How many have been the moon?.. So who told us all about the moon YES scientist that's how we get our information so unless you been there or seen it with your own eyes the only thing we can do is BELIEVE in our scientist.. When your in school how many teachers have been to space ? SO who did they get their information from YES scientist .. So when people say don't believe in the science world who do you believe in  .. I never been in space have you.. I don't own Hubble do you ..Now a real scientist wants the truth no matter even if he is wrong.. But you can get liars for monies ..Government funded bullshit science .. But still needs funding WHY?..Because a lot of discoveries come by ACCIDENT .. So if most scientist say something it will be true..It's all we have to go off.. And that's what they are paid to do DISCOVER and TELL ALL.. |
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If you need an answer about science type what you seek and the add YOUTUBE at the end  .. Now make sure you check multiple sources and add up the fact so many are saying it in the science world it most probably is true .. Yes just like CLIMATE CHANGE..BUT remember people do want a job.. Oh i have discovered how to make free energy from ant eggs  < i got a job didn't i .. Evolution is a fact and everyone knows it ONLY the cabbages don't.. |
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The theory of evolution is just a crazy attempt to explain what can hardly be explained. I am not religious at all, so I don't believe in a maker / creator or anything quite like that. But it is very hard to explain how all of the creatures on earth have happened to come about just by virtue of sun, rain, temperature, pressure or whatever else. Why has nobody ever witnessed the evolution at work? With that many creatures out there some of them should be turning into something else on a daily basis. The only aspect evolution explains nicely is the survival of the fittest. Everything else remains a big mystery to me. Even worse, nobody can explain how dead matter can be turned into something that is alive. I doubt anyone will ever succeed with this sort of experiment.
Talking out of your ass I see. If you truly know about the theory of evolution you would know that evolution takes a lot of time, hence why no one has observed evolution, although we have. The peppered moth and Live Birth in Three-toed Skinks are classic examples. It is indeed hard to explain all of this, that's why evolution theory is still updating. There is abiogenesis which tries to explain non living matter to matter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%E2%80%93Urey_experimentSure it is supposed to happen slowly, but this is easily offset by the very large number of different animals out there. I also checked out the "evidence". Doesn't convince me at all. I want to hear someone explain how an one-cell organism eventually turns into an elephant. This is as plausible as having a monkey sitting in front of a typewriter and ending up producing something useful. Evolve your brains to check youtube.. The Origin Of Life: Chemistry + Biology = Abiogenesis - YouTube Video for 1 cell turning into a living organism▶ 5:55 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prZPo4OCL01 Oct 2009 - Uploaded by Best0fScience Please show me the facts that science has produces living cells out of bare elements and letting those cells . |
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The biggest thing SCIENTIST do is theorise about cause and effect.. You do understand cause and effect is to question everything .. What caused it and what was the effect << cause and effect.. A bucket sitting in the sand <<cause and effect? And the funny thing is like i said you believe in your own stuff BUT don't .. Example you stop thinking at what caused your god to be here.. <<Effect with no cause Now imagine you said god cause is LOVE.. Why do we see another animal shred another animal and eat it in the most cruel way possible.. I mean is that love?.. Human cannibals for thousands of years <<Gods love.. humans become more nicer to each other because of the shop or stall .. No hunting for food anymore ..It wasn't your shitty fairy tale gods it was the fact we had shops.. And now people kill to spend in the shops instead of killing next village to own the buffalo in the fields.. But those times whole villages got wiped out nowadays people lie cheat steal and murder to spend in the shops<<<The new way of hunting to survive ..The money hunt.. SO TELL YOUR GODS...UNIVERSAL INCOME .. |
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I simply cannot believe this. This is again doubting and denying science. It is a proven fact that we're all related to each other.. Yes.. we're also related to a stupid tree.
all living organism on earth share the basic DNA. Thats a fact. So we did not come from heaven. But whatever, believe what you want if it helps you.
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I'm not bullsh!tting on the bible or any religion. I don't believe in any religion - yes. But the bible, for instance, just describes the things as they knew it. Guys.. thats a long way from writing such books to nowadays understanding of life.
