to drop our day jobs and fundraise" Why not? That's what you volunteered for! Anyway back to the issue. Here we have the two biggest roladexes in Town (Linda Kay's and the United Way, and Rhonda Cunningham of the Hospital Foundation) hiring someone to fundraise. The potential for conflict is simple, both the UW and the Hospital require ongoing fundraising, will their roladexes be opened to the CCC guy? Or will the "whales" in those mighty roladexes be stifled for future UW and HF funding? And if they are will the owners - Linda Kay and Rhonda Cunningham be responsible?
As to Terry Slobodian, formerly of Navion and formerly of the Bridgeport Hospital Foundation, coming back. He is now esconced in his own Company, and obviously looking for business, will he be the elephant in the room when the RFP comes out?
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