[pct-l] PCTA rating by CharityNavigator

[Jim Banks]

According to the Charity Navigator, the Executive Director of the
Appalachian Trail Conservancy gets paid $114,391.  The information on the
Continental Divide Trail Alliance doesn't seem to be available through
Charity Navigator.  So since the PCT is approximately 500 miles longer than
the AT, Liz should get a raise.

I-Beam

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Charles Doersch
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 12:56 PM
To: Jackie McDonnell
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] PCTA rating by CharityNavigator

Thanks, Yogi. I agree.

So I'm ignoring the several nasty personal e-mails. I'll just say that no,
our group would absolutely and certainly pay our share (and beyond our
share) for all the glories of the PCT. We're big into huge donation (of
time, effort, sweat, work, and money) for the environment -- and the
several trail systems we hike on (here in Colorado, this year). No, we have
no intention of hiking in 2012 as non-members of the PCTA. We will re-up
when the time comes -- if only to pay our fair share. How our fair share
gets spent, however, is a fair question. So I just thought it would be good
to research what the situation is financially with the organization and its
compensation issues. It's a fair question. I don't have answers yet. But
I'm also not going to be pre-emptive and send off our donations before I
understand how it's going to be spent. I've worked for too many non-profits
not to know very well how badly money can be spent by them. It can be quite
sloppy. And other organizations are admirable in their diligence. I'm new
to the PCTA and so I want to see.

Small organizations can ask (and need to ask) the same questions of due
diligence in pay and work that large organizations do. Small organizations
more often fail to, quite often because of a shyness before "hurting
feelings" -- that's a structural weakness in small organizations that we
need to be wary of. But this is not personal. It's an organizational,
procedural question that has been raised. Fair game.

Sure, joining the board of directors is available to a few people -- and
that's excellent and admirable involvement. But saying "those who have a
concern should join" limits the right to ask to only only those in the
inner circle. Puh-leez. The right to question, to research, to investigate
compensation and work issues is not limited to those fine folks. Anyone who
donates can ask the question. In fact, anyone can ask the question. Period.

It does seem (perhaps this is part of the anonymous screen thing that Yogi
is pointing out) that some folks on blogs are ready to be nasty behind the
safety of their screens. Too bad, that. It's strangely defensive to me. But
most of all it seems to me that whenever emotions get involved and mix with
e-mail, things go awry. Misunderstandings blossom in this medium. Ick.

~C &cet.

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Jackie McDonnell
<yogihikes at gmail.com>wrote:

> Come on, people!  Lighten up!
> Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
> There's no need to be nasty.
> No doubt you all would be less nasty if this were a face-to-face
> conversation.
> It's easy to hide behind a computer screen.
>
> Don't let the off-season blues get the best of you.
>
> Yogi
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