[Tweeters] Hmmm, does this bug you also?

[Ronda Stark]

Hi Jim,

I would actually appreciate your sharing the names of local organizations
that you know of that help the birds in the Skagit. It is my favorite place
to bird and I think you are correct that national organizations waste a lot
of money on just perpetuating themselves.

Thanks,
Ronda

On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 9:33 AM <jimbetz at jimbetz.com> wrote:


> Hi,

>

>    I'm talking about the -endless- stream of emails asking for money

> from Audubon.  I'm getting more than one a day - probably more like

> three or four.  And they are -all- phrased as a "crisis" with very

> little if any difference in the sense of urgency from one appeal to

> the next.

>

>    Yes, I know how to simply delete them - and I'm doing that.

>

>    But the thing is that Audubon has become a "constant source of

> irritation" ... and that makes me 'automatically delete and forget'.

>    I don't think that is the intent of their requests - I think they

> genuinely want us to contribute and that they genuinely see the

> need ... and urgency.  But the effect of their emails, to me at

> least, is to treat Audubon as just one more money-grubbing

> company that wants to make money.  Audubon gets paid - more

> than you might think of any contribution we make ends up in

> Audubon's pockets rather than getting to the actual organizations

> that help our birds.

>

>    Sorry for the rant.  I know your time is precious to you and

> reading stuff like this is something you'd rather not have to

> spend it on.

>

>             - go out and do some birding and ignore me ... Jim

>

> P.S. There are excellent -local- organizations that I do give

>       money to ... they also have their hands out a little more

>       often than I'd like but at least the amount of their

>       'load' is considerably less than any national level

>       organization (like Audubon).  And, yes, I do give some

>       money to Audubon - from time to time - just not 365 days

>       a year multiplied by how ever many emails I'm getting

>       from them.

>

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