Then it got worse. It turns out that the next several members we talked with felt they didn't have enough knowledge to be enthusiastic about a campaign for endowment. To them, limbo was just fine. In fact, they didn't feel they really had enough knowledge to have actually voted on the issue. You don't raise money for endowment you raise funds to sustain the service the organization provides in changing and saving lives.
Packaging becomes everything.
We once did a project in Dallas where Mary Kay was the chair. She was a glorious volunteer and a generous donor. I was confounded. It was terrible, this predicament at the school. The program was moribund before it started.