[DDN] I make no profit, therefore I suck

[Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया]]

> tom abeles wrote:
> > hi taran
> > 1) i agree that nfp's should try to make themselves obsolete but I
> > don't know of one that does that intentionally. Even organizations
> > that work for the elimination of a medical problem, such as polio, in
> > the US, reinvent themselves

To my mind, the not-for-profits are not problematic in themselves.
What *is* problematic though is when they turn into a huge
self-serving bureaucracy, and more energies go into keeping themselves
running rather than solving the problem which they were set up to
tackle in the first place.

So, rather than working to make themselves obselete, they should work
to make themselve self-sustainable, not funding-driven, focussed on
their mission, and not bureaucratic or self-serving. We needn't throw
away the baby with the bath-water.

For example, the way in which the not-for-profit Free Software
movement (less so the Open Source network, which has grown with
corporate support and in the media spotlight) has grown is a pointer
to what is possible.

Looking forward to hearing what the others feel. FN
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