Simply Google "evolution is impossible" to see that there are lots of reasons why evolution is impossible. All of foundational evolution theory is written like it was something you had to believe in to make it true. There are no concrete facts for evolution found by those who actually do the search for evolution. The evidence fits creation better. The few almost-facts for evolution, are things done in the lab, where scientists are the makers... not in nature where the whole thing comes about by natural means. No facts for evolution are found in nature. On top of all that, cause and effect operates precisely according to the laws of physics. If there is anything that is pure randomness, we haven't found it for a fact. Yet evolution theory says that evolutionary changes are done by "random" mutations. This is exactly opposite of cause and effect which we see operating in millions or billions of things, or more. Evolution is a cute idea that doesn't have any backing outside a lot of talk. In fact, it is the loads of talk that keeps evolution alive as a theory. There are no facts behind evolution. It is a story like any science fiction story, except that it is contributed to by multitudes of people. Evolution is a story that doesn't fit reality. Because many of the proponents of evolution realize that they have no facts to back evolution up, and yet they keep on saying that evolution is true, evolution has become one of the greatest hoaxes around. Lay (non-scientific) people who believe these evolution proponents, are believers in a religion... the evolution religion. Evolution is a hoax.  I already googled that and it didn't show anything: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1917510.msg27216030#msg27216030''The evidence fits creation better.'' Literally all dating methods show that creation is false, you know, older than 6-10k thousand years old. ''If there is anything that is pure randomness, we haven't found it'' You claimed god is pure randomness, so you did find it. Also pretty much all science dismisses the bible (creation) : https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Biblical_scientific_errorsYou can google that as well since you like google so much, ''scientific errors in the bible'' There are plenty. You fail to properly apply what I said regarding whatever it is that you Googled in that top link of yours. There aren't any mistakes in the bible. There are only people (kinda like you) who twist the meanings of what is written in the Bible, to mean something that the Bible doesn't say. The bible is 6k to 10k years old meaning that earth and the universe are just as old, however that has been proven wrong through dozens of different methods of dating, all showing that earth and the universe are far older. The proof that the earth is older than the bible says - http://www.albatrus.org/english/theology/creation/biblical_age_earth.htm - is based on the same kinds of "ifs" that evolution is based on. The following example simply shows a form of guessing the age of the earth. It is not meant to show actual ways that ice layers are examined and extrapolated into the past. We know that the layers of ice that have formed over the last 100 years, have formed because of this or that kind of snowfall... or whatever. We know it because we have been recording it for the last hundred years. This means that "if" snowfall existed the same way for the last million years, then the earth is so many million years old.The thing is, we don't have a clue that the ice layers were always formed in this way. Yet the "if" has been converted into a factual thing by the scientists, or by the media that publishes what the scientists say. On top of that, the Bible is eye witness reports throughout a very large portion of it. Some of the reasons why this is way stronger than the "ifs" of evolution and scientific ages of the earth are listed hare https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1917510.msg27424435#msg27424435. Consider. When a car engine is made, they don't make something like a piston and a cylinder that gradually turns into a piston or a cylinder, and then gradually forms into a V-8 engine. Rather, they design the engine and build the engine complete. Then they place it into a car, and run the engine. If there is testing of several designs, they do it before they manufacture the car. In the same way, if God did something like testing of the universe parts before he made the universe, the tests were separate from the universe. God didn't throw out a bunch of "stuff" and let it evolve into something that works. He threw out the universe in working order. But... ... We won't know it for a fact until we can build a real, working time viewer to take a look. we simply have to believe God (or not), that He did it like He said He did it. This means that