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You can reach out to them and donate at ATFund.org . Also, if you feel that there are many who would donate if the GTAA reached out to them, send a message to the GTAA and let them know you feel that way. If they get get lots of messages about different types of marketing, they are likely to listen.
RonJohn - I have been suggesting for awhile that one way for the GTAA to get more money would be to suggest exactly when and where the money be used for improvements. In other words, rather than ask for donations or hand outs, approach it as a request for capital with supporting justification. Following your suggestions, I sent a short, polite email to this effect to Mr. Stansbury at the email address I obtained from Ramblingwreck.com. This was on Monday.
To date I have not heard anything. Not even a polite form letter or email.Even checked my spam folder. I do not know what kind of work you do or did in your professional career but would you or your company or the company you worked for ever fail to respond to a customer's inquiry in a timely manner??? I have had careers in both public and private sector and in both, replies or responses to stakeholders was considered at the very top of things considered to be critical and even non-negotiable. Even if I could not respond directly, that task would be delegated to someone in the engineering, sales, customer support or quality departments. If the request was not something that could be answered immediately, the customer would get an email to that effect along with a timeline of when to expect a final answer or resolution. A customer ALWAYS received some response (email, phone call, fax, whatever) within 24 hours of initial contact.
Perhaps my background is unique and thus taints my perspective. Perhaps expecting a reply or response was rather naive on my part because, quite frankly, my donations over the years have not been significant or impressive. However, that is a chicken and egg type of question..since Dr. Rice left, I have never really felt comfortable with the leadership or direction of the GTAA. My experiences with them oftentimes are similar to this one...they behave in the exact opposite manner of what I would expect from a well run organization.
Again, I may be naive. I accept that. But if I were running the show there, if someone communicated with me or the GTAA in ANY constructive manner on ways to engage the fan (customer) base or improve operations, they would receive a reply. Even if I had to create a file of canned form responses, the person would receive a quick response along with a "thank you" for being concerned enough to write. What is the old business adage about being grateful for the customer who complains rather than leaves quietly? I think it is appropriate and true.
Anyway, I thank you for your suggestion to follow up. I thought you might be interested in the outcome.