Therefore, we want to let people know what we’re not doing, so that they have a better sense of how neglected those areas are.
When you said this, what timeline were you implying? I would imagine that if there were a new nonprofit focusing on a subarea mentioned here they would be intending to focus on it for 4-10+ years, so I was assuming that this post meant that CEA was intending to not get into these areas on a 4-10 year horizon.
Were you thinking of more of a 1-2 year horizon? I guess this would be fine as long as you’re keeping in communication with other potential groups who are thinking about these areas, so we don’t have a situation where there’s a lot of overlapping (or worse, competing) work all of a sudden.
No, I think you understood the original post right and my last comment was confusing. When I said “grow” I was imagining “grow in terms of people/impact in the areas we’re currently occupying and other adjacent areas that are not listed as “things we’re not doing”″.
I don’t expect us to start doing the things listed in the post in the next 4-10 years (though I might be wrong on some counts). We’ll be less likely to do something if it’s less related to our current core competencies, and if others are doing good work in the area (as with fundraising).
Thanks!
Maybe I misunderstood this post. You wrote,
When you said this, what timeline were you implying? I would imagine that if there were a new nonprofit focusing on a subarea mentioned here they would be intending to focus on it for 4-10+ years, so I was assuming that this post meant that CEA was intending to not get into these areas on a 4-10 year horizon.
Were you thinking of more of a 1-2 year horizon? I guess this would be fine as long as you’re keeping in communication with other potential groups who are thinking about these areas, so we don’t have a situation where there’s a lot of overlapping (or worse, competing) work all of a sudden.
No, I think you understood the original post right and my last comment was confusing. When I said “grow” I was imagining “grow in terms of people/impact in the areas we’re currently occupying and other adjacent areas that are not listed as “things we’re not doing”″.
I don’t expect us to start doing the things listed in the post in the next 4-10 years (though I might be wrong on some counts). We’ll be less likely to do something if it’s less related to our current core competencies, and if others are doing good work in the area (as with fundraising).