although we can extrapolate backwards to some extent, it is incorrect extrapolation the further back we go, because God set the whole thing in place, in 6 days, with appearances that can be interpreted as billions of years, yet with the words of the Bible that tell us what He really did. Why would God show us a nature that might trick us into believing something the wrong way? Probably several reasons, two of which are: 1. He wants to find out who will trust what He says so that He knows who to get rid of; 2. He is giving us what we are asking for, independence from God in our thinking, all the while holding us dependent on Him through cause and effect. Evolution is a complete hoax. Just like we don't have a clue if cause and effect was always present, thanks for debunking your own argument Why would we want a clue when we have proof? The proof is the fact that God caused it all through creation, and the fact that scientific proof says that, since we haven't found anything else (like pure random) in multitudes of cause and effect operations, nothing but cause and effect exists. So what caused your GOD?..You said everything has a cause and your right .. Why because for it to be here it has to have a cause .. Example ..You walk from one corner of the room to the other what was the cause and effect?.. The cause was many things the fact you moved was the cause so was it to cold? was it to hot? was something going to fall?.. The effect of you moving ..You used up energy meaning you burned calories you found a better spot to catch the sun .. You saved yourself from something falling on your head.. Better shadow.. See a leaf blowing in the wind has a cause and effect.. If you no it to be there then it has a cause and effect.. Now you believe god to be here so what was the cause and effect for him to be here?.. See you only tell us the EFFECT..No cause  .. And even you agree everything has a cause and effect..SO WHAT CAUSED YOUR GOD?.. |
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The theory of evolution is just a crazy attempt to explain what can hardly be explained. I am not religious at all, so I don't believe in a maker / creator or anything quite like that. But it is very hard to explain how all of the creatures on earth have happened to come about just by virtue of sun, rain, temperature, pressure or whatever else. Why has nobody ever witnessed the evolution at work? With that many creatures out there some of them should be turning into something else on a daily basis. The only aspect evolution explains nicely is the survival of the fittest. Everything else remains a big mystery to me. Even worse, nobody can explain how dead matter can be turned into something that is alive. I doubt anyone will ever succeed with this sort of experiment.
Why has nobody ever witnessed the evolution at work? Because your brains never evolved to check Youtube .. Evolution in Action: Ring Species - YouTube Video for evolution of a salamander▶ 3:17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjcFSy1KCTI17 Sep 2007 - Uploaded by phoenixshade3 This video presents to the layman an example of evolution as an ongoing process: The Ensatina salamanders .. |
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Even the pope sees no conflict in evolution and creation. So the pope believes god created the universe BUT the earth evolved humans?.. Ok so say an alien race made the earth and planted life for it to spread and then evolve and we arrived are you saying the aliens are gods?.. I would say they are scientist .. wearing a frilly frock while spewing out total BULLSHIT over alien scientist is very funny .. And i bet they find it very funny too.. Oh that's IF an alien race made us.. I was thinking why do we dance when we hear music?.. Any ideas.. |
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After reading all that facts that point on evolution are just a creation of some creative scientists.. why would they? Bc they hate church or what?
There are a lot of facts that say that we were outcomes from million years of evolution. There are even findings of old organism.. some are still living today and haven't changed. That wouldn't fit to the bible.
I can just repeat it.. the bible was written a long time ago and the people wrote it as they knew the world. Nobody today can say how it really was, but everyone is acting like the know. Nobody says the bible is wrong, it is just how they saw earth back then. Now we see it different or on a more scientific way.
I dunno how somebody can come up, nowadays, with "we were put here by god" or whatever. How do you explain whats going on in space? Lies?
How does it come that we share a basic DNA with all living organism here on earth?
Maybe.. saying "something bigger brought us to this earth" was just the explanation for the existence of humans.
Your confused..You doubt the bible BUT then go on to say it's true .. CONFUSED.COM^ There are a lot of facts that say that we were outcomes from million years of evolution.. That wouldn't fit to the bible.< CORRECT..So your a non believer of the bible so you made your own god up ..What does it do?.. I didn't. How does it come that we share a basic DNA with all living organism here on earth?  .. 1 single point in time we spread.. Now considering your mind is so mystified by our lovely earth and that thought made you think something must of made all this WHO MADE YOUR GOD  .. You see you stopped to think..Oh must of been a god because something cannot come from nothing SO WHO MADE YOUR GOD.. Didn't say that. Its just how things were seen... So even you believe something can come from nothing .. So what was the cause of your god?..It's here so cause and effect come into play.. Nobody today can say how it really was, but everyone is acting like the know. I DO .. To spread ..TO KEEP MOVING..Just like an EXPLOSION ..The bang is the spread that's the program.. Seeds rivers earth stars life all spreads from the first moment we went bang.. At first.. stop twisting my words and playing the smart boy here. Thats simply not fair, but I think we can agree on that  ! Well.. we don't know what caused the Big Bang. Maybe we'll never know. But its a fact that the life on earth wouldn't be possible, if that never happened.. and still then, there were a lot of coincidences until life on earth. That would mean that god clapped the hands then or what? Not when it comes to the creation of earth. I think believing in a god as in our modern religions is outdated. I don't judge anyone if someone is a believer. But I will not stop talking back as long as they don't stop throwing around their only one and true way. I don't want to be forced to believe their stuff. Dunno how to better explain this. I mean come on.. the books in the bible are very very very old.. and there was no update since then. Even the pope sees no conflict in evolution and creation. What I just want so say is, that back then.. things were just explained like this. It does not mean that it was wrong.. but we know better by now. We can explain a lot. Maybe a "god" or as we might describe it created this universe.. maybe its just an experiment in a jar. Who knows that? But simply saying life were just created on earth by a god who also created seven days (that works so perfectly fine with our measurement of time.. fascinating), the light and the dark.. that is nothing that fits perfectly to our modern knowledge. Interpreted in a different way, yes.. maybe. I am not twisting your words YOU are twisting your own mind .. maybe its just an experiment in a jar. .. You was told religious stories as a child and you cannot get rid of the god thing .. We could be hanging on one of god pubic hairs ..You said a jar |
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Hay Dave one day see those paintings they will move .. Oh piss off Barry your fantasising again you remind me of some guy i once knew called badecker.. Next you be saying they will be a little box that everyone watches with real people inside it we all watch.. I tell you what dave you don't half come up with some fantasies you do.. |
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For me its, vladimir putin for now. who is your powerful politicians?
As of now, of course it would be Donald Trump since he is the president of the most powerful country in the world and that is USA. We have our own most powerful politician in our own respective opinions. However for me, who ever will be the president of the United States of America has the capability and advantage of power. As of now, of course it would be Donald Trump since he is the president of the most powerful country in the world and that is USA..WRONG .. The American people hold the power.. YG & Nipsey Hussle "FDT (Fuck Donald Trump)" (WSHH Exclusive ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkZ5e94QnWk.. DONALD TRUMP is a servant of the people.. .. China is different dictators .. |
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When i see what sandwiches my wife as made me for work ..
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Crypto or gold .. Good points for gold.. You can decorate things in gold that would be expensive.. You can make mechanical parts that are expensive.. Bad points for gold.. You cannot eat it so no good .. You cannot pass it to the other side of the world in so many seconds.. If a war it's to heavy to lug around.. If in war and your golds in a bank they get looted so all your gold gone.. Crypto bad points .. You can get hacked and lose everything much easier than a bank.. Good points.. Safe if in war easy to run with .. No dilution to the coins like cash .. Proof of ownership .. Easy to buy things with if all parties except .. basically no government rouge leader can steal your monies.. country collapses you don't because same value in another.. JP MORGANS tulips.. BAD POINTS for TULIPS.. You can make as many as you like and anyone can do this like BLAG 20 DOLLAR BILLS.. They rot .. You cannot pass a tulip to japan if in England so easy as crypto.. Good points for tulips .. They are look nice in your garden .. Easy to grow .. |
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The Rosland Book of Gold | Rosland Capital - YouTube Video for rosland book of gold advert▶ 0:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQJ4XbL8rokTULIPS <J.P MORGAN says btc is tulips.. hen tulips came to the Netherlands, all the world went mad. A sailor who mistook a rare tulip bulb for an onion and ate it with his herring sandwich was charged with a felony and thrown in prison. A bulb named Semper Augustus, notable for its flame-like white and red petals, sold for more than the cost of a mansion in a fashionable Amsterdam neighborhood, complete with coach and garden. As the tulip market grew, speculation exploded, with traders offering exorbitant prices for bulbs that had yet to flower. And then, as any financial bubble will do, the tulip market imploded, sending traders of all incomes into ruin. For decades, economists have pointed to 17th-century tulipmania as a warning about the perils of the free market. Writers and historians have reveled in the absurdity of the event. The incident even provides the backdrop for the new film Tulip Fever, based on a novel of the same name by Deborah Moggach. The only problem: none of these stories are true. What really happened and how did the story of Dutch tulip speculation get so distorted? Anne Goldgar discovered the historical reality when she dug into the archives to research her book, Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age. Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/there-never-was-real-tulip-fever-180964915/#tJ6RhEMhMKzCQlXx.99Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! http://bit.ly/1cGUiGvFollow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter |
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I think the most powerful politicians right now is putin, trump and Xi jinping. Based on their economy and military power they are considered as the most powerful persons in the world.
Trumps not .. The American people are ..Don't convince OR trick the people then nothing happens as a president in the USA.. Example below ..What would KIM JONG UN do if one of his people done this below.. Donald Trump Press Conference Cold Open - SNL - YouTube Video for alec baldwin trump▶ 7:57 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Gf0mGJfP815 Jan 2017 - Uploaded by Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live. ... President-elect Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) I love this one below.. 3:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4fADsTxUO01 Oct 2017 - Uploaded by Juliana schoenfeld So what is power what would KIM or PUTIN do if the same type of show was on about them?.. THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER And you will see one massive war if we don't.. And that's why in democracy is so important power stays in the peoples hands because leaders always think they deserve MORE..  .. No we paid them a wage to do a job NOT ROB US .. |
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It depends what you mean by POWER.. Any country who's leaders have been corrupt and threw in jail and showed democracy then that's power to the people..PERFECT.. BUT leaders who could crush opposition parties and kill their own peoples then maybe RUSSIAN LEADER IRAN LEADER CHINA LEADER And soon the people of the EU will be superstate slaves..SO MANY RULES while the political elite live off your life's work and put your future children in debt while their family have a nice life and always will off you the tax paying slave.. Taxes needed but for the right things ..Not for political families to have a good life.. |
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TO GEVERS.. Stay ethical and legal According to The Trustee Handbook (a publication I highly recommend, from Exponent Philanthropy), board members have three overarching duties when it comes to serving their foundations: Duty of Care – This means caring for the interests of the foundation in terms of its management, investments and pursuit of charitable interests. It means making decisions that a prudent person would make, no matter what the circumstances.A good board member fulfills the duty of care by staying aware of the foundation’s business and operations (including investment performance), attending all board meetings fully prepared and ready to engage in discussion and maintaining an understanding of the legal and regulatory requirements that govern foundations. Duty of Loyalty – This means serving the best interests of the foundation above any personal interest of your own.A good board member avoids conflicts of interest (such as when he or she has a personal or professional interest in a proposed transaction) and abstains from voting or attempting to influence the outcome if a conflict is present. A good board member also understands the IRS rules about “self-dealing” on foundation boards and understands how to avoid transactions that may be called into question. (Self-dealing rules are complicated and easy to violate unwittingly, but they can carry steep penalties. It is always best to consult outside legal counsel to advise on self-dealing issues, and to attend trainings about self-dealing that are offered by many foundation member associations). Duty of Obedience – This means following the rules: both the internal rules of the foundation, such as bylaws or policies, and the external laws and regulations that govern foundations, so as not to jeopardize the foundation’s tax-exempt status. And, of course, it also means refraining from criminal behavior (such as theft or embezzlement) and from questionable activities, such as taking or providing excess compensation or using foundation assets or facilities for personal benefit. Don’t let it go to your head Never, ever forget that, as a board member, you are in a position of service and servant leadership, period. Yes, you will sense an increase in power. (As one colleague of mine likes to point out, you automatically become better looking, smarter and wittier the second you join a foundation board.) Never fall into the trap of thinking that the foundation represents “your” money, that you can allow your personal preferences to guide your decision-making or that others who seek your assistance have to prove themselves to you. Arrogance, condescension and superiority are the strict enemies of every foundation board member. Remember, it’s your attitude, your humility, your grace and your respect for others that will ultimately determine whether your foundation is an effective community asset and partner or a resented and disconnected institution that just happens to have money. ______ Serving as a foundation trustee is serious business, and it’s hard work. It can be a very public position that is fraught with temptation. But it’s also an incredibly rewarding experience that can bring you closer to your community, make you a wiser and more thoughtful person and allow you to leave a personal legacy that can have a positive impact for years to come. Want to learn more about effective foundation boards? Read “10 Essential Roles for Foundation Boards,” or browse other topics at putnam-consulting.com. Gevers you need to read and if you cannot do the above then you must leave .. Remember gevers you also have a wallet waiting with tezzies in my guess is you have loads.. So this could be your freedom your wallet no wallet then your finished in every way possible .. In business in life in your soul you will be finished.. So don't spoil your last hope on this planet.. YOUR TEZZIES .. You have to use the monies to spend on why the foundation was set up in the first place.. Read above STICK TO THE MISSION .. No missions for the public interest as in tezos missions then you are SACKED by the 20TH JAN 2018.. WHY for being a waste of time and space..Also a bad liar and no good for anyone's businesses .. Why should people wait for you GEVERS with the MONETAS business ?.. Total waste of time waiting for you to do anything?.. YOU CAN ALWAYS PROVE US WRONG .. I don't thinks people are wrong about how bad you are BUT still could get proved wrong buts i don't thinks everyone is wrong.. The 20th is enough time been given to do SOMETHING..Even a cap with TEZOS ON ..SOMETHING .. See Tezos will need to get someone better than you if by 20TH you done nothing.. The community shouting OLAF <who ever this guy is BUT seems keen .. I LIKES KEEN PEOPLE..They gets things done .. |
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TO GEVERS..
It’s true that foundation boards operate as a unit (see 10 Essential Roles for Foundation Boards). But those boards are made up of individuals, each with critical skills and knowledge to contribute. Here are 10 essential roles that every foundation board member should play. If you understand and embrace these roles, you will help ensure that you are fulfilling your duties with wisdom and clarity — and doing your part to advance your foundation’s mission.
Steward philanthropic resources
As a board member, you play a precious role: You are entrusted to care for the foundation’s philanthropic resources to the best of your ability during the time of your board term.
In doing so, it’s easy to get caught up in the here and now of day-to-day operations, investment performance or community crises. But remember, while you are here for a limited period of time, the foundation must operate with a view to both past and future. You need to look back to recall why the foundation was started and what its mission and goals were when it began. Then you must look at the present to ensure that you are mindful of the mission and that your decisions are advancing the mission and the good of the community. And finally, you must look toward the future and think about how your decisions about investments and budgets today may have an impact on future generations.
Show up and participate
It should go without saying that being an effective board member means showing up for every board meeting. Make sure you’re clear about how many board meetings are held each year and when. If you find you have multiple conflicts, it may be time to step down from your post.
You should also expect to sit on at least one board committee and attend those committee meetings as religiously as you do meetings of the full board. Committee service is a chance to lend your expertise in a certain area, but also an opportunity to learn about a new area.
Whether through committee service, a task force or individual action, if you agree to take on a project, make sure you accomplish it. You don’t want to keep the rest of the board, staff or community waiting for you to get around to the task at hand.
Serve as an ambassador
An ambassador is a person who helps promote the foundation to the community in the course of her or his daily activities. Being an ambassador means sharing information, spotting opportunities and spreading the word about the foundation.
Using your personal connections and credibility is a big step in building the foundation’s depth and reach in the community. Attend events on behalf of the foundation when appropriate, attend site visits, make check presentations, talk about the foundation informally in the course of your life and consider making more formal presentations about your work to other community groups. At the very least, you should be able to describe the foundation’s mission and share some stories about the grants it’s made and what it has accomplished.
Remember too that consistency is important. Each individual board member should have his or her own “spin” on the description of the foundation’s work, but the key points should always be the same.
Look around
Just because you live in a community doesn’t mean you understand what all of its needs, challenges and opportunities are. Make it your business to get to know other community leaders — from the nonprofit, business and government sectors. If there are other foundations in your area, make a point to meet with them to learn about how their approach and philosophy compares to or aligns with your own.
Remember, you can’t really fix what you don’t fully understand. Listen constantly to the voices in your community, and especially to those whom you most desire to help. Let their experience and ideas inform and guide your decision-making and shape your investment.
Look ahead
As mentioned above in point one, board members have to take a long-term view. This is as true for grantmaking and community engagement strategy as it is for investments and financial stewardship. Take opportunities to anticipate what might be different one, five, 10 or even 20+ years from now. Do you foresee that a large local industry may move or shutter operations? Will a boom in births mean a future strain on community schools? What can you do now to prepare for that?
Planning ahead also applies to changes that may be needed in your board governance practices. How will board turnover in the next decade affect the foundation’s institutional memory? How will you transition new, younger members into board service as more seasoned members retire? How will technological advances change the way you interact with other board members or with staff?
Continuously learn
No foundation board member knows everything. Luckily for you, philanthropy is a field that likes to share and help. Whereas in many corporate (and some nonprofit) institutions the secrets to success may be closely guarded, the knowledge and wisdom of other foundation trustees and staff are there for the asking, so build and call upon your personal networks within the field often.
As an added bonus, there has been much effort over past several decades to support “organized philanthropy” and educate those new to grantmaking about how to be good grantmakers and good board members. Membership associations such as Exponent, your regional association of grantmakers or philanthropic affinity groups are a great source of professional resources and connections. There are also vast libraries of knowledge about good governance available from organizations such as BoardSource or the Foundation Center.
Build partnerships
No matter how large your foundation’s endowment, you will never be able to solve any community challenge on your own. True social change takes a wide variety of partners working together. While your executive or program staff may take the lead in identifying partners, you’ll also have connections and relationships you can bring to the table.
Although most foundation partnerships are forged at the staff level, where logistics and roles are hashed out, you can cement the deal by also reaching out to board members of partner organizations and forming relationships with them. You may not know every detail of how your organizations work together, but you can mutually reaffirm your shared vision and commitment — and that can go a long way when partnerships are discussed during your respective board meetings.
Think critically and ask hard questions
You and your fellow board members are trying to do good, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t inadvertently operate unethically, or misuse funds, or construct poorly run organizations, or come up with lousy ideas.
Part of your job is to ask questions, albeit respectfully, when you get the sense that something is amiss or if you simply don’t understand what other board members are proposing.
It’s also your job to challenge assumptions. For example, just because everyone else is funding a long-revered institution in your community, does that mean you must do the same? Just because the community expects you to fund a particular issue, is it not possible that you could deliver greater value by shifting your focus elsewhere?
Asking hard questions is a board member’s job, but it can lead to discomfort or hurt feelings, so be sure to do so with an attitude of respect and appreciation for those with whom you disagree.
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Motivation.. I call myself all the worst names under the sun you pussy you this you that and total abuse myself and then ask myself one more time AM I A PUSSY <the feeling i have for myself.. Then i ask myself are you a pussy one more time with that reply in my head i say NO I AM NOT with a mind roar NO I AM NOT.. And what ever i need to do gets done .. So everyone ARE YOU A PUSSY Well get it done then ..ROAR .. |
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My advice is if you want to marry someone then go ahead it's your free choice .. Like as if they all stick to the bibles rules anyways .. Women vicars bad sin .. Women bishops bad sin.. covering up children getting abused by the bishops and vicars bad sin.. Stealing the donations bad sin.. Hiding Mafia monies bad sin.. I could go on and on BUT marrying another man is a sin and against the church .. So i say WHY get married in a church ? Get married in a nice place rather than a bad nasty place full of cabbages .. Now some advice .. If you have money and want it shared with your partner then i suggest for law sake you get married.. BUT best advice i can give is don't get married .. I would wait till you have been together for 20 years then you know for sure you picked the right person.. BUT i do understand money purposes is the major concern .. Not with me my girlfriend AKA wife but not married gets everything .. I want to leave this earth with NOTHING ..All given away to wife and kids.. Now one day i will get married but then again might not.. I am the boss who gives all his money away to his spouse .. So if money is a concern i understand why people get married.. But if gay why in a church?..FULL OF CABBAGES.. |
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I've been aproached by gay people and got anoyed but what you can do, they tried their luck.
LOL.. that would have been awkward, for sure. I have been never approached by any lesbians, although there are quite a lot of them here. Perhaps they must have noticed that I am happily married with kids. But if some of them approaches me, then I would politely decline them (as long as they are not too rude or forceful). I have been never approached by any lesbians, ..You must be UGLY LOOKING .. |